Continuing students have four new majors to choose from, and those majors will be open to prospective undergraduate students when they apply this November for admission in fall 2015.

Also, the names of two majors have been changed and one major is being discontinued. And, when it's gone, UC Davis will have 102 majors total.

UC's fall 2015 application cycle now open

List of majors

The new majors:

• Global Disease Biology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Open to continuing students as of fall 2014.
• Marine and Coastal Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Biological Sciences, and College of Letters and Science; students must identify a focus of study that is offered through one of the three colleges. Open to continuing students since winter 2014.
• Mathematical Analytics and Operations Research, College of Letters and Science. Open to continuing students since winter 2014.
• Sustainable Environmental Design, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Open to continuing students since winter 2014.

The name changes:

• Genetics, College of Biological Sciences, renamed Genetics and Genomics (same curriculum).
• Dramatic Art, College of Letters and Science, renamed Theatre and Dance (with a new curriculum). Open to continuing students as of fall 2014.

Discontinued:

• Exercise Biology, College of Biological Sciences. Prospective undergraduates interested in this field of study are encouraged to apply to Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior (in the same college). Exercise Biology remains an option for continuing students until June 24, 2015 (note, however, that the major has been declared impacted for 2014-15).

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