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
Division of Humanities
Division of Social Sciences
| Agroecology | BA | ||
| Anthropology | BA | PhD | |
| Applied Economics and Finance | MS | ||
| Business Management Economics | BA | ||
| Cognitive Science | BS | ||
| Community Studies | BA | ||
| Earth Sciences/ Anthropology | BA | ||
| Economics | BA | PhD | |
| Economics and Mathematics | BA | ||
| Education | MA | PhD | |
| Education, Democracy, & Justice | BA | ||
| Environmental Studies | BA | MA | 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 |