Academic Planning & Degree Requirements

Academic Planning Form Templates

Below are links to academic planning form templates you may use to independently create an academic plan and track your progress over time. Students should share their academic plan with chemistryadvising@ucsc.edu and review their academic plan with a Chemistry & Biochemistry Advisor to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Important notes about using academic planning form templates:

1. You will need to be logged in to your @ucsc.edu Google account in order to access these forms.

2. Make sure to click on BOTH TABS at the bottom of the planning documents to view:

   1. A form that can be used to plan out coursework quarter-by-quarter

   2. A checklist of the course requirements to complete the degree or minor

3. The drop-down menus within the academic plan tabs have ALL the CHEM/BIOC major requirement courses (but not all are necessarily for your major-of-choice specifically).

   1. using the drop down menus while academic planning allows you to easily view in what quarters courses are offered:

      1. (F) stands for “Fall”, (W) stands for “Winter”, (S) stands for “Spring”

      2. If there are no parenthesis next to the course (i.e.: CHEM 1A), then the course is offered every quarter (except perhaps summer).

      3. Students should check the Summer Courses webpage to see what courses are guaranteed to be offered each summer.

         1. Be aware that upper division courses for Chemistry & Biochemistry majors are not often offered in the summer.

4. Students may use the Qualification GPA Calculator tab to determine their major qualification progress. 

5. Students should ALWAYS share their academic plan with chemistryadvising@ucsc.edu — they can help you ensure the accuracy of the plan & that other advisors can access it as needed.

Make your copy of the Chemistry B.A. Academic Planning Form
Make your copy of the Chemistry B.S. Academic Planning Form
Make your copy of the Chemistry B.S. with Biochemistry Concentration Academic Planning Form

Make your copy of the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BMB) B.S. Academic Planning Form