Humanities Core Course Enrollment Questions

If you are having difficulties enrolling in a section of Humanities Core Course you should contact Janice Gregory, Enrollment Specialist in the Humanities Core Course Program Office, HIB 185, telephone 949-824-1964, e-mail jrgreg@uci.edu. She will assist you in determining your placement eligibility and in placing you into an appropriate section on a space-available basis.

Students seeking broader academic counseling related to enrolling in Humanities Core Course should consult an academic counselor in the school of their major.

Add/drops and Grade Option Changes

The Registrar's Electronic Add/Drop enrollment system ends for Humanities Core Course once the Registration adustment period ends. All add/drops beginning the first day of instruction are processed via add/drop cards and are coordinated and authorized by Enrollment Specialist Janice Gregory in the Humanities Core Course Program Office (HIB 185). Students should not ask Humanities Core Course instructors to sign add/drop cards. Add/Drops and Grade Option Changes for Humanities Core Course must be effected by the end of the second week of classes regardless of what other schools' deadlines for add/drops and grade change options are.

Switching to a Different Section

If you are already enrolled in a section and wish to move to another section, you may do so during the first two weeks of class by finding another student with whom to switch. Both students switching sections must simultaneously see Janice Gregory in the Program Office to authorize the switch. A bulletin board is posted in the Humanities Core Course Program Office the first two weeks of each quarter on which you may post the section you are enrolled in and the section you wish to be enrolled in. Students wishing to switch sections with someone should monitor the bulletin board for possible candidates.

Progression in Humanities Core Course

Students receiving deficient grades of C- or below or NP (no pass) may progress to the next quarter as long as a grade of F (or an F which converted to NP) was not received. Students who receive an F in either component of Humanities Core Course are not allowed to progress to the next quarter of Humanities Core Course. Students receiving a deficient grade of C- or below (including F) or NP (no pass) in either component of Humanities Core Course may retake the quarter in a subsequent year in most cases. Students repeating only one component of Humanities Core Course should enroll in both components of Core Course and then see Janice Gregory in the Program Office the first day of the third week of classes to drop the component not being repeated.

Satisfaction of Requirements

Students who complete all three quarters of the Humanities Core Course lecture component with a grade of D- or better or P (pass) will have satisfied the Humanistic Inquiry (Category IV) of the UCI Breadth Requirement. Human 1C lecture additionally fulfills Multicultural Studies (Category VII-A).

Students who have satisfied the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly Subject A Requirement) and satisfactorily complete two quarters of the writing component of Humanities Core Course with a grade of C or better or P (pass), will have met the lower division writing requirement of UCI Breadth.

Majors within Humanities do not have the option of taking Humanities Core Course for P/NP (pass/no pass). The entire sequence of Humanities Core Course satisfactorily completed for a letter grade satisfies a school requirement. Other schools may have similar requirements. Non-Humanities majors should consult an academic counselor in the school of their major before opting to take the course for P/NP.

UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (Formerly Subject A Requirement) and HUMAN 1AS/A and HUMAN 1BS/A

In addition to the regular sections of Humanities Core Course (HUMAN 1A-B-C), the Program offers sections, designated S/A, for students who have not met the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly known as the Subject A Requirement). HUMAN 1AS/A, offered in fall, must be taken for a letter grade. Students who successfully pass the writing component of Human 1AS/A with a grade of C or better will have simultaneously met the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement and may progress to a regular section of Humanities Core Course (HUMAN 1B) in winter quarter. Students who do not pass HUMAN 1AS/A with a grade of C or better will have a second opportunity to pass the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement in winter quarter by enrolling in HUMAN 1BS/A for a letter grade. Completion of HUMAN 1BS/A with a grade of C or better will satisfy the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement and will allow students to move on to HUMAN 1C to complete the lower division writing requirement.