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.

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Division of the Arts

ArtBA
Art & Design: Games & Playable MediaBA
Creative TechnologiesBA
Environmental Art & Social PracticeMFA
Film and Digital MediaBAPhD
History of Art and Visual CultureBA
MusicBA, BMMAPhD
Music CompositionDMA
Theater ArtsBAMA
Social DocumentationMFA
Visual StudiesPhD

Division of Humanities

Applied Linguistics and MultilingualismBA
Classical StudiesBA
Critical Race and Ethnic StudiesBA
Feminist StudiesBA
HistoryBAMAPhD
History of ConsciousnessPhD
Italian StudiesBA
Jewish StudiesBA
Language StudiesBA
Linguistics BAMAPhD
LiteratureBAMAPhD
PhilosophyBAMAPhD
Spanish StudiesBA

Division of Social Sciences

AgroecologyBA
AnthropologyBAPhD
Applied Economics and FinanceMS
Business Management EconomicsBA
Cognitive ScienceBS
Community StudiesBA
EconomicsBAPhD
Economics and MathematicsBA
EducationMAPhD
Education, Democracy, & JusticeBA
Environmental StudiesBAMAPhD
Global & Community HealthBA, BS
Global EconomicsBA
Latin American and Latino StudiesBAPhD
Legal StudiesBA
PoliticsBAPhD
PsychologyBAPhD
SociologyBAPhD

Division of Physical and
Biological Sciences

Applied PhysicsBS
Astronomy and AstrophysicsPhD
Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyBSPhD
BiologyBS, BA
ChemistryBA, BSMSPhD
Earth SciencesBS
Earth & Planetary SciencesMSPhD
Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyBSMAPhD
Environmental SciencesBS
Human BiologyBS
Marine BiologyBS
MathematicsBA, BSMAPhD
Mathematics EducationBA
Microbiology and Environmental ToxicologyBSMSPhD
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental BiologyBSMSPhD
NeuroscienceBS
Ocean SciencesMSPhD
PhysicsBSPhD
Physics (Astrophysics)BS
Physics EducationBS
Plant SciencesBS

Jack Baskin School of Engineering

Applied MathematicsBSMSPhD
Biomolecular Engineering and BioinformaticsBSMSPhD
BiotechnologyBA
Computational MediaMSPhD
Computer EngineeringBS
Computer Game DesignBS
Computer ScienceBA, BS
Computer Science & EngineeringMSPhD
Electrical EngineeringBS
Electrical & Computer EngineeringMSPhD
Games & Playable MediaMS
Human Computer InteractionMS
Natural Language ProcessingMS
Network and Digital TechnologyBA
Robotics EngineeringBS
Scientific Computing and Applied MathematicsMS
Serious GamesMS
Statistical ScienceMSPhD
Technology and Information ManagementBS
Last modified: Oct 02, 2025