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Students who entered Revelle as freshmen Fall 2016 and prior are required to take HUM 1, HUM 2, and at least one course chosen from HUM 3, 4, and 5 at UCSD. Students may transfer up to two courses for HUM 3, 4, or 5 from the approved lists below. Effective Fall 2017, ASSIST courses NOT included on the approved list below are no longer accepted.
All freshmen entering Revelle Fall 2017 and after are required to take HUM 1, HUM 2, HUM 3 and at least one course chosen from HUM 4 or 5 at UC San Diego. Students may transfer one course for HUM 4 or 5 from the approved lists below.
Transfer students entering Revelle may complete the HUM 3-4-5 requirement with three approved quarter courses, two approved semester courses, or a combination of one approved semester course and one course from HUM 3, 4, or 5 at UC San Diego. Transfer courses taken prior to matriculation in Philosophy, History, Literature and the Humanities will be evaluated the summer before matriculation to determine how they apply towards the Revelle Humanities GE. Petitions are not necessary for these courses. Once a student has enrolled at UC San Diego, they may select transfer courses only from the approved list below.
To have courses taken outside of the approved list assessed, please petition the course.
Transfer courses and UC San Diego courses must be taken for a letter grade. To learn more about the Humanities requirement, click here.
Current UC San Diego students may take an approved course from one of two categories: Introduction to Humanities and History. Students may not earn additional units by taking more than one course from a category below, with noted exceptions.
Repetition of course content is considered a duplication of credit and will receive 0.0 units. If you have taken a similar course previously, please contact Revelle Academic Advising. If you duplicate course content, consult Revelle Academic Advising about earning subject credit only.
All institutions are on the semester system except for De Anza and Foothill Colleges, which are on the quarter system.
Students may receive credit for one course from this list. These courses include:
Institution | Course | Course Title |
CSU Northridge | HUM 101 | Forms & Ideas in Humanities |
Diablo Valley College | HUMAN 112 | Intro to Humanities: Modern World |
Saddleback College | HUM 1 | Intro to Humanities |
Santa Rosa Jr. College | HUMAN 5 | World Humanities: Art, Ideas, Values |
Shasta College | HUM 2 | Exploring the Humanities |
Generally, students may receive credit for one course from this list. Exceptions are noted.
Institution | Course | Course Title |
Allan Hancock College | HIST/HUMN 105 | Western Civ Since 1650 |
Chabot College | HIS 2 | Western Civ II |
College of San Mateo | HIST 101 | History of Western Civ II |
College of the Canyons | HIST 102 | Hist of Western Civ: Modern Era |
CSU Dominguez Hills | HUM 200³ | Intro to the Humanities |
CSU Dominguez Hills | HUM 204³ | Intro to the Humanities |
De Anza College²♦ | HIST 6B | History of Western Civ |
De Anza College♦ | HIST 6C | History of Western Civilization: 1750 C.E. to Present |
Diablo Valley College | HIST 141 | History of Western Civ Since Renaissance |
Foothill College¹ | HUMN 5 | Cultures, Civilizations, & Ideas: The Modern World |
Foothill College¹ | HUMN 6 | The Shock of the New: From Modern to Contemporary |
LA Pierce College | HISTORY 2 | Intro to Western Civ II |
Mira Costa College | HIST 104 | Modern European History and Culture |
Modesto Jr. College | HUMAN 106 | Humanities in the Modern World |
Ohlone College | HIST 104B | Western Civ |
Palomar College | HIST 106 | History of Europe Since the Reformation |
Santa Monica College | HIST 2 | History of Western Civ II |
Santa Rosa Jr. College | HUMAN 4.2 | Western Humanities from 1600 |
West Valley College | HUMN 1B | Human Values In and From the Arts |
Evaluated courses are from the California Community College and CSU systems. If a course is not on the approved course list, including a course from UC San Diego, then it will need to be petitioned for Humanities credit. Petitions are rarely approved.
Please submit an Undergraduate Student Petition to the Humanities Program (humanitiesprogram@ucsd.edu) for consideration. You must attach a syllabus or course description to the petition.
Petitions typically take 5-10 business days to be reviewed.