What are Program Learning Outcomes?
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs) are a series of specific and measurable statements that describe the skills that students should acquire by the end of their program. Current PLOs for UCSC programs can be found in the links below.
Division of the Arts
| Art | BA | ||
| Art & Design: Games & Playable Media | BA | ||
| Creative Technologies | BA | ||
| Digital Arts and New Media | MFA | ||
| Environmental Art & Social Practice | MFA | ||
| Film and Digital Media | BA | PhD | |
| History of Art and Visual Culture | BA | ||
| Music | BA, BM | MA | PhD |
| Music Composition | DMA | ||
| Theater Arts | BA | MA | |
| Social Documentation | MFA | ||
| Visual Studies | PhD |
Division of Humanities
| Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism | BA | ||
| Classical Studies | BA | ||
| Critical Race and Ethnic Studies | BA | ||
| Feminist Studies | BA | PhD | |
| History | BA | MA | PhD |
| History of Consciousness | PhD | ||
| Italian Studies | BA | ||
| Jewish Studies | BA | ||
| Language Studies | BA | ||
| Linguistics | BA | MA | PhD |
| Literature | BA | MA | PhD |
| Philosophy | BA | MA | PhD |
| Spanish Studies | BA |
Division of Social Sciences
| Agroecology | BA | ||
| Anthropology | BA | PhD | |
| Applied Economics and Finance | MS | ||
| Business Management Economics | BA | ||
| Cognitive Science | BS | ||
| Community Studies | BA | ||
| Economics | BA | PhD | |
| Economics and Mathematics | BA | ||
| Education | MA | PhD | |
| Education, Democracy, & Justice | BA | ||
| Environmental Studies | BA | PhD | |
| Global & Community Health | BA, BS | ||
| Global Economics | BA | ||
| Latin American and Latino Studies | BA | PhD | |
| Legal Studies | BA | ||
| Politics | BA | PhD | |
| Psychology | BA | PhD | |
| Sociology | BA | PhD |
Division of Physical and
Biological Sciences
| Applied Physics | BS | ||
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | PhD | ||
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | BS | PhD | |
| Biology | BS, BA | ||
| Biology (EEB-MCD joint) | BS | ||
| Chemistry | BA, BS | MS | PhD |
| Earth Sciences | BS | MS | PhD |
| Ecology and Evolution; Plant Sciences; Marine Biology | BS | ||
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | MA | PhD | |
| Environmental Sciences | BS | ||
| Human Biology | BS | ||
| Mathematics | BA, BS | MA | PhD |
| Mathematics Education | BA | ||
| Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology | MS | PhD | |
| Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology | BS | MS | PhD |
| Neuroscience | BS | ||
| Ocean Sciences | MS | PhD | |
| Physics | BS | PhD | |
| Physics (Astrophysics) | BS | ||
| Physics Education | BS |
Jack Baskin School of Engineering
| Applied Mathematics | BS | MS | PhD |
| Bioengineering | BS | ||
| Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics | BS | MS | PhD |
| Biotechnology | BA | ||
| Computational Media | MS | PhD | |
| Computer Engineering | BS | ||
| Computer Game Design | BS | ||
| Computer Science | BA, BS | ||
| Computer Science & Engineering | MS | PhD | |
| Electrical Engineering | BS | ||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | MS | PhD | |
| Games & Playable Media | MS | ||
| Human Computer Interaction | MS | ||
| Natural Language Processing | MS | ||
| Network and Digital Technology | BA | ||
| Robotics Engineering | BS | ||
| Scientific Computing and Applied Mathematics | MS | ||
| Serious Games | MS | ||
| Statistical Science | MS | PhD | |
| Technology and Information Management | BS |