Doing ge's at community college

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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<p>My son is thinking of taking some classes at a comm. college during the summer to fulfill some of the ge courses. However looking at his major’s course requirements, it list ge course unit fulfillment as 4 units each. Most CCs in socal are on semester system and most ge courses are only 3 units. Anyone know how the CC’s ge course translate over to Cal Poly’s ge (other than using assist.org) esp. the difference between the units in each ge?</p>

<pre><code>Also, for those of you who fulfill some ge course w/ AP credit, do you get the all the units for whatever ge course it meets?
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<p>You can figure out what classes will transfer over at assist.org</p>

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<p>I did most of my GE requirements at a community college. The 3 units earned from a semester school will be converted quarter units: </p>

<p>3 semester units = 4.5 quarter units</p>

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<p>Thanks spool. For AP credits I assume if you pass, you’ll satisfy that GE requirement and get the electives units too? i.e. He took AP bio and passed with a score of 4. That will sub for BIO 213/ENGR 213 plus he’ll get 4 units (as if he actually took the class)?</p>

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<p>if you are an incoming freshman w/ cc credits do the grades you get in your class affect your GPA at cal poly or will they just fulfill the credits/be on the transcript w/o it factoring into your GPA?</p>

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<p>rxcat85: I didn’t take any AP classes in high school, so I’m not familiar with the credit application process on that.</p>

<p>123321: Your Cal Poly transcript will show two separate GPA’s;
CPSLO - cumulative Cal Poly GPA
Higher Ed. - cumulative GPA from all colleges attended (including Cal Poly)</p>

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<p>I’m not sure that the unit conversion will work exactly as stated above. From the EE website:</p>

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<p>[Students</a> - Electrical Engineering Department - Cal Poly](<a href=“http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/support-courses/]Students”>http://www.ee.calpoly.edu/support-courses/)</p>

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<p>The OP was asking about General Education transfer units, not EE.</p>

<p>Any 3 unit semester GE course will satisfy the 4 unit quarter equivalent at CPSLO. Check assist.org to determine what the “equivalent” courses are.</p>