For the UC campuses, admission by major can vary based on the college. In general, the College of Engineering admits by major but the College of Letters and Sciences does not. Then there are exceptions to these.
Check out post # 4 on this discussion thread for the breakdown.
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Also in general, if the major is in the College of Letters and Sciences, the campus will not admit by major.
Here is the UC admission by major summary.
UCB:
Division (L&S, CNR, CoC, CED, CoE) matters for admission selectivity.
Within CoE (but not the other divisions), major matters for admission selectivity. Changing majors within the CoE after enrolling is not guaranteed, unless one is CoE undeclared.
Note that L&S admits students as undeclared however there are new changes for High Demand Majors.
Edited with Update
There are changes in the admission process for High Demand majors listed below. For example, if apply for EECS in the College of Engineering, there is now an option to select CS in the College of Letters and Sciences as an alternate.
HIGH DEMAND MAJORS: Computer Science, Art (Practice of, Public Health Media Studies, Data Science, Operations Research & Management Science, Statistics, Economics, Global Studies, Political Economy, Psychology and Social Wel…
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