<p>My D is in at SBCC after transferring out of a CSU after one semester. She is interested in getting an AA from SBCC in Alcohol and Drug Counseling...but the classes for the major in the catalog are not listed as being counted for credit by UC--only by CSU. The problem is, she wanted to transfer to UCSB and get her BA in Psychology...but these classes will not transfer.</p>
<p>Is there a limit on the number of non-transferable credits she can have...do the limits only apply to those units which a UC will accept?</p>
<p>It may take her a bit longer to graduate in the long run but the classes available at the SBCC are not available at UCSB and this is the field she is interested in. Thanks</p>
<p>The unit cap for transfers that have previously been enrolled at a four year university does only apply to UC transferable courses only. So yes, she would be able to take as many non-transferable (CSU transferable) courses as she wants without it counting toward the cap or toward her UC transferable GPA that they’ll consider for determining admission.</p>
<p>She’d be better off spending the time she’s wasting on those classes gaining real world work experience in the industry or something related to it. In some instances employers will even look down at candidates with AAs as they’ll perceive them as having done most of their education at a less prestigious institution and having been incapable of getting into a 4 year institution out of HS.</p>
<p>That’s just my opinion though. My personal take on soft skills and pseudo soft skills is that it’s impossible to LEARN them without LIVING them. This wouldn’t be the case in something like engineering where it’s harder to pick up the concepts on your own. Even in my experience where I’m using mathematical models at work, my undergrad learning still pales to my real life learning.</p>
<p>Dang, I wish my mom was always figuring things out for me. That way I would NEVER have to learn how to do anything for myself. Do you plan on going with her to work also?</p>
<p>She should definitely start on her psych prereqs if she wants to transfer to a UC in psychology! That is the most important thing, I’m sure once she’s in the psychology major she can focus on the Alcohol/Drug Counseling aspect.</p>