<p>Hey there, I'm planning on going the one-year UC-UC transfer (crazy stuff, i know) and thankfully, I've got enough AP credits right now to help me get past the 90 credit mark. I'll have finished all my GEs/fulfilling UC Reciprocity at UCSC by Spring 2013 but I'll still have two or three missing engineering prerequisite courses for my major (Electrical Engineering). Has anyone gotten into UCSD with a few missing prereqs for engineering? I'll definitely be able to finish those missing courses during my first quarter at UCSD/over the summer BEFORE i enroll at UCSD in Fall 2013. Thoughts on this? Thanks!</p>
<p>I currently go to UCSC and am transferring to UCSD this fall as a junior transfer. Not sure if what i tell you will help though because I’m a computer engineering major and by the end of this quarter, I will have finished all the lower division prerequisites, but in doing so I didn’t have time to finish my GE’s because as you know there is quite a lot GE’s we have to take and have like 6 left. </p>
<p>I read on the UCSD marshall college website that students who didn’t finish GE’s (IGETC)
•If you did not complete any of the above transfer programs (IGETC, TAG, Recirocity), you are considered an “Articulation” transfer student.
•GE’s for Articulation Transfers:
◦2 six-unit lower-division courses, DOC 2 and DOC 3: “Justice” and “Imagination,” completed after transfer
◦2 four-unit upper-division courses outside your major field of study, including one upper division writing-intensive course
Also from the website:
“Partial IGETC is another possibility, allowing you to clear some of the GE requirements-if you are choosing a major that requires some lower-division coursework once you get to UC San Diego, this may be a good option for you. Partial IGETC certification may be completed after transferring to UC San Diego.”</p>
<p>I’m really looking into this myself because I’m hoping I don’t have to spend more than 2 years there assuming I take classes over the summer.</p>
<p>So in your case, I think you are better off then me if you finish up your GE’s at UCSC and manage to finish your pre-requisites. You’ll have to petition each engineering class though, unless someone before who majored in EE and transferred to UCSD from UCSC petitioned them already prior to you transferring over, in which case it should easily transfer. For examlpe, I spoke with a UCSD engineering advisor and CMPE 16 and CMPE 12, should transfer over because someone before me petioned them and they were approved.</p>
<p>Yeah, these UC-UC transfers are huge headaches if you ask me because there isn’t much info about them besides just speaking with an advisor at UCSD, but I hope its worth it.</p>
<p>Hmmm, so I need to petition each EE class I take at UCSC before it can transfer over? Holy, that’s a LOT of EE classes for me to petition. -__- Okay, wait so I have another question… would it be better for me to prioritize finishing my GEs or my major prerequisites? </p>
<p>Thanks to my AP credits, I’ve already finished half my GEs for UCSC in high school, but in order to finish the other half, I have to take 2 GE classes per quarter. On top of that, I’ll have a Calculus class and a Physics class each quarter. Not to mention the EE classes that I’ll have to take. Since I’m a 1-year UC-UC transfer student, would it be advisable to just not take any GEs at UCSC and take/finish them at UCSD? I mean, technically, I’ll have an extra, free year because I’m one year ahead of everyone, right?</p>
<p>Also, I noticed that your Computer Engineering major requires ECE 35, 45, and 65 as prerequisites. I have to take these courses also, so did you have to petition these courses or were they already pre-approved? Thanks again for all your help! :)</p>
<p>Exactly, and the ciriculum is quite different at UCSD at least for CE majors so check which classes will most likely transfer over by looking at the course descriptions at each of the universities.
Yeah the CE program at UCSC doesn’t require any lower division EE classes (its the same with EE majors here, you only take upper division EE courses and that requires physics 5c which I’m guessing you are taking in spring 2013), so I’m going to have to take them (ECE 35, 45, 65) at UCSD in my first year since one is a prereq for the other, but at least I can move along with the upper division CSE classes at the same time and finish with my GE’s. But even in a best case scenario, I will graduate a quarter late, maybe even two since I’m a junior.</p>
<p>As for taking GE’s or taking major prerequisites I can’t really give you a definate answer but maybe take CE 12 & CE 16 because those almost definately will transfer. The physics and math classes all transfer. And also you might as well take all the GE’s at UCSC so you’ll be done with GE’s at UCSD in my personal opinion. </p>
<p>Here’s what is happening with me, I don’t think UCSD requires the engineering ethics class for engineering so CMPE 80E in my case won’t transfer. CE 13 also didn’t transfer over for my major because UCSD’s CE program requires an introductory java course and I took a CE13 which is c-programming.</p>
<p>I’ll end with this, I would say definately if you can, finish the GE’s, math, & physics classes at UCSC as well as those two mentioned CE classes and then you’ll be fine (even if you don’t take those CE classes I think you’ll still graduate on time).</p>
<p>Actually, I’m taking Physics 5C in Winter 2013. I’m about to graduate from high school in one month and I’m going to my local CC full-time over the summer. So Physics 2A = Summer, Physics 2B = Fall, Physics 2C = Winter, and Physics 2D = Spring. But yeah, I just noticed, I’ll be able to complete all my Math and Physics/Chem courses by the end of Spring 2013, which is great I guess. And CE 12 + CE 16 aren’t in my major at UCSD or UCSC so I don’t think I need to take those.</p>
<p>Wait, so UCSD requires that I take EE 15, 25, 35, 45, and 65. Do you know if I need to take those before I transfer or after? I mean, obviously you’re in CE, but did you have to complete your core classes before or after the transfer?</p>
<p>Well I don’t know how you can possibly take them if they aren’t offered at UCSC so the only option for me is to take them at UCSD. </p>
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you need CMPE 12 and CMPE 13 @ UCSC according to this.</p>
<p>Oh alrite, yeah see, that was my original question: Can you still get admitted to UCSD with a couple of prerequisites missing. Since you’re taking those courses at UCSD, I guess you can be admitted! That’s a relief. 
And right now, I’m planning out my courses based off what UCSD wants me to have… if I get rejected from UCSD (hopefully not), then I’ll think about adhering to UCSC’s guidelines for graduation.</p>
<p>I got into UCSD… Unsure if they have the same requirements as Berkeley and UCLA for Computer Science but assuming so, I was missing Differential Equations and Linear Algebra.</p>
<p>I did get rejected from LA, Berkeley and Santa Barbara though. But eh, so many variables in play never know. Besides, I’m planning to go OOS. Best offer so far is University of Texas Austin and Rose-Hulman. Waiting for top choices Cornell and GA Tech.</p>