These should be noted with care, as they are enforced at registration. Instructors may make an exception upon presentation of evidence of equivalent preparation. Admission to UCSB does not guarantee enrollment in any particular class. A course in which the instructor is listed as Staff may be taught by various instructors. The College of Creative Studies utilizes a separate and distinct numbering system, which is explained in its section on this web site.
Independent studies courses open to lower-division students.
Graduate students will not receive credit toward advanced degrees for these courses. Upper-division courses, ordinarily open to students who have satisfied the prerequisites specified on this web site descriptions of these courses. Prerequisites may include appropriate prior college-level courses or their transfer equivalents, completion of six terms of college work, or a combination of six terms of college work and appropriate prior college courses. Generally, upper-division courses are not recommended for freshman students. Graduate students will not receive credit toward advanced degrees for these courses.