Current Student FAQ

See: 2 Ways to Major in Art at UCSB

If you are already accepted to Letters & Science at UCSB as undeclared or in a major other than Art, you must take at least 3 Lower Division Art classes and receive a letter grade (C or better) for each. These should include 1A, and Drawing if possible, but NOT 1C. After you have completed three classes, you may fill out the form to declare a major, which is available in the Art Office, and submit it to the Academic Adviser along with an unofficial copy of your transcripts, available from GOLD. There is no portfolio requirement at this time.

CCS classes count as Upper Division Art units. CCS units are pass/no pass. You are allowed a total of 8 P/NP units within the major. The department only accepts CCS Art classes numbered 100 and above.

You may take a total of 16 199 units for the Art Major. More than 5 units per quarter requires an “exception to 199 unit” form. 30 199 units are allowed college wide for double majors.

Go to the College of Letters and Science, Cheadle Hall Room 1117, and pick up the appropriate form. Get the Instructor’s signature and return it to the Registrar’s office with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

See the academic advisor one quarter before you plan to graduate. You may also process a Senior Progress Check on your own through GOLD for your GE requirements, and a Degree Audit for your major.

You must confer with your Instructor concerning a grade change, and provide the following to him/her:

Your name (Last, First, Middle), Perm #, Course #, quarter and year. It is up to the instructor to determine if you are deserving of a grade change. The Registrars will not accept a request for a grade change directly from the student.

When a student feels that they cannot complete all of the necessary coursework by the end of the quarter, they should discuss the matter with their instructor before the end of that quarter. To file for an incomplete grade, the student must file an “Incomplete Petition”, which is only available at the Registrar’s office. The petition requires the Instructor’s signature and must be filed with the Registrar before the end of that quarter.

The incomplete work must be completed and submitted to the instructor by the deadline indicated by the instructor on the Incomplete Petition. If a specific deadline is not given on the petition, the student is expected to finish the work by the last day of the following quarter. In other words, if a student takes an Incomplete Fall quarter, they must finish the work by the last day of Winter quarter.

In order to replace an “I” (Incomplete) with a letter grade, it is the student’s responsibility to:

• Submit the completed work to the instructor by the deadline
• The instructor will then submit a new grade electronically

An incomplete grade reverts to an ‘F’ at the end of the deadline if the student does not finish the work.

The student must file an “Incomplete Grade Extension Petition” with the Registrar’s Office by the end of the quarter in which the incomplete work is due. Extension Petitions are available from the academic advisor in the Art office, NOT the Registrar’s office, and require the instructor’s signature.

Students are strongly encouraged to be in communication with the instructor when they have an Incomplete.