Courses for Summer Pathway Transfer Students

Take two courses from the Recommended Course List that aligns with your pathway!

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Disclaimer – Please read carefully

Course Enrollment: The Summer Pathways Recommended Course List features a wide mix of courses and requirements for you to browse and build from. As a Summer Pathways participant, please plan on enrolling in two Summer Pathway Courses from the Recommended Course List, ensuring they do not conflict with program co-curriculars on Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:00–10:00am and mentorship sessions from either Thursdays 2:00–3:00pm or 4:00–5:00pm (exact timing is subject to change). We strongly encourage students to enroll in UNIV ST 10D (2 units, in-person) due to its emphasis on helping transfer students hit the ground running by learning ways to best maximize their time here. Learn more.

There are five main categories of courses to explore, designed to meet students where they are at in their academic journey:

  1. Social Science/Humanities Pathway  – Courses that fulfill common requirements for majors in the social sciences or humanities. 
  2. Life Science/Physical Science PathwayCourses that fulfill common requirements for majors in the life sciences or physical sciences. 
  3. Frequently Enrolled CoursesCourses commonly taken by transfer students over the summer term that may align with your academic plans.
  4. Popular MinorsCourses that fulfill requirements for select minors.
  5. Diversity RequirementsCourses that fulfill UCLA’s diversity requirement.

Disclaimer: It is the student’s responsibility to confirm the course they are enrolling in is approved, available, and does not have any time conflicts. Some of the courses on this list may currently be full/closed or waitlisted. Due to changes in course modality, if you are interested in taking a class that is indicated as online, we encourage you to enroll in a second class that is in-person, as availability and scheduling permits.

You may click on each individual course to view the Schedule of Classes, which contains important information regarding number of available spaces, units, date and time, course instructor, and more. For major and minor requirements, please defer to the major or minor’s department website for further guidance.

Transfer Pathway Course Guide

The course list is designed to help you find your footing by highlighting summer courses relevant to transfer students. That being said, your path may look different depending on the transfer credits you are bringing in or the specific needs of your major or minor. You are welcome to enroll in courses outside this list as long as they do not overlap with our co-curricular schedule. We do our best to make the list of courses as comprehensive as possible, and we have ensured every course included on the recommended list runs during Session C6 and does not conflict with program events. For anything major- or minor-specific, your department’s website is your best resource.

You may also want to explore Transferology to get a general sense of how your previous college credits might carry over. Keep in mind that those translations are tentative until your credits are fully assessed. More detailed information will be shared during orientation.

A few things to keep in mind as you build your schedule:

  • Double-check that any course you’re interested fulfills degree requirements, available, and free of time conflicts, since availability can shift.
  • If a course is listed as online, try pairing it with an in-person recommended course to help keep you connected to the full program experience.
  • Some lectures come with a discussion section. Make sure the discussion time you pick does not overlap with program times.

If you have specific questions or would prefer guidance while choosing courses, please reach out at pathways@summer.ucla.edu.

1. Social Science/
Humanities Pathway

AF AMER 110A – Race, Science, and Society (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00am-12:05pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: African American Studies major, American Literature & Culture Major, Global Health minor, Biomedical Research minor

ANTHRO 126P – Paleopathology  (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays 11:00am-12:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Anthropology major B.A./B.S., Anthropology minor, Evolutionary Medicine Minor, Global Health minor

 

ASIA AM M129 – Health Issues for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Myth or Model? (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays 3:15pm-5:20pm 

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: African American Studies major (Humanities Track & Social Science Track), Asian American Studies major and minor, American Literature & Culture Major, Human Biology, & Society major, Global Health minor

CCAS CM106 – Health in Chicano/Latino Population (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 5:00pm-7:30pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: African American Studies major (Humanities Track & Social Science Track), Chicana and Chicano Studies major and minor, Human Biology, & Society major, Society and Genetics minor, Global Health minor

COMM 148 – Marketing Communications (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 2: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Communication Studies major, Human Biology, & Society major, Society and Genetics minor, Entrepreneurship minor

ECON 11 -Microeconomic Theory  (has prerequisite)  (IN-PERSON)
LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays 8:30am-10:35am

  • Satisfies a prep course for the following majors: Economics major and Business Economics major

ECON 41 – Probability and Statistics for Economists (has prerequisite) (IN-PERSON)
LEC 2 Mondays/Wednesdays 10:45am – 12:50pm

  • Satisfies a prep course for the following majors: Communications major, Economics major, and Business Economics, Geography, and Geography/Environmental Science

ECON 101 – Microeconomic Theory (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)
LEC 2: Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:00pm-3:05pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Economics major, Business Economics major, and Math/Economics major

ECON 102 – Macroeconomic Theory (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)
LEC 2: Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:45am-12:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Economics major, Business Economics major, and Math/Economics major

EDUC 118 – Sociology of Community Colleges (ONLINE)
SEM 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 1:00pm-4:00pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: American Literature & Culture Major, Education & Social Transformation major, Education Studies minor, Visual & Performing Arts Education minor

EDUC 123 – Teaching Profession (ONLINE)
SEM 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 10:00am-12:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Education & Social Transformation major, Education Studies minor, Science Education minor, and Visual & Performing Arts Education minor

EDUC 132 – Autism: Mind, Brain, and Education (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1 TIME: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Education & Social Transformation major, Education Studies minor, Science Education minor, and Visual & Performing Arts Education minor

 

GEOG 160 – Urban Geography (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Geography major and minor, Geography/Environmental Studies major and minor, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, Environmental Science major

GEOG  171B – California (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Geography/Environmental Studies major and minor, Geography minor, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major

GEOG 181B – Advanced Geographic Information Systems (has prerequisite) (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Geography major and minor, Geography/Environmental Studies major and minor, Geospatial Informational Systems & Technology minor, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, and Social Data Science minor

GEOG  182A  – Introduction to Remote Sensing (has prerequisite) (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Geography major and minor, Geography/Environmental Studies major and minor, Geospatial Informational Systems & Technology minor, and Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major

HNRS 154: Hollywood and Divided America (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)

SEM 1: VARIES

 

LING 20 – Introduction to Linguistic Analysis (ONLINE)
LEC 2 Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00am – 12:50pm

  • Satisfies Philosophical & Linguistics GE
  • Satisfies a prep course for the following majors and minors: Cognitive Science major, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Linguistics & Anthropology, Linguistics & Asian Languages and Culture, Linguistics & Computer Science, Linguistics & English, Linguistics & Philosophy, Linguistics & Psychology,  Linguistics & Spanish, Linguistics minor

LING  120C – Semantics I (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 2:00pm-4:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Linguistics major, Applied Linguistics major, Linguistics & Anthropology major, Linguistics & Asian Languages and Culture, Linguistics & Computer Science, Linguistics & English, Linguistics & Philosophy, Linguistics & Psychology, Linguistics & Spanish, Linguistics minor, Cognitive Science major

LING 165B – Syntax II (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00am-12:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Linguistics major, Applied Linguistics major, Linguistics & Asian Languages and Culture, Linguistics & Computer Science, Linguistics & English, Linguistics & Philosophy, Linguistics & Psychology, Linguistics & Spanish, Linguistics minor, , Spanish and Linguistics major, Cognitive Science major

MUSCLG M137 – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Perspectives in Pop Music (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays (11:00am-1:50 pm)

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Musicology major, Musicology minor, Music Industry minor

PHILOS 155A – Medical Ethics (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 10:45am-12:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Study of Religion major and minor, Philosophy major and minor, Evolutionary Medicine Minor, Society and Genetics minor, and Global Health minor

SOCIOL  101 – Development of Sociological Theory (IN-PERSON)
LEC 2: Tuesdays/Thursdays 11am-1:05pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for Sociology major

SOCIOL  102 – Contemporary Sociological Theory (has prerequisite) (IN-PERSON)
LEC 2: Tuesdays/Thursdays 11am-1:05pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for Sociology major

SOCIOL  145 – Sociology of Deviant Behavior (IN-PERSON)
LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays 1pm-3:05pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Sociology major and Society and Genetics minor

2. Life Science/Physical Science Pathway

BIOSTAT 100  – Introduction to Biostatistics (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 9:00am-10:50am

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology major , Computational & Systems Biology major, Structural Biology minor, Biochemistry major, Global Health minor

CHEM 30B – Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 12:00pm-1:50pm
  • Satisfies a prep course for the following majors: Chemistry, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Neuroscience, Physiological Science

CHEM  153B – Biochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays/Fridays 10:00am-10:50am

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Computational & Systems Biology, Biochemistry major, and Bioinformatics minor

EE BIOL 100 – Introduction to Ecology and Behavior (has prerequisite)  (ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Biology major, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, Marine Biology major, Conservation Biology minor, Evolutionary Medicine Minor, Computational & Systems Biology, Society and Genetics minor, Psychobiology major, Biochemistry major, and Environmental Science major

EE BIOL 162 – Plant Physiology (has prerequisite)(ONLINE-ASYNCHRONOUS)
LEC 1: VARIES

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Biology major, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, Marine Biology major, Conservation Biology minor, Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics (MIMG) , Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology major, and Biochemistry major

MATH 167: Mathematical Game Theory (has prerequisite) (IN-PERSON)
LEC 1: Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays 1:00pm-2:50pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, Cognitive Science major, Biochemistry major, Mathematics major, Mathematics for Teaching major, Mathematics minor

MCD BIO 138 – Developmental Biology (has prerequisite)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays 11:00am-12:20pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Biology major, Microbiology, Immunology, & Molecular Genetics (MIMG) , Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology major, Computational & Systems Biology major, Psychobiology major, and Biochemistry major

PHYSCI 166 – Animal Physiology (has prerequisite) (IN-PERSON)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 8:00am-10:30am

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Biology major, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution major, Marine Biology major, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology major, Computational & Systems Biology, Psychobiology major, and Biochemistry major

PSYCH 127A – Clinical Psychological Science (has prerequisite) (ONLINE)LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 8:30am–10:45am
  • Satisfies a core major course for the Psychology major and Psychobiology major.

PUB HLT M106 – Health in Chicano/Latino Population (ONLINE)
LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays 5:00pm-7:30pm

  • May satisfy a requirement for the following majors: Society and Genetics minor and Biomedical Research minor

4. Popular Minors

5. Diversity Requirement Courses

Below is a list of courses that will fulfill UCLA’s diversity requirement, which you may or may not have already completed.

AF AMER 188A– Special Courses in African American Studies: Michael Jackson, Prince, and Whitney Houston: Icons of Long 1980s (ONLINE- ASYNCHRONOUS)

LEC 3: Varies

AN N EA 10W– Jerusalem: Holy City (ONLINE- ASYNCHRONOUS)

LEC 2: Varies

AN N EA 15W– Women and Power in the Ancient World (ONLINE- ASYNCHRONOUS)

LEC 2: Varies

ANTHRO 3– Culture and Society (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 1pm – 2:50pm

ANTHRO 4– Culture and Communication (ONLINE)

LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, 11am – 12:50pm

ANTHRO 146– Urban Anthropology (ONLINE)

Lec 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 3pm – 4:50pm

ANTHRO 163P– Ideology and Social Change in Contemporary China (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays, 3pm – 4:50pm

ASIAN M60W– Introduction to Buddhism (ONLINE)

LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays, 1pm – 3:15 pm

ASIA AM M129– Health Issues for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Myth or Model? (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 3:15pm – 5:20pm

CCAS 10A– Introduction to Chicana/o Studies: History and Culture (ONLINE)

LEC 7: Mondays/Wednesdays, 5pm – 7:30pm

LEC 8: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 5pm – 7:30pm

COMM 110– Gender and Communication (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10:45am – 12:50pm

FILM TV 112– Film and Social Change (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

GLBL ST 1– Introduction to Global Studies (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

GLBL ST 141– Hollywood and Tales of Underrepresented Communities (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

I A STD 31– Introduction to Southeast Asia (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10:45am – 12:50pm

INTL DV M120– Political Economy of Development (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 3: Varies

ISLM ST M20– Introduction to Islam (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 2: Varies

LGBTQS M137– Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Perspectives in Pop Music (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays, 11am – 1:50pm

LING 1– Introduction to Study of Language (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 2: Varies

LING 11– Scientific Study of Language and Society (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

PHYSCI 121– Disease Mechanisms and Therapies (ONLINE)

LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, 1pm – 3:15pm

POL SCI 169– Special Studies in Comparative Politics: Political Economy of Mexico (ONLINE)

LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, 1pm -3:05pm

POL SCI 181A– Politics of Latino Communities (ONLINE)

LEC 2: Mondays/Wednesdays, 10:45am – 12:50pm

PSYCH 127A– Clinical Psychology Science (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Mondays/Wednesdays, 8:30am – 10:45am

SOC GEN 164– Ethics in Health and Research (ONLINE)

LEC 1: Tuesdays/Thursdays, 11am – 12:15pm

THEATER 10– Introduction to Theater (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 2: Varies

THEATER 103K– Asian American Theater: Technologies and Migrations in Trans-Pacific Performance (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

THEATER 107– Drama of Diversity (ONLINE- ASYCNCHRONOUS)

LEC 1: Varies

University Studies 10D (optional course)

Discover the pathway to success.
 
Enhance your Summer Pathway experience by enrolling in University Studies 10d, a 2-unit course that will equip you with the tools you need to navigate and understand the multifaceted nature of studying at a research institution. This course covers topics that will inform the way you understand and engage with the program co-curriculars. Learn how intersecting identities shape your unique experiences and how to best use campus resources and connections to your advantage. Enroll in this course and continue building your community of support while learning what it takes to not just succeed, but thrive at an institution like UCLA.

University Studies 10D – ACE UCLA | Critical Strategies to Achieve Undergraduate Excellence (Transfers)

Designed for transfers, this course imparts students with critical strategies to achieve undergraduate excellence at top-tier research institution. Study of research university’s mission, rigors, and expectations of students, as well as its pedagogical implications. Cultivation of formal space on campus where UCLA students learn to engage collaboratively with their diverse community of scholars; to comprehend and apply effective learning strategies and theoretical foundations of college student development; to navigate complex structure of UCLA; to practice resilience and growth mindset; to think critically about diversity and their identity; and to be fully aware of their value to intellectual fabric of institution as contributors to innovative research and scholarship.

During the registration process, you will be able to indicate whether you would like to be manually enrolled in UNIV ST 10D. Make sure to review the seminar time below before selecting yes.

Seminar 1 – Mondays & Wednesdays 10:00AM-11:20AM (Location: In-person, Haines Hall A28)

Please allow 3-5 business days for the course to appear on your Study List.