At the end of the Spring quarter of the first year, students are evaluated by the Steering Committee on their academic progress. At the time of transfer, students and degree-granting programs will be provided with a transition packet containing a Change of Major form, an individual funding profile, an admissions dossier, and first year coursework and lab rotation information. All programs acknowledge that the Fall quarter course in Molecular Biology or any of the three Winter quarter courses in Cell Biology will be accepted as fulfilling first-year curricular requirements at the time of transition.
Departments are nonetheless free to recommend a particular course.