i am a mechanical (or maybe environmental) engineering major and for the majority of majors on assist.org when i check the prereqs there are at least 5 lower division required courses that my community college does not offer, and neither do other community colleges in my area. they say no course articulated.
am i going to be behind everyone else in the major who started at the university? Is it a huge deal to miss classes like statics and engineering graphics? Have any of you transfered then been able to take courses that said “no course articulated” as a junior? this is making me consider changing majors because it seems like i will be behind everyone which will make a hard major even harder. advice please. thanks for reading
From what I have heard that is normal. In fact, a lot of engineering majors end up staying a third year to complete their coursework.
I assume you’re somewhere like feather river college. You really need to speak with the UC because boy oh boy that CCC is missing so much, I just don’t see how a person could get in to such a competitive major. You might not be at FV but I happen to have seen the engineering articulation on assist. Whoo boy. So I get the picture.
They’re really working to bring more students in from these under-performing CCCs, but missing a lot like that, I don’t know. You really need to know where you stand so it’s best to give them a call and get some options. If you’re OK with changing majors, that’s what I would do.
wow you werent kidding they do not even have the physics classes listed. Do you think i still need to call a UC even though i have all the classes (math, physics, chemistry, computer science) except for the engineering classes?
UCs are okay with students taking a third year even though they are admitted as juniors? seems unusual…
@randomguy99 It can happen. In the words of somebody from the FB transfer page…
“I stayed an extra year (3 years total), not to extra major but rather to complete my engineering program, but this is the norm for us.”
So how many classes are you missing? The good news is, like I said, they’re bending over backwards to help get kids in from these colleges. The bad news is it will cost you extra tuition unless you have aid.
Nvm, I see it’s five. Ok, well I still think you should call, get some assurances.
As I recall FV is missing like 13.
My major is not ME, but my college seems missing 2-3 classes for ME. If I’m correct, lots of colleges missing a lot of class for ME compares to other engineer major.
My major is also an engineer major, but I only missing one Matlab class( and I think it’s easy?)
BTW, I just looked FV college. So funny lol
I know fv is ridiculous. So you think we’ll be fine?
Well, I already get accepted. As far as I know, if you do TAG then these missing classes doesn’t really matter.
For you, I’m not sure the classes you are missing are common math physics classes or ME class. If they are all engineer class, I think you are fine. For an example, for ME my college is missing Graph in design; matlab, and Mfg process. I think these classes are not usually being provided by CCC.
If your case is math or physics…
Yes, you will need to take them as “catch up” courses. If there are enough such courses, or they are important prerequisites to other courses in your mechanical engineering curriculum, it may take you an extra quarter or semester to graduate after transfer, or you may have to overload your schedule. If there are only a few such courses, and you are “ahead” on courses like breadth requirements, then you may be able to fit them in without needing an extra quarter or semester, although your schedule planning may need to be done very carefully.
Look through the curriculum for your major and try to construct a six quarter or four semester schedule after transfer. Pay attention to prerequisite sequencing, and whether any given course is offered every quarter or semester, or fewer times per year, to see if it is doable.
You may want to check other nearby community colleges on http://www.assist.org to see if they offer the courses that cover the requirements that your community college does not. Often, a community college will have the best coverage of courses at a nearby UC or CSU.
What community college and what target UCs (and CSUs) for mechanical engineering?
golden west college and either ucsd, ucsb, cpslo or cpp
It’s not that bad. My college offers two more classes compares to your (physics 4 and circuit).
You’re OK.
you think im fine even for cpp or cpslo?? theres so many im missing
They won’t hold it against you if you don’t have the course IF your CCC doesn’t offer the course. If you were to enroll at another CCC to take 1 of the courses and they offered let’s say 2 of the courses you were missing, then you actually just screwed yourself because they can see you had access to an institution that offered a course you’re missing. Once you’re admitted as a Junior you’re given 9 quarters to graduate, summer excluded.
so if i took most of my classes at one ccc, then just math class at another which happens to offer engineering classes which are at times that dont work for me and i do not have transportation. if i explain that in personal statement, will i be okay?
Looks like, for mechanical engineering:
UCSD: no CC in your area has MAE 3, 8, or 20 (12 quarter units total).
UCSB: Golden West is missing ENGR 3; ME 6, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17 (26 quarter units total). Cypress has ME 6, 10, 14. Santa Ana has ME 6, 10, 14, 16. Irvine Valley has ENGR 3. LA Harbor has ME 15.
CPSLO: Golden West is missing 52 quarter units of CPSLO courses. Some are available at Cypress, Santa Ana, Orange Coast, Long Beach City, and other nearby CCs.
CPP: Golden West is missing 35 quarter units of CPP courses. Some are available at Cypress, Santa Ana, Orange Coast, Long Beach City, and other nearby CCs.
If you take none of the missing courses at other CCs, then you may have to expect the following numbers of extra quarters after transfer of normal (15 unit) course loads:
UCSD: 1 extra quarter
UCSB: 2 extra quarters
CPSLO: 4 extra quarters
CPP: 3 extra quarters
However, you may be able to shave off a quarter by completing more general education or breadth courses than is normally expected in your first two years (using schedule space that would otherwise be used for the unavailable prerequisite engineering courses).
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I am about to take one math class at occ with a friend because it doesn’t work with golden wests schedule, am i screwing myself because now they will think i chose not to take the engineering classes at orange coast college? I would if i could but their classes fill up too fast, it doesnt coincide with my schedule, and i do not my own reliable transportation.
Schools seem to care about completing your whole General Physics sequence at your community college (at least two semesters, typically three) the most, then at least one year of calculus, but preferably another semester or two, your chemistry sequence (how much depends on the school and major), and at least one computer science class (pay attention to this because computer science and computer programming can be different things). Everything else is a ‘nice to have,’ and those classes usually don’t articulate to all schools anyway.
If you want to get into SLO, you have to do everything articulated on assist.org.