Skip to main content
International Studies Program ISP
  1. HOME
  2. Joint Bachelor-Master Program
  3. BA-MIA Admissions Process

BA-MIA Admissions Process

jenburney-andstudent-gismap.png

General Admissions Requirements

Students must be declared in one of the following majors (no exceptions):

  • International Studies – Economics
  • International Studies – International Business
  • International Studies – Political Science

GPA Requirements:

  • Cumulative GPA: 3.0 or higher
  • Major GPA: 3.4 or higher

Academic Advising Requirement:

  • Must meet with BA/MIA Advisor Jaye Loyd. If you are interested in scheduling an appointment, please email Jaye with 3 dates/times in the next 2 weeks. 

Completion Requirement:

  • Students must be on track to complete all requirements in order to qualify for graduation by the end of the spring quarter of senior year

Time Commitment:

  • Attendance at GPS Summer Prep (if required) during summer prior to senior year
  • Ability to take courses on campus at UC San Diego during both their senior and graduate year

Admissions Application:

  • Successful submission of admissions application and all relevant material via Grad Apply by April 10
  • On Grad Apply, the program is shown as "International Affairs (IR75)"

Applying to the BA-MIA Program

All general and program specific admissions requirements must be completed by the end of Spring quarter of application year. The application opens in January with a hard deadline of April 10 each year.

Apply Now

Program-Specific Admissions Requirements

Each specific major has its own course requirements. All applicants must complete general education and lower division major requirements and INTL 100, INTL 101, and INTL 102 by the end of the spring quarter of the application year.

See program specific course requirements below.

International Studies - Economics

For the Intenational Studies - Economics major, the following are course requirements that must be completed by Spring prior to admission.

  • Calculus: MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C
  • Lower-division Economics: ECON 1-2-3
  • INTL 100 – Analysis, Argument, and Real-World Problems
  • INTL 101 – Culture and Society in International Perspective
  • INTL 102 – Economics, Politics, and International Change
  • Substantial progress in General Education coursework

International Studies - International Business

For the Intenational Studies - International Business major, the following are course requirements that must be completed by Spring prior to admission.

  • Calculus: MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C
  • Lower-division Accounting: ECON/MGT 4 and MGT 5
  • INTL 100 – Analysis, Argument, and Real-World Problems
  • INTL 101 – Culture and Society in International Perspective
  • INTL 102 – Economics, Politics, and International Change
  • Substantial progress in General Education coursework

International Studies - Political Science

For the Intenational Studies - Political Science major, the following are course requirements that must be completed by Spring prior to admission.

  • Calculus: MATH 10A-B-C or MATH 20A-B-C
  • Lower-division Economics: ECON 1-2-3
  • INTL 100 – Analysis, Argument, and Real-World Problems
  • INTL 101 – Culture and Society in International Perspective
  • INTL 102 – Economics, Politics, and International Change
  • Substantial progress in General Education coursework

BA-MIA Advising Appointment

To assess your eligibility for the BA/MIA program, please meet with an academic advisor from the ISP program.

Advising Request Form

The Application includes:

  • Current contact information
  • Residency and applicant data
  • PDF of UCSD Academic History
    • If you are a transfer student and your transfer course work is not on your UCSD academic history, please submit a transcript from that/those institutions
  • An up to date degree audit from uAchieve
  • The names and contact information for at least two recommenders
    • Letters are optional; scoring is otherwise on-line
    • Preferably one recommender should be academic
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Resume
  • Optional Program Supplement and ‘Additional Information’

If you have any specific questions about academic requirements, please contact the BA/MIA Advisor Jaye Loyd (jloyd@ucsd.edu). If you have questions regarding the application itself, please contact the School of Global Policy and Strategy Admissions Assistant Director, Marina Bruce (marina@ucsd.edu).