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MCB is not an impacted major. In order to declare the MCB major, you must have completed Biology 1A/1AL and Chemistry 3B (or be concurrently enrolled in them and past the 5th week deadline to drop classes), have at least a 2.0 overall gpa, a 2.0 gpa in the lower-division prerequisites for the major, and know which emphasis you will declare. (Note: As a transfer student, you must have completed at least one semester at UC Berkeley and have received a 2.0 GPA in the courses that you've taken for the major.)
Check list before you declare the major. You must have
- a 2.0 overall GPA
- completed or are currently enrolled in Biology 1A/1AL and have a C or better on the first midterm exam, and
- completed or are currently enrolled in Chemistry 3B after the 5th week add/drop deadline, and
- earned a minimum 2.0 GPA in all courses taken for the major, and
- decided on an emphasis (if you haven't come and talk to a peer advisor for advice/planning suggestions).
- (Transfer students: see note above.)
To start the major declaration process, you must
Bring your Petition to Declare a Major to the UAO, 2083 VLSB, no earlier than the next business day to discuss your academic plan. When you sign in, please inform the Intake Advisor that you declared online. S/he will hand you the printed course planning form to take to an academic advisor for planning your courses in the major.
Only after you have developed and reviewed your plan with a staff advisor, do you take your packet to a faculty advisor for signature, after which you must bring it back to the UAO for processing. First step though - UAO, not the faculty advisor.
Once declared, you will be required to meet with an MCB UAO advisor each semester to review your progress toward the major before you receive an advisor code (unique to each semester) in order to be able to use TeleBears. (Note: You need to enter the advisor code only once per semester - the first time you use TeleBears.) We will inform you, via email, when the advisor codes are available, but generally this is two weeks before TeleBears begins.
Major Probation Policy
An MCB major must maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) in a) all upper-and lower-division courses combined taken for the major at UCB Berkeley and b) all upper-division courses taken for the major at UC Berkeley. Students for whom either GPA calculation falls below 2.0 will be placed on departmental probation for the following semester. Any upper-division or graduate MCB courses that are not used to satisfy major requirements are exempted. A student on probation will be subject to dismissal from the major if both GPAs are not brought up to 2.0 within the following term.
Questions concerning the MCB probation and dismissal policy may be directed to the staff advisors in the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office. Once dismissed from the major, students are expected to work with an L & S advisor to pursue an alternative major.
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