<p>Hi, I am a CCC student hoping to transfer to UC Berkeley as a civil engineer. My counselor told me that in order to transfer, I needed one arts/humanities course and one social/behavioral science course from IGETC. I re-read how to transfer to the College of Engineering and found no such requirement. Maybe she was referring to the H/SS Requirement required to graduate, but not required to transfer. Am I right or am I missing something?</p>
<p>Umm, did she say IGETC was necessary for engineering majors? It sounds like she’d say it.</p>
<p>IGETC is not needed for engineering majors who applied to Berkeley. Just follow Berkeley’s general ed requirements for engineering majors. Berkeley doesn’t even accept IGETC for engineering majors, lol</p>
<p>adding to what Cayton said, u have to finish 4 courses from 4 areas of art,humanity etc.
that’s the main requirement for all UCs, along eng1,eng2 and transferable math
I didn’t know that till recently</p>
<p>Berkeley engineering does not take IGETC for breadth requirements. However, some other campuses may, so you may want to complete IGETC anyway if any that you are considering do.</p>
<p>Berkeley engineering has an H/SS breadth requirement described here:
<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hum-ss-requirement/HSS%20NEW_10-24-13.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/requirements/hum-ss-requirement/HSS%20NEW_10-24-13.pdf</a></p>
<p>The requirement of two upper division courses prevents completely fulfilling that requirement before transfer. However, you can complete the English R1A-R1B courses and two additional H/SS courses, preferably in subjects you may want to take upper division H/SS courses in, before transfer. If your CC offers any courses that cover the Berkeley American cultures requirement, it would be helpful to take one of those.</p>
<p>@bolandgoo Can you elaborate further on that? That may have been what my counselor was referring to. I know I need the two English classes from prerequisites, but what do you mean by finishing 4 courses from 4 areas of arts, humanities, etc.?</p>
<p>bump10char</p>
<p>StaticRoar, ucbalumnus’s post has correct information about UCB’s H/SS requirement. You should look there for information. I don’t know what bolandgoo is referring to, sounds IGETC-ish. L&S allows the breadth requirement (7 courses in different areas) to be fulfilled with IGETC, but CoE does not… which I think causes some confusion on here.</p>
<p>Short answer: You need 2 English classes, and can take 2 other transferable (non-STEM) lower div humanities. After transfer, you need 2 upper div humanities (one AC, one series).</p>
<p>[UC</a> Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.smc.edu/studentservices/transferservices/pages/uc-berkeley.aspx]UC”>http://www.smc.edu/studentservices/transferservices/pages/uc-berkeley.aspx)</p>
<p>[Admission</a> requirements | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/index.html]Admission”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/index.html) is a more definitive source on basic UC transfer admission requirements.</p>
<p>Breadth requirements, and whether IGETC is accepted in lieu of them, depend on the campus and division applied to.</p>
<p>bolandgoo appears to be correct.</p>
<p>[Minimum</a> admissions requirements | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/minimum-requirements/index.html]Minimum”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/minimum-requirements/index.html)</p>
<p>"To be considered for UC admission as a junior, you must fulfill both of the following:
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Four transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) chosen from at least two of the following subject areas:</p>
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<p>Each course must be worth at least 3 semester units."</p>
<p>I’m shocked that I had no idea about this. So my question now is: Can I use an AP Microeconomics test score to fulfill the requirement for a course in social and behavioral sciences?</p>
<p>Note that if you are preparing to transfer to any Berkeley engineering major, you will likely meet this checklist anyway. Physics 7A and 7B will be two courses in physical sciences, and you will likely take two humanities and/or social studies courses (beyond English R1A and R1B) to partially fulfill the Berkeley engineering breadth requirement.</p>