Course Substitution Petition

Effective 26F, upper division classes taken in the discipline of geography that transfer into UCLA may be applied to your major requirements through course substitute petition. Upper division classes taken outside of the discipline require the same petition. Only 1 course substitution is allowed.

Review the guidelines AND instructions in the header of the petition form carefully. In petitioning a substitute, you are asked to identify a specific UCLA Geography course comparable to the class you completed and indicate the major/minor cluster it falls within.

For upper division GEOG course information and descriptions, please visit: https://registrar.ucla.edu/academics/course-descriptions?search=geog

Course substitutions are considered on a case-by-case basis, reviewed and approved by the Geography Undergraduate Faculty Committee. Eligible substitutions are approved to count toward the major/minor requirements if they are:

1) Letter-graded “B” or above;

2) explicitly demonstrate or engage geographical approaches, theories, and scholarship;

3) completed within the past 3 years.

The department allows a maximum of one (1) upper division course substitute to count towards a GEOG major/minor with the Undergraduate Faculty Committee’s approval.

For study abroad courses taken in Geography departments and approved by UC Education Abroad (UCEAP), the number of upper division courses allowed is five (5) for majors and two (2) for minors. For study abroad courses from non-Geography departments and courses outside of the Department, there will be a maximum of two (2) upper division courses that can transfer to the majors and a maximum of one (1) upper division course that can transfer to the minor.

Substitutions for lower division GEOG courses are not permitted. Pre-approval of a course substitute is not provided. Here is the link to the petition form – https://forms.gle/4CcG1pWs87ej8Hdq9 which will be activated at the start of the fall quarter.