You may apply to the program after successful completion of three of the prerequisite courses listed below. To qualify for acceptance into the program, you must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 in the three prerequisites.
AP/IB credit will only be accepted when your transcript notes the credit equivalency. For example, credit that results in Comp_Sci 150 credit will be accepted as a pre-requisite. Credit that results in Comp_Sci 1XX credit will not be accepted as a prerequisite.
Prerequisites – one course from each category:
Microeconomics and Social Sciences
- ECON 202, 150
- MMSS 211-1 (MMSS only)
- ANTHRO 211
- COMM ST 205
- PSYCH 213, 228
- SOCIOL 215, 316
Statistics
- BMD ENG 220
- CSD 304
- ECON 281
- IEMS 201, 202
- POLI SCI 312
- PSYCH 201
- SESP 210
- SOCIOL 303
- STAT 202, 210
Computer Science
- COMP SCI 110, 111, 130
- STAT 201
All second year students interested in the IMC Certificate Program will need to submit their applications by the April 2024 application period. To be accepted into the certificate program, students must have completed their prerequisites, or be enrolled in their final prerequisites during spring quarter of their second year. Current first-year students will be eligible to apply to the program in April 2025.