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College of Letters & Science

College of Letters and Science

Major prep and upper-division requirements from department sites, DUELS, and UCSB Admissions—plus LASAR college-wide rules.

Official sources · L&S

Letters & Science Academic Requirements (LASAR)

L&S uses LASAR (Letters and Science Academic Requirements), not CoE GEAR. Download LASAR from DUELS for your catalog year.

180–184 quarter units (184 if Area B foreign language completed at level 3) · 60 upper-division units · GE Areas A–G + special subjects (WRT, EUR, NWC, QNT, ETH)

DUELS degree requirements ↗Admissions majors ↗

UC Santa Barbara

College of Letters and Science

Santa Barbara, CA

58 majors in catalogUpdated 2026-05-23
L&S college site ↗Admissions majors ↗2025-2026 LASAR ↗

All L&S students must complete

180–184 quarter units (184 if Area B foreign language completed at level 3)

University requirements

  • • UC Entry-Level Writing Requirement (ELWR)
  • • American History and Institutions (AMH)
  • • Academic residence requirement
  • • Minimum 2.0 GPA (overall and in major)

GE — general subject (A–G)

  • • Area A: English Reading and Composition (A1 + A2)
  • • Area B: Foreign Language
  • • Area C: Science, Mathematics, and Technology
  • • Area D: Social Sciences (minimum 2 courses)
  • • Area E: Culture and Thought (minimum 2 courses)
  • • Area F: Arts (minimum 1 course)
  • • Area G: Literature (minimum 1 course)

GE — special subjects

Writing Requirement (WRT)European Traditions (EUR)World Cultures (NWC)Quantitative Relationships (QNT)Ethnicity (ETH)

L&S majors

Department URLs follow https://{dept}.ucsb.edu/ or https://www.{dept}.ucsb.edu/.

58 majors · sorted A–Z

Data sources

Course lists are snapshots from official UCSB pages—not a live scrape. Verify prerequisites in the UCSB General Catalog.