Academic Information

There are two kinds of courses that the students from the University of California may choose:

1. Complutense Regular Courses:

Students must register from at least two of these courses each semester.

Students may apply for any course at any faculty of the Complutense University.

Courses that belong to the first academic year of the major in the Complutense University are forbidden for abroad students.

Courses that belong to the second academic year are not recommended because the subject could be too general to be adapted to your major.

Be careful not to choose an annual course if your stay only last the fall period.

2. Core Course (Programa Núcleo)

This is an exclusive program just for the students of the University of California.

All courses are upper division.

These are courses that will only take place in the fall period.

Schedule for these courses will be available in September.

Classes last 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Students from the University of California can only register in two of these courses maximum.

These courses are an option, they are not mandatory.

Core courses in the fall of 2010/2011

The student has to follow a program of at least 18 units (minimum) and 24 units (maximum) each semester. ILP does not count in these units.

PASS / NOT PASS option

Students have the opportunity to choose one option PASS / NOT PASS until one third of the total units of each semester (6 units from 18).

The student that decides to take this option has to inform the office to include it in your online courses registration.

PASS / NOT PASS courses can not be counted towards the major or the independent study project.

PASS = grades equal or over C

NOT PASS = grades equal or under C-

The decision to change a course to PASS / NOT PASS has to be made within certain dates:

1^st semester until december 15

2^nd semester until april 26

annual courses until april 26

You can find all the information about the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in its webpage.