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Getting started in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies: 2023-2024 Entering Frosh

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Students are admitted to UCSC with a "proposed major" in most cases, and later petition to officially declare the major. Admission to UCSC does not guarantee acceptance into a particular major. Students must be declared in a major by the end of the second year (or equivalent), so learning about and preparing for a major is a primary goal for first-year students.

Importance of an early start:	This major is not highly sequential or course intensive. Students interested in CRES may declare at any time, including in their junior and even senior year. Students are encouraged to begin taking courses toward the major in their first year. While specific courses are not required in order to declare, ideally, students will be enrolled in or have completed CRES 10 with a C, or can be taken P/NP with a passing grade or better. All requirements of the major can be completed within two years. Although it is advisable to begin taking courses toward the major in the first year, it is not required.
Qualification requirements and/or prerequisites for the major:	Review Major Qualification Requirements in the General Catalog.
Frosh who intend to pursue this major should do the following things prior to the beginning of fall term...	Review the major requirements in the General Catalog, and carefully review the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies (CRES) website overall. A solid understanding of the requirements provides students with an invaluable head start to their college career and to this interdisciplinary major.
...and should take these courses their first term:	No major courses are required in the first quarter.
Special enrollment procedures:	Enroll online during your enrollment appointment.
Sample Academic Plan:	Review the sample academic plan in the General Catalog.
Other Information:	Enroll in CRES 10: Critical Race and Ethnic Studies: An Introduction for the fall term following year.
Links to Review:	Program Description (Catalog) Department Website CRES Advising - Sample Academic Plan Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Faculty List of Core and Elective Courses (Click on “Requirements and Planners”)
Advisor Contact Information:	CRES Advising cres@ucsc.edu