At the undergraduate level, UC San Diego is comprised of eight colleges. We have a vibrant college system with each college providing a small setting within which students receive full service academic advising and have access to support services, living-and-learning environments, social events and leadership opportunities.
Prepare to lead a varied, successful, committed, and self-directed life.
Enhance your degree with liberal art courses in writing, social science, and math/natural science, as well as with courses from two of the three areas: fine arts, humanities, and foreign language.
Develop a deep analysis of the diversity of lived experiences in the United States, and the institutions and movements through which justice has been advanced, and the culture through which people represent and comprehend U.S. society and the world.
Complete courses in math, natural science, fine arts, humanities, and areas outside of your major discipline.
Understand the important contributions an individual can make in society.
General education resembles two ‘mini-minors’ in areas outside your major — that you get to choose — or two smaller area studies if you are majoring in engineering.