Complete the Math Preparation and placement process. You can review your math skills for free to prepare you for placement or your next course. It takes up to three business days for ALEKS PPL placement to be posted in your student record. Completing the assessment by August 1 will ensure your placement is posted before enrollment begins for fall.
Complete the Introduction to the Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology for Frosh Canvas Modules (an invitation to join will be sent to your UCSC.edu email address on or around July 18th).
Students who are interested in this major should ensure their “proposed major” shows correctly in MyUCSC to ensure they receive important information from the department. If you are not proposed in this major and would like to be, complete the form linked on this page and/or contact the advisors.
Review the General Catalog, especially the sample academic plans and major qualification policy.
CHEM 3A
MATH 11A or MATH 16A or MATH 19A or the appropriate Mathematics class if needed based on placement
Additional considerations when developing your first quarter enrollment plan can be found in the First Quarter Enrollment Advising Guide 2025-26.
MCD Biology Department Undergraduate Advising Team: Jeannette, Kylie, and Leanna
Email: mcdadvising@ucsc.edu (when emailing, please be sure your College is in the Subject line) or via Introduction to the Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology for Frosh Canvas Modules