<p>@ucalifornias you can definitely transfer to Berkeley or UCLA from a CCC. I cannot tell you the number who did so after they tanked in high school (I mean TANKED). Others just missed the shot. You get a 4.0 at CCC , which isn’t hard if you stay focused, I can almost guarantee you will get in. People also get in to Ivys from CCC (not as great as the UCs). So just don’t listen to people who are misinforming you. If you are set in Berkeley, a CCC is a perfect choice! </p>
<p>Note that some other UCs have different lower division requirements for the political science major. For example, UCSB lists five political science courses and micro/macro economics. UCLA lists five political science courses and a statistics course.</p>
<p>The more common overlapping courses are:
- American politics/government
- Political theory
- International relations/politics
- Comparative politics/government</p>
<p>So you may want to take all of the above for four of your eight first year courses, and add any needed economics, history, statistics, etc. courses for specific campuses that you are targeting. See <a href=“http://www.assist.org”>http://www.assist.org</a> for more information.</p>
<p>For the history course specified for Berkeley political science, you may want to take some other kind of history to broaden your knowledge, rather than repeating your US history AP credit. While a college US history course will likely go into more depth, the added intellectual value there won’t be as much as taking a history course for an area you know less about initially.</p>
<p>Freshman Year
-Social and Political History of the United States I<br>
-American Government and Politics
-Introduction to Political Theory
-Introduction to Politics</p>
<p>-Social and Political History of the United States II
-National, State and Local Politics
-International Relations
-History of the United States</p>
<p>Summer
-Introduction to Sociology
-Introduction to Criminology</p>
<p>Sophomore Year
-Comparative Government
-Principles of Macroeconomics
-History of California
-Principles and Procedures of the Justice System</p>
<p>-Psychology of Communication
-Business and Professional Speech
-Introduction to Rhetorical Criticism
-Argumentation and Debate</p>
<p>Would this be good? And I’m planning to go to Moorpark, @myos!</p>
<p>You could probably take 5 classes per semester; I’d include one philosophy class to your second semester, and another non-social science class first semester (could be a higher level of a foreign language, an upper level writing class, etc). Otherwise it looks like you’ve got it covered. </p>
<p>Moorpark is neither among the top 10 for transfers to UC, nor is it among the bottom 10 according to this article based on a UC Study:
<a href=“UC seeks to increase transfer students from community colleges”>http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-uc-transfers-20140515-story.html</a></p>
<p>Do update your thread from time to time, as this is likely to interest many students.</p>
<p>Note that if you take a US history course in college, UC policy is to not give credit for your US history AP score. The same goes for other duplications of credit.</p>
<p>^UCBAlumnus: I understand not giving credit for APUSH if one takes History of the US, but what about Social and Political History of the US, would that void the APUSH credit too? It sounds more specialized and major prep rather than gen ed.</p>
<p>If you are so interested in attending Berkeley, I would suggest talking with someone in admissions now to find out what they will do with all of these AP courses/credits. Just did a quick look at what they award and they are very limiting in regards to all of the Humanities/Social Science AP exams you took. They will only award a maximum of two (and I show that you have taken at least 6). They only award units for the AP Stats, not course equivalency. Bottom line, check with them to see if they will be making any adjustments to what the CC might have granted you.</p>
<p>There’s no way you would ever get credit for all those AP classes. Just sayin’.</p>