Hello peeps,
Just in case you guys are thinking it, I have already done a search regarding this topic in this forum, but I don’t feel satisfied with the answers, so I’d like to ask it again and hopefully work from there.
All right. I’ve been to school many years ago, didn’t work out, got some units from a UC. I have scattered units from other community colleges as well. Anyway…
So right now I’m starting fresh at my local community college. I’m clearly 41 units total at my college. My goal is to get an undergraduate degree in a biology field.
OK, so I was looking at the general education requirements for CSU admission and one thing caught my eye and sort of disturbs me is “No more than 70 semester/105 quarter units are transferable to the CSU system.”
Right now, my goal at CC is to take a lot of my major requirement courses such as anatomy, physiology, physics, biol, micro, … all of these classes are not required to be taken at a CC and to be transferred to CSU.
So supposed I end up with over 70 semester units at my CC, what happens? Do I pick and choose which course units to be discard? I’m lost. What about my other credit untis from other schools? I know the CSU I’m planning to apply to is NOT impact at all and I was told to just apply. But does it matter about the other college credits? I don’t remember filling them in about that.
Obviously, I’ll talk to my counselor about this, too, on Monday. But i’m itchy for an answer right now. Getting a headache Thanks!
I am guessing the college will choose whichever units they feel are transferable. It will probably help if you declare your major now, so the college can choose the most applicable credits. If you have in excess of 70, consider it extra time spent learning.
Transfer credit practices at the CSU schools are a little murky on their website.
What it looks like will happen is the number of units you can transfer from a community college is capped at 70, but you still get subject credit for a class you’ve taken. These are two different things. The unit count towards graduation. The subject credit means you’ve already taken the class. So all the work you’ve done will still exist and you don’t have to retake classes you have completed. It’s just that you need to earn additional units at the CSU school in order to accumulate enough to graduate.
What makes it murky is they don’t seem to apply a transfer to units it come from a four-year college. How this plays out when you have units from a community college and a four-year college, I don’t know. I guess you’ll find out on Monday
To Lindagaf: “I am guessing the college will choose whichever units they feel are transferable. It will probably help if you declare your major now, so the college can choose the most applicable credits. If you have in excess of 70, consider it extra time spent learning.”
I can’t declare a major yet. I haven’t applied to CSU. I will start doing so next Fall.
To mikemac: "Transfer credit practices at the CSU schools are a little murky on their website.
What it looks like will happen is the number of units you can transfer from a community college is capped at 70, but you still get subject credit for a class you’ve taken. These are two different things. The unit count towards graduation. The subject credit means you’ve already taken the class. So all the work you’ve done will still exist and you don’t have to retake classes you have completed. It’s just that you need to earn additional units at the CSU school in order to accumulate enough to graduate.
What makes it murky is they don’t seem to apply a transfer to units it come from a four-year college. How this plays out when you have units from a community college and a four-year college, I don’t know. I guess you’ll find out on Monday"
I’m sure as to know which unit they will accept and which will not? Believe it or not, since I took classes many years ago, I’m retaking them again at CC as approved by my counselor.
The thing I’m worry about is that say I cover all general education units and it reaches 70 unit cap, yet I have units at CC for say anatomy, physiology, organic chem and stuff… but these surpass 70… does that mean they won’t count towards prereqs for major classes? That’s what I’m worry about
I’m transferring this fall to a CSU from a CC and will have 84 total completed units. On my transcript at the CSU, it is capped at 70 units. There is a section that states “Other classes taken not counted toward degree” or something like that (I don’t have the paper in front of me right now).
Basically, I have to take 50 units at the CSU school before I am eligible for a degree. BUT, I won’t have to retake anatomy or other classes that I have completed because they give me “credit” for them - just not on degree eligible units.
No matter what, the CSU school wants you taking courses on their campus for 2 years before you graduate.
To Jenxner:
Do you know what the form is called? I’d like to communicate with you further. How do I do that? Thanks. I think you can help me too since you’re going into the same state school system.
@FancySnow This was located on my “Degree Progress Report” provided on my portal by the university that I’m transferring to. They put it together once they received my transcripts. It lists out all the courses I have completed with grades but sorted by category that they use to determine degree completion, which is a bit different than the IGETC/AA for Transfer form that my CC has.
@jenxner I wish there is a way I can see or ask my counselor about it. I want a peace of mind.
I have a past of being at UC never gotten to upper division. Then i have units scattered around several community colleges. I will present all of my old records, but my worry is that I don’t want my past to penalize the good work I am doing now and deny me access, which is ridiculous because I know I will get a degree somewhere. Sigh. If I remember correct, this has to do more about financial aid. which is fine. I don’t mind taking out a loan. I just want to get my degree.
@FancySnow Well, your past grades will come back to haunt you. I had 2 F’s from 2002 that my current CC didn’t consider/calculate, but the CSU I’m transferring DID consider it during my GPA calculation and dropped my transfer GPA from 3.76 to 3.51.
At least at my CSU, the transfer doesn’t matter in the end. What they consider for graduation requirement is the GPA you make using their coursework. And for my major, the GPA I earn taking major courses.
If you are that worried, just call the CSU school you’re applying to and ask. The worst that can happen is that they tell you no.