<p>I know that most of the big UC schools require you to take an entire series at the same community college. I took all my chemistry and all of my physics at the same college, but I finished my math through calc 3 at one school, and then did differential equations and linear algebra at another school. Does anyone know if this counts as breaking that rule? I never really thought that rule applied to math but now I'm not really sure. Can anyone shed some light on this? Thank you!</p>
<p>You should be okay. The point of taking a series all at one school is that different CCs might teach units in a different order, like teaching waves in physics 1 (yeah, i dunno) or something like that.</p>
<p>Linear and Diff Eq are not part of the calculus series, so it’s unlikely you’ll miss material between the two schools. Linear and Diff Eq are usually paired as well, so it’s good that you’ve taken them at the same place, though I can’t imagine a school would deny you credit even if they were taken at different CCs.</p>
<p>That should be fine with math. What sometimes trips students up is taking part of the calculus courses at a quarter system school and part at a semester system school, where the boundaries between the quarters and semesters do not line up. But linear algebra and differential equations are separate from the calculus courses (although differential equations obviously requires calculus as a prerequisite).</p>
<p>Berkeley has linear algebra and differential equations combined in one course, so if you want to transfer to Berkeley in a major that requires this course, you need to take both courses if they are separate courses at your CC.</p>
<p>Physics courses do commonly cover topics in different orders, so you may find on the ASSIST sheets that the full sequence at a CC covers the full sequence at a UC, but single courses at a CC do not map to single courses at a UC.</p>
<p>Who ever told you that you’re not allowed to take a series at different colleges? I took both English and General Chemistry at separate colleges and I had no issues transferring last year. As long as the curricula line up and you don’t say transfer from a CC on the quarter system to one on the semester system and skip anything you should be fine at any of the UCs. That being said it can be a little risky, but if you have any problems it’s fairly easy to petition as long as you can prove the classes were the same. Just review the two CC’s syllabi and compare them, if they cover the same topics then you’re good. It’s also good to check Assist.org typically if they transfer over as the same UC equivalent on Assist.org admissions will accept it.</p>
<p>Also, as previously mentioned the classes your took should be fine just because they’re not part of a conventional series in the sense that they stop midway through the material and pick it back up the next term. They’re kind of separate self-contained courses so you shouldn’t have any issues. Maybe if you switched between Calc Series, but not with Linear Algebra or DE.</p>
<p>Hey dilapidated, I’m having issues with Berkeley right now because I took mechanics (aka Physics 1 Calc) at a different school than I had my E&M, thermo/waves, and quantum stuff. It was even a semester class, and my second CC was more than happy to treat it the same as their course. It’s currently the only class of mine that hasn’t transferred as it should. So yes, taking bits and pieces at different schools can mess things up.</p>
<p>^Have you tried to petition yet? I had to petition for Gen Chem, but it was a fairly easy process. All I had to do was submit the petition form and a copy of the syllabi and it was approved the next day. Generally for admission purposes, as long as two classes have the same equivalent on Assist.org they will accept it, which I’m sure is why you were admitted at Berkeley. When the actual department reviews your transcript to assign equivalence, it’s a separate issue. Because there’s no direct articulation agreement for a series taken over two colleges they may not give you credit at first. But my experience has been that as long as they cover the same topics and if you verify that beforehand by going over the syllabi then the petition process is fairly certain.</p>