The most common reason for requesting a course description would be to provide the description to
another academic institution in order to determine course equivalency.
Descriptions of current and previous courses at UCI can be obtained by referring to the UCI General
Catalogue for the appropriate year. Therefore, if you have access to the UCI General Catalogue for
the year in which you took the course, you may photocopy the course description and send it to the
requestor yourself. UCI General Catalogues for the current and previous years are also available in
the Langson Library. They are also
archived online from the 1996-97 academic year and forward.
If you do not have access to the UCI General Catalogue for the appropriate year, you have the option
of requesting a course description from the Registrar's Office. For a fee, the Registrar's Office will
provide a photocopy of your requested course description(s) from the General Catalogue from the appropriate
year.
Requesting a Course Description from the Registrar's Office
Requests may be made in person or in writing by mail. Your request should include:
- Title of the course(s)
- Term(s) in which course(s) were taken (quarter and year)
- Student's full name on academic record
- Student ID number (if known)
- Return mailing address where the course description should be sent
- $13 fee per course description requested, made payable to: UC Regents at the UCI Central Cashier
- Only one fee is required for courses in a series (e.g. Spanish 1 A-B-C) as there is only one course description for the entire series
Requests for course descriptions are typically fulfilled within two business days of receipt.
