Cal L&S Requirement

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I want to transfer to Cal to double major in Media Studies and Political Science, both of which are in Letters & Science. Here is what assis.org said:</p>

<p>By the end of the spring term preceding fall enrollment at Berkeley,
you must complete either: </p>

<p>1) The L&S Requirements in Reading & Composition, Quantitative Reasoning, and
Foreign Language; OR
2) IGETC </p>

<p>In addition:
- Complete as many lower division major requirements (see below) as possible
before transfer.
- This major may require specific coursework be completed prior to transfer. </p>

<p>In general:
- completion of L&S Requirements (or IGETC), plus
- strength of academic preparation, and
- grade point average
are the primary selection criteria for admission. </p>

<p>So after reading this I got to wondering... for the IGETC I only need 1 foreign language course. A single 4 semester unit elementary language class. While for the L&S it says the requirement is requires the single 4 semester unit elementary language class as well as the proceeding 4 semester unit intermediate level language course. </p>

<p>Would taking both classes required, or at least "required" to be considered a serious candidate? Would taking both have some sort of greater benefit for me come admission time? If I do take the intermediate class would it be possible to take that P/NP?</p>

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<p>Bump…?</p>

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<p>No, none of your major pre-reqs can be taken for P/NP. The least required classes you completed, the further in back you will be placed in the line. The further back your are in the line, the lower chance you’ll get in due to the seats being filled up by the people ahead of you.</p>

<p>So, think about it like this. You are competing a spot in CAL against other students. Those you are competing with have high GPA and completed all their pre-reqs. So, you want to make yourself fairly competitive too by out-performing them.</p>

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<p>The second language class isn’t a major pre-req though. It would be for GE breadth of the College of Letters & Science. And according to assist Cal will take completion of the IGETC OR the L&S requirements. After looking the only difference is the extra foreign language class.</p>

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<p>^^I highly recommend doing IGETC then in order to broaden your admission eligibility to various UC if you don’t get accepted to CAL. Also, you only need 1 foreign language to satisfy IGETC.</p>

<p>And yes, you can take the foreign language as P/NP since its not your major pre-reqs. But note, you can only take up to 14 UC-transferable units as P/NP.</p>