UC Merced 2017-18 Transfer Viewbook

Each of UC Merced’s three schools has its own transfer requirements to be considered for admission. Inside this pocket, you’ll find comprehensive lists of courses that are required and strongly recommended for every major in all three schools, as well as a useful resource for information and requirements for the Transfer Admission Guarantee.

School of Engineering engineering.ucmerced.edu

School of Natural Sciences naturalsciences.ucmerced.edu A top priority in the School of Natu- ral Sciences at UCMerced is tomeet the increasing need for well-trained scientists, scientifically trained de- cision-makers and a scientifically lit- erate public to meet the global and technological challenges of the 21st century. At UC Merced, a passion for scientific excellence inspires research that has far-reaching im- plications to advance the health and well-being of humans and the environment, while making funda- mental discoveries about the world in which we all live. Faculty and students in the school are doing this by tracking resistant infections to show that hospitals are important in stopping the evolution of resistant bacteria, and studying how blood stem cells are established during fetal development and how they give rise to the cells that make up our immune system.

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SSHA) ssha.ucmerced.edu Students in SSHA explore the current and historical dimensions of human ex- istence, from artistic and literary expres- sion, the acquisition and the functions of language, the nature of the mind, the principles of economics and manage- ment, and the improvement of public health. Though SSHA students don’t necessarily major in technology related fields, the knowledge about the world that they acquire allows them to have a role in those fields – and any field, really – in understanding the human dimen- sions of the application of technology. Student and faculty research includes taking an in-depth look at deception from the perspective of how the act of ly- ing affects a person’s facial expressions, body language and other fine-grained motor behaviors; and using innovative eye-tracking and motion-tracking equip- ment to study how humans perceive and respond to what they hear and see.

The hallmarks of UC Merced’s School of Engineering are innovation, diversity, sus- tainability and personal interaction be- tween world-class faculty and students. Together, they seek to have transforma- tional impacts on society and the world by creating new ideas and transforming them into products and services that im- prove people’s lives. At UC Merced, this problem solving and creativity take place in a highly dynamic learning environment that focuses on future technologies and enterprise. Students and faculty delve into such in- novative topics as examining the effects of climate change both near far, from the Sierra Nevada to Palau; and connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exo- skeletal arm to further understand the mind-body connection and, someday, to help people with disabilities have better use of their limbs.