School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Requirements

All students in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, regardless of major, are expected to meet the minimum requirements for a degree.

At Least 120 units to include the following:

At least 60 semester units of upper division courses.
Students must complete all course prerequisites with a C- or better.
When a letter grade option is available for a major requirement, students must complete that requirement with a C‐ or better; a 2.0 GPA must be maintained in all major course work.
Students must complete all major requirements with a C- or better and maintain a 2.0 GPA in all major course work.
Courses graded with a pass/no pass grading option are limited to one third of the total number of units required for general education.
Students must obtain pre-approval through the SSHA Advising Office for all courses completed at institutions other than UC Merced. All courses completed at institutions other than UC Merced must be worth at least 3 semester units to fulfill major, minor or general education requirements at UC Merced.