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PREPARING TO GRADUATE: Senior Exit Requirement

UCSC requires that every student satisfy a senior exit/comprehensive requirement prior to graduation. Biological Science students have the following options for satisfying this requirement:

by passing course BIOL 190, Senior Seminar (2-unit course offered every Spring quarter)

by passing an internship, independent research or field course:

Biological Sciences - EEB

BIOE 114L Field Methods in Herpetological Research

BIOE 141L Behavioral Ecology Field Course

BIOE 145L Field Methods in Plant Ecology

BIOE 150L Ecological Field Methods Lab

BIOE 151 Ecology & Conservation in Practice

BIOE 158L Marine Ecology

BIOE 159 Marine Ecology Field Quarter

BIOE 161L Kelp Forest Ecology Lab

BIOE 183 Undergraduate Research in EEB

Biological Sciences - MCDB

BIOL 100L Biochemistry Lab

BIOL 105L Eukaryotic Genetics Lab

BIOL 105M Microbial Genetics Lab

BIOL 109L Yeast Molecular Genetics Lab

BIOL 110L Cell Biology Lab

BIOL 111L Immunology Lab

BIOL 115L Eukaryotic Molecular Biology Lab

BIOL 119L Microbioolgy Lab

BIOL 120L Development Lab

BIOL 128L Neural Genetics Lab

BIOL 185 Hughes Undergraduate Research Lab

BIOL 186 Undergraduate Research in MCD

BIOL 189 Health Sciences Internship

The following courses, though no longer offered, satisfy the exit requirement...

BIOL 128L Advanced Neural Genetics Lab

BIOL 148L Quantitative Ecology for Conservation

BIOL 165 Field Ecology of Baja California

BIOL 185F/L Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Lab

by completing a senior thesis

by achieving a Graduate Record Examination score at or above the 50th percentile on the Biology Subject Test or the Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Subject Test.

by achieving a Medical College Admissions Test score at or above the 50th percentile on the biological sciences section.

NOTE: You do NOT have to be an enrolled student or an active student to satisfy the comprehensive requirement.

Graduate Record Exam (GRE) Subject Test
Although you may need the general exam to apply for graduate school, you only need the subject test to satisfy the exit requirement. The Biochemistry subject test will also satisfy the exit requirement for general Biology and MCDBiology majors. You must score at or above the 50th percentile on either subject test. Reports of GRE scores must be submitted to the BioAdvising Office before the last day of the quarter in which you are graduating.

Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) Biological Sciences Section
A score at or above the 50th percentile on the MCAT satisfies the exit requirement. Only students intent on applying to medical school should use this exam to satisfy the exit requirement. Reports of MCAT scores must be submitted to the BioAdvising Office before the last day of the quarter in which you are graduating.

If you are planning on taking the MCAT, you should contact Health Career Resource Specialist no later than the beginning of your junior year regarding preparation. The Career Center also provides assistance and preparatory courses for the GRE and MCAT.

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