<p>I am currently in my first semester at Palomar Coommunity College, and I was wondering if I should only be taking courses on my general ed course list. Do I need to take prerequisite courses during community college in order to transfer to a major at a 4 year? Or do you start working on your major your junior year?</p>
<p>Depends on your major and the school you will be transferring into. But generally, you do take as many of the lower-division pre-reqs (that will likely transfer) as possible at the CC…it saves money, it saves time, and more importantly, it shows the transfer college that you are prepared and able to handle the major. Some majors will have more pre-reqs available at the CC level than others–just do you best to match them up with what is offered.</p>
<p>And do you have to have 60 units to transfer to a csu or UC? Or can you have as many as the general education requires, which is 39 units for csu I believe?</p>
<p>No, you will need at least 60 transferable units (in which 39 of them are your specific GE units). About three or four years ago because of the budget crisis in California, the CSUs and UCs became very strict about only accepting upper division transfer students (60 units) that have completed their entire GE sequence. </p>
<p>I know someone who got accepted as a transfer student to several UCs and he dropped one of his fluff courses that spring, thinking he didn’t need it because his GEs were done. This meant he dropped under 60 total units and the UC revoked his transfer acceptance! </p>
<p>Which exact GE classes you finish are imporant, too. You really need to get very detailed in this process. The UCs and CSUs require a similar GE pattern, but there are a few differences which can really trip up a transfer student.</p>