Pre-Approved Petition Courses

This page catalogs courses students have successfully petitioned for since 2020. These courses count toward specific major or minor requirements and encompass offerings from UCLA, other UCs, UCEAP, and non-UC affiliated programs. Each major and minor within the EEB Department has a curated list of approved courses, providing students with diverse options to fulfill their academic pursuits.

 

Biology Major             

Year of Approval School Course Code Course Name Category Fulfilled
2023 UCLA ANTHRO C117 Zooarchaeology 3, lab
2023 UCLA ANTHRO 128T Amazon in the Anthropocene 5
2020 UCLA ANTHRO 129 Selected Topics in Biological Anthropology 5
2021 UCLA AOS/EPSS CM114 Aquatic Geomicrobiology 4
2023 UCLA A&O SCI 107 Biological Oceanography 5
2023 UCLA CHEM C138 Natural Product Biosynthesis: Chemical Logic and Enzymatic Machinery 4
2021 UCLA C&EE 110 Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers Prep (STATS)
2020 UCLA EEB C177 Practical Computing for Evolutionary Biologists and Ecologists 3
2021 UCLA ENVIRON 175 Programming with Big Environmental Datasets Elective for Computing Specialization
2020 UCLA GEOG 142 Population Geography 5
2021 UCLA GLB HLT 100 Global Health and Development 5
2021 UCLA MIMG 100L Microbiology Laboratory for Professional Schools 5
2020 UCLA PSYCH 100A Psychological Statistics 5
2020 UCLA SOC GEN 105B Problems of Identity at Biology/Society Interface 5
2020 UCLA SOC GEN 105B Nature versus Nurture: Genes and Environment 5
2020 UCLA SOCIOL M115/M133 Environmental Sociology 5
         
2021 UC Irvine BIO SCI E106 Processes in Ecology and Evolution 2, 3, 4
2020 UC Irvine BIO SCI E179 Limnology and Freshwater Biology

 

 4 or 5
2020 UC Irvine BIO SCI E179L Field Freshwater Ecology 3
2020 UC Irvine BIO SCI M122 General Microbiology 5
2020 UC Riverside BIO 116 Ecology and Conservation Biology 4 or 5
         
2020 UCEAP Aukland-NZ MARINE 202 Principles of Marine Science 2
2020 UCEAP Aukland-NZ BIOSCI 204 Principles of Microbiology 5
2022 UCEAP-Yonsei IEE2024 Cell Biology Elective
2023 UCEAP- University College, London BIOL 11 Evolutionary Genetics 1, 2, 5
2023 UCEAP- University College, London BIOL 10 Introduction to Human Genetics 1, 2
2023 UCEAP – University of New South Wales PSYC 2071 Perception & Cognition 5
2023 UCEAP Volcanology Volcanology 4
         
2020 Wildlands Studies Chile-Patagonia ESCI 437B Environmental Field Survey 3
2020 Wildlands Studies Chile-Patagonia ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture 5

 

Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Major

Year of Approval School Course Code Course Name Category Fulfilled
2021 UCLA EEB M131 Ecosystem Ecology 3
2021 UCLA ENGCOMP 134 Topics in Science Writing 5
2023 UCLA ENVIRON 140 Foundations of Environmental Policy and Regulation Elective
2021 UCLA ENV HLT 100 Introduction to Environmental Health 5
2023 UCLA PHYSICS 192 Undergraduate Practicum in Physics Elective
         
2023 UCEAP-Yonsei ESS3129-01 Soil Science Elective
         
2020 Wildlands Studies – New Zealand ESCI 437A Environmental Wildlands Studies FBQ
2020 Wildlands Studies – New Zealand ESCI 437B Environmental Field Survey FBQ
2020 Wildlands Studies – New Zealand ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture FBQ
2023 Wildlands Studies – Western Washington University ESCI 437A Environmental and Wildlands Studies FBQ
2023 Wildlands Studies – Western Washington University GEOG T14/ESCI 437A Environmental and Wildlands Studies FBQ
2023 Wildlands Studies – Western Washington University ESCI 437B Environmental Field Studies FBQ
2023 Wildlands Studies – Western Washington University ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture FBQ

 

Marine Biology Major

Year of Approval School Course Code Course Name Category Fulfilled
2020 UCLA AOS 1 / EPSS 15 Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography PREP
2020 UCLA AOS 107 Biological Oceanography 7
         
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437A Environmental Wildlands Studies

 

 4, 7
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437B Environmental Field Survey 4, 7
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture 4, 7

 

Conservation Biology Minor

Year of Approval School Course Code Course Title Category Fulfilled
2020 UCLA ANTHRO 128P Primate Behavior Nonhuman to Human Elective
2020 UCLA AOS 107 Biological Oceanography Elective
2020 UCLA EEB 185 Evolutionary Medicine Elective
2020 UCLA EEB 120 Evolution Elective
2020 UCLA ENVIRON 138 Effective Methods of Social Change Elective
2021 UCLA GEOG 138 Wildlife Conservation in Sub-Saharan Africa Elective
2021 UCLA EEB 144 Prehistoric California Elective
         
2020 UC Riverside BIO 105 Evolution Elective
         
2020 UCEAP Singapore LSM4265 Ecology of Natural Resourses Elective
2020 UCEAP Singapore LSM4263 Field Studies in Biodiversity Elective
2020 UCEAP – Madrid ENVIRON 138 Field Studies in Biodiversity Elective
2023 UCEAP Complutense University – Madrid Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution 801390 Sustainable Management of the Natural Environment Elective
         
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437A Environmental Wildlands Studies FBQ
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437B Environmental Field Survey FBQ
2020 Wildlands Studies – Thailand ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture FBQ
2020 Wildlands Studies – Chile and Chile-Patagonia ESCI 437A Environmental Wildlands Studies Elective
2020 Wildlands Studies – Chile ESCI 437B Environmental Field Survey Elective
2020 Wildlands Studies – Chile ESCI 437C Wildlands Environment and Culture Elective
2021 Santa Monica College (SMC) BIOL 15 Marine Biology Elective

 

Evolutionary Medicine Minor

Year of Approval School Course Code Course Title Category Fulfilled
2020 UCLA ENVIRON M133 Environmental Sociology Elective
2020 UCLA GLB HLT 150 Migration and Health Elective
2020 UCLA LIFESCI M174 Health Disparities Elective
2023 UCLA SOC GEN 180 Biological and Social Aspects of Fetal and Maternal Health Elective
2023 UCLA PSYCH 150 Health Psychology Elective
2023 UCLA PSYCH 127A Clinical Psychology Science Elective
2023 UCLA PHY SCI 166 Animal Physiology Elective