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yes, certain departments offer 5-year BS/MS integrated programs -- others have 1-year MS study to which you can get accepted after you get your BS
you have to get a BS at UCSD if you're entering a 5-yr program (you have to be at UCSD to get into this program) -- if you're entering a 1-yr MS that is not part of the 5-yr program, you don't have to be a UCSD graduate
i know that biology department has a 5-yr BS/MS program to which you have to be accepted by end of junior year -- as part of the program you have to be there extra 1 year, work as TA, take 36 units of graduate courses (9 classes 200+), and do research for 2 years (senior + graduate years) finishing it off with a thesis and keeping up a certain GPA (which is not a problem because most graduate courses are not graded on a curve, so unless you don't show up to class and do poorly on exams you're not getting a C but an A or B instead)
this BS/MS program a great option to continue education for those who want to take time off and prepare better before entering a PhD program in biology -- it is also great for pre-med students who have decided on being pre-med too late and are so 1 year behind with application process (or who want to take extra year to prepare for MCAT)
chemistry department offers 1-yr "coursework" MS and 2 year "thesis" MS -- you apply the end of your senior year to 1-yr coursework program as a UCSD student (so you can get accepted if, for example, all schools you applied to your senior year rejected you) -- as part of the program you take certain amount of graduate courses (9 classes, only 6 of which have to be graduate level and 3 can be upper division), TA, and pass at least 3 out of 5 possible comprehensive examinations at the end of program -- no research or thesis is required -- and of course, you do not pay anything for this masters except for some small fees each quarter -- "thesis" MS is the real MS that requires a thesis and 2-yrs of work (coursework MS prepares students for further graduate study of for career in teaching, but it is not very well fitted to get a real job in the industry)
and i don't know how it goes with other departments
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