Petitions
UPDATE (10/01/2021): Starting Fall 2021, petitions must be submitted electronically.
Major, Pre-major, Minor, Specialization, or College
Please email petitions to ugrad[at]math.ucla.edu. SEE DROPDOWNS FOR REQUIRED FORM(S).
STEP 1: Title your email subject and petition with LastName, FirstName UID Program Change.
- Example: Bruin, Joe 000000000 Program Change
STEP 2: Include in the email body your current program and proposed program.
- Example: I am a pre-applied math major and would like to declare the applied math major.
STEP 3: Attach the required form(s). See the dropdowns below for relevant forms. We will accept your email as a digital signature, so there is no need to scan, print, or convert your PDFs.
It typically takes 2-3 weeks to process your petition.
Attach this Undergraduate Program Change Petition to your email for a change of major, pre-major, minor, specialization. Changes to an undergraduate program are normally not permitted if the student is on probation or has begun their last term.
In addition to meeting pre-major, major, or minor requirements, all students must complete at least one academic quarter (fall, winter, or spring) at UCLA before declaring into a pre-major, major, or minor. If it is your first academic quarter at UCLA, you can submit your petition immediately after all your fall quarter grades are posted on DARS. Your petition will be processed 1-3 weeks after your submission.
Students petitioning into Pre-Data Theory or Data Theory need to submit BOTH forms: Undergraduate Program Change Petition and Degree Plan Contract.
- To see what classes you need for the major, model your DARS as a Data Theory major under the catalog term in which you are taking your LAST pre-Data Theory courses.
- For instructions on modeling your DARS, see Degree Audit Report System – Modeling Your Major.
- Use DARS and the table below to fill out your DPC.
- Include courses from the CURRENT TERM in which you’re enrolled and any remaining terms you have left at UCLA.
- Make sure to consider the prerequisites to each course (click on the course on DARS to see prereqs).
- You do not need to check mark “Type of Contract.”
- See the blue box at the top for instructions on where to send your contract and what to title your email.
11 Pre-major Courses
| Course | Typically Offered in the following quarters |
|---|---|
| Math 31A Math 31B Math 32A Math 32B Math 33A Stats 10 PIC 10A Math 115A Stats 20 | Fall, Winter, Spring |
| Math 42 Stats 21 | Fall and Spring |
| Course | Typically Offered in the following quarters |
|---|---|
| Math 131A Math 156 Math 170E or Stats 100A Math 170S or Stats 100B | Fall, Winter, Spring |
| Math 118 | Fall and Winter |
| Stats 101A Stats 102B | Spring |
| Stats 101C | Fall |
| Stats 102A Math or Stats M148 Stats 147 Stats 184 | Winter |
1 Upper Div Math Elective (Math UD)
1 Upper Div Stats Elective (Stats UD) | Varies depending on which courses you choose. For flexibility in your schedule, you do not need to specify which Math or Stats courses you plan to take as electives. Just list the courses as “Stats UD” or “Math UD” in your plan. |
- Read about the double major petition process with College of Letters & Science here.
- Fill out Departmental Approval for Double Major/Minor and Degree Plan Contract found in Step 1.
- Obtain signatures from both major/minor departments.
- Send the forms to Math Student Services for approval signatures (See the blue box above for directions).
- Check the website of your other major department to find their preferred communication platform.
- Once you get approval signatures from both major departments, send your forms to the College through Message Center for final approval.
- Use the forms stated in the directions above unless your college advising unit prefers that you use their forms.
- Click here to read about the process of switching into the College of Letters & Science.
- Fill out the forms found in Step 1.
- Send the forms to Math Student Services for approval signatures (See the blue box above for directions).
- After receiving approval signatures from the Math Department, send your forms to the College through Message Center for final approval.
Example: You want to switch out of the School of Engineering and into the College of Letters and Sciences.
Course Equivalency
Please email petitions to ugrad[at]math.ucla.edu. SEE BELOW FOR REQUIRED FORM.
Title your email subject with LastName, FirstName UID Course Equivalency Petition.
- Example: Bruin, Joe 000000000 Course Equivalency Petition
It typically takes 2-3 weeks to process your petition.
The Course Equivalency Petition (CEP) used to petition courses from outside of the Math Department (within or outside of UCLA) that you believe are equivalent to our mathematics or programming in computing (PIC) courses.
Attach the following to your email:
- Course Equivalency Petition
- Any documents that give us as much information about your course as possible*: course description, detailed syllabus with a breakdown of topics covered every week, and textbook used.
Q: How do I know who is instructing the course?
A: Each institution has a website that shows the instructors for a given quarter as well as a page that includes their email for contact.
Q: Does the syllabus have to be from the instructor that I took the course with/am planning to take the course with?
A: No. The syllabus can be from any instructor of that course who is teaching within the same school year.
Summer Session
Please email Summer Session petitions to info[at]summer.ucla.edu.
A Late Add Petition can only be used after Week 2 when all waitlisted students have been enrolled.
Petitions FAQ
Program Change Petitions
All Math Pre-Majors, Majors, Minors, & Specialization
- Students must be in good academic standing at the time of their declaration and must have completed at least one full academic quarter (fall, winter, or spring with a minimum of 12.0 units) at UCLA before declaring into a program (pre-major, major, minor, & specialization).
- ALL courses toward the program be taken for letter grades.
- Declare by 160.0 units (excluding AP and IB credit). This is a soft deadline. If you are progressing in your major and can graduate within your Time to Degree (TTD), then you should be able to declare the major. However, all students who are over 150.0 units in the “Minimum 180 UC Units for a UCLA Degree” section on DARS will have to have final approval of the College in order to declare.
All Math Majors (Except the Three Specified Below)
- Mathematics preparation (pre-major) courses for mathematics majors must be passed with a “C” or better and an overall pre-major GPA of 2.5. Non-math pre-major courses can be finished after declaring.
Data Theory
- All pre-major courses must be passed with a “C” or better and an minimum pre-major GPA of 3.3. Math 115A is included as a pre-major course and must be passed with a “C” or better.
- Students who are admitted as transfers must complete ALL pre-major coursework by the end of their 3rd academic quarter (spring quarter) at UCLA.
- Students who are admitted as freshmen must complete ALL pre-major coursework by the end of their 7th academic quarter (fall quarter of third year) at UCLA.
Financial Actuarial Mathematics
- Each pre-major course must be passed with a “C” or better. Pre-major GPAs for mathematics and economics courses are calculated separately, and both pre-major GPAs must meet a minimum 2.5.
Mathematics/Economics
- Each pre-major course must be passed with a “C” or better. Pre-major GPAs for mathematics and economics courses are calculated separately, and both pre-major GPAs must meet a minimum 2.7.
Double Majors
- Complete all pre-major coursework for both majors.
- Complete at least two upper division courses exclusive to each major.
Minors
- Complete a minimum of 12.0 units of math courses at UCLA* with a “C” or better and a minimum 2.0 GPA in the minor. Of the 12.0 math units, at least one course must be an upper division course.
*Non-math courses (eg: Stats 100AB) do not count toward the minor.
*Math courses from other institutions can be used toward a math minor, but student must still complete a minimum of 12.0 math courses AT UCLA before declaring.
Specialization in Computing
- Complete PIC 10A and 10B or CS 31 and 32 with a “C-” or better in each course and minimum 2.0 GPA in the specialization.
Submit your petition once you all pre-major grades have been posted on DARS. Your petition will stay in the queue and will be processed 2-3 weeks.
In addition to meeting minimum pre-major course requirements, all students must have completed at least one academic quarter (fall, winter, or spring) at UCLA with at least 12.0 units and be in good academic standing. If it is currently your first academic quarter at UCLA, submit your petition once your fall quarter grades have been posted on DARS.
Students who are in progress for their first academic quarter at UCLA OR in progress for their last pre-major requirements will be denied the petition.
If you are over 150.0 units of UCLA, transferred, and AP coursework in the “MINIMUM 180 UNITS FOR A UCLA DEGREE” section of DARS, your math advisor will submit a 150.0+ Petition on your behalf to the College of Letters & Sciences. This is for the College to check your non-major related requirements to make sure you are on track to graduate.
The 150.0+ Petition with the College can take an additional 15 business days on top of the Math Department’s processing time.
It typically takes 2-3 weeks for the Math Department to process your petition.
If you are submitting your petition during finals week because you are currently taking your last pre-major courses, your petition will be processed 2-3 weeks AFTER your final grades for the quarter have been posted because we need to see your grade.
If you have 150.0 or more earned and in progress units in the “MINIMUM 180 UC UNITS FOR A UCLA DEGREE” section of your DARS, your petition will have go through a final approval from your College advising unit. This process is required in order for your college to make sure you will graduate on time. This process takes up to 15 business days, and there’s nothing you need to do on your end. Once the College finishes processing your petition and makes a decision, you will be able to find the status on MyUCLA under the Petitions tab. We will also notify you via email regarding your petition status.
About CURRENT and COMING SOON PDF’s in MAJORS, MINORS & SPECIALIZATIONS:
Course requirements in the COMING SOON catalogs have yet to be implemented, and our department has not finalized an implementation date. Once the date is finalized in the future, it will be posted on the Majors, Minors & Specializations page as well as in our new department handbooks (See bottom of the Majors, Minors, and Specializations page).
If you are already officially declared into a math major (not pre-major), you are locked into the old requirements that you declared into.
If you are pre-major at the time the department implements new catalog requirements, you will have one academic year to declare into a major under the “old” requirements before we enforce the new requirements.
1. Model Your DARS
- Go to DARS.
- Click Run Audit.
- Click “Select a Different Program.”
- Select “College of Letters and Science – LS” and the term in which you plan to declare.
- Select your prospective program. This is called “modeling your DARS.” You can model three different majors and two minors to compare different major requirements all at once.
- Click Run Different Program. This will show you your pre-major and major course requirements. You can click on the courses to see its description and prerequisites.
2. Check the Tentative Schedule
- Use our Tentative Schedule to see when we plan to offer each course. We try to keep our offerings as consistent as possible each year. Use the current school year’s tentative schedule as a soft guide to plan every quarter, but please remember that things may change based on our resources.
3. Fill Out the Degree Plan Contract
- Fill in the Degree Plan Contract (DPC), using the list of courses from DARS and the tentative schedule. Remember that some courses have prerequisites and are offered in specific quarters.
- List specific course numbers if the course is EXPLICITLY listed for your major.
- E.g., Math 115A and 131A are specifically listed for every major. Math students should explicitly list Math 115A and 131A in their plan.
- If you are listing a specific class, make sure you know what the prerequisites are. You can find prerequisites by clicking on the class name. A course catalog will pop up in a new window with details on the prerequisites and course description.
- Upper division electives just need to be listed as “[Subject] UD.”
- E.g., The math of computation major requires “6 upper division math electives” and “3 upper division computer science electives.” Math of Comp students should just list “Math UD” 6 times and “CS UD” 3 times in their plan.
- List specific course numbers if the course is EXPLICITLY listed for your major.
4. Have an Advisor Review Your Plan
- See Academic Advising Hours for our hours or email your plan to ugrad[at]math.ucla.edu.
COURSE EQUIvALENCY PETITIONS
Please check Assist.org* or Transferology.com** to see if the course at the other institution is listed as transferable to UCLA. Assist and Transferology.
Submit a Course Equivalency Petition if
- Assist or Transferology does not have information about the non-UCLA class’s transferability to UCLA
- Transferology states that the non-UCLA class will transfer in as Math T******
- You already took the class and transferred it to UCLA Admission, but it did not transfer into DARS as you intended
*Assist: This site is the official course transfer and articulation system for California’s public community college and university systems. Assist lists California community college courses that are UC transferable.
**Transferology: This site helps you determine if prior coursework is transferable from one UC campus to another or from a non-California institution to a UC. A non-UCLA course is transferrable to UCLA if it lists the specific UCLA course name and number.
We only evaluate math and programming in computing (PIC) petitions. If you need your course or AP Exam score evaluated for other subjects (eg. statistics, economics, physics, chemistry, etc.), you will need to contact the respective departments. If these non-math/PIC courses are being applied to your math major, please make sure the departments that approve your petition leave a note in your Record of Interview (ROI) for math advisors to see.
If you are petitioning:
- CS 31, 32, and 33 or 35L for PIC 10A, 10B and 10C
- We will accept CS 31, 32, and 33 or 35L in lieu of PIC 10A, 10B, and 10C, respectively. You don’t need to submit a petition. If you need PIC 10ABC for your math major or specialization, these course substitutions will be applied to your DARS by Friday of Week 7 of your LAST quarter at UCLA. Please run a new DARS audit on Monday of Week 8 and visit us virtually or in person if these course substitutions have not been applied.
Math/PIC CEP: If your petition is approved, a math advisor will add a note to your Record of Interview (ROI).
Other Subjects: If your non-math/PIC course (e.g., physics, chemistry, economics) was reviewed and approved by another department, please make sure they write a note in your ROI for your major advisor to see.
Please keep in mind that having a CEP approved is only a preliminary approval. The course can only officially count as a in lieu of a UCLA course once you send your transcript to UCLA Admissions and it is processed with unit credits.
Transcripts should be sent to:
UCLA Undergraduate Admission
1147 Murphy Hall
Box 951436
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1436
For more information, see Transferring Credits to UCLA.
For students who are in the Math Department: Course substitutions will be applied to your DARS by Friday of Week 7 of your LAST quarter at UCLA. Please run a new DARS audit on Monday of Week 8 and visit us virtually or in person if these course substitutions have not been applied.
For students who are non-math majors: Changes to your DARS is up to your departmental advisor. Please ask them when they will apply your course substitutions.
DEGREE AUDIT REPORT SYSTEM (DARS)
If you are declared into a math program (major, minor, or specialization) and DARS is not recognizing some of your completed coursework for the program, please check below to see if these scenarios apply to you.
- CS 31, 32, and 33 in lieu of PIC 10A, 10B, and 10C, respectively
- Math 170E and 170S in lieu of Math 170A and 170B, respectively
- PIC 16B for the specialization in computing
- An IB Math exam. I have written approval (via email or Message Center) that I will be waived from Math 31A and/or Math 31B.
- An equivalent course to one of the Math/PIC courses. My Course Equivalency Petition was approved (in writing, via email, or Message Center) for that course.
- A graduate course in lieu of an upper division math course for the major. My Course Equivalency Petition was approved (in writing, through email or via Message Center) for that course.
- AP Physics “C” Mechanics, AP Stats, and/or AP Chemistry exam(s) and received a 4 or 5. I contacted the respective departments to get credit for Physics 1A, Stats 10, and/or Chem 20A.
- An equivalent course to one of the non-Math/PIC courses. My Course Equivalency Petition was approved (in writing, via email, or Message Center) for that course by the department that oversees that course.
- For Cases 1-6: Math advisors are aware of these course substitutions and account for them when we review your petition to declare a math program or audit your coursework in your last quarter for graduation.
- For Case 7 or 8: Please make sure the advisor of that department makes a note on your Record of Interview (ROI) about these approvals so that math advisors can account for them we review your petition to declare a math program or audit your coursework in your last quarter for graduation.
If any of the above applies to you, we will update your DARS by Friday of Week 7 of your LAST quarter at UCLA. Please run a new audit in Week 8 and visit us if there are still any discrepancies.
I took upper division courses for my non-math minor, but DARS is using these courses for my upper division math major. I need 20.0 exclusive units to the stats minor.
We will update your DARS by Friday of Week 7 of your LAST quarter at UCLA by excluding the courses that should be exclusive to your minor. E.g. If you are a stats minor, we will exclude 20.0 units of stats courses from your upper division math coursework.
Please run a new audit in Week 8 and visit us if there are still any discrepancies.
I can have 20.0 units of overlapping courses, but DARS is overlapping too many math courses between my majors.
We will update your DARS by Friday of Week 7 of your LAST quarter at UCLA by excluding some of your upper division courses from your math major.
Please run a new audit in Week 8 and visit us if there are still any discrepancies.