• Apply to a major within the College of Letters and Sciences at UCLA
  

• Complete at least 15 units of honors courses, including a minimum of 9 units of LIST A course work and no more than 6 units of LIST B course work by the end of Spring semester before transfer. A maximum of three (2) Honors courses can be taken in the last semester (Spring) before transfer. Library 10H and Honors 1h/2h cannot be used to meet this 15 unit requirement.
  

• Maintain a GPA of 3.4 at the time of certification (February of the transfer year)
  

• Complete all major preparation courses -IGETC general ed. completion is strongly recommended
  

• Be confirmed by the Cabrillo Honors Program Director as a member in good standing. The director will complete the certification process.

• When possible, students should identify an Alternate Major that is not a selective major in your UC application. All major preparation requirements for the Alternate major must also be completed by end of Spring to be eligible for review. If a stdent is not admitted for the first major, their application will be reviewed for the alternate major.
  

TAP applicants may not select an alternate major in the following specialty schools: The Samueli School of Engineering, the School of Arts and Architecture, the Herb Alpert School of Music, the School of Nursing, and the School of Theater, Film and Television. These schools do not participate in the Transfer Alliance Program.

You must complete ALL the major preparation courses for your first choice AND alternate majors.

All major preparation courses for SELECTIVE majors must be completed by the end of Fall, prior to transfer. Honors courses and general education courses may be pending in Spring. IGETC completion is not required for admission, and may be completed in summer prior to Transfer

• Business Economics - all major preparation courses should be completed by the end of Fall prior to transfer

• Psychology - 4 of the 5 required major preparation courses should be completed by the end of Fall prior to transfer

• for Admission: transfer-level Math and ENGL C1000 (formerly ENGL 1A) should be completed by the end of Fall prior to transfer

Students who will be TAP Certified have the benefit of choosing an Alternate Major on their UC Application for the College of Letters and Sciences, and will be evaluated for their Alternate choice if there is no space available in their 1st-choice major. ONLY TAP Certified students have this additional evaluation benefit. 

All major preparation courses for the Alternate Major must be completed by the end of Spring before transfer. Most students who are not admitted into their first choice major are admitted into the Alternate major. You must choose the Alternate Major on your UC application at the time you submit your application.

Understanding the Transfer Alliance Program Alternate Major Policy

If you are a UCLA TAP participant who is not selected for admission to your first-choice major, UCLA will consider your application for an alternate major.* This review is subject to the following restrictions:

Your alternate major must be specified on your UC application.

Requests to add or change an alternate major after submission must be made no later than January 31, 2026. Contact UCLA with your request.

If you are admitted to your first-choice major, your application will not be reviewed for your alternate major.

The TAP alternate major review policy only applies to certain majors. Majors in the College (excluding the restricted majors listed here) and Public Affairs are acceptable alternate major options.

The following majors are restricted from consideration as an alternate major:

• Biology

• Pre-business economics

• Communication

• Pre-economics

• Education and social transformation

• Global studies

• Human biology and society (B.A. and B.S.)

• Mathematics/economics

• Mathematics, financial actuarial

• Political science

• Psychology

• Public Health B.A. and B.S.

• Sociology

• Statistics and data science