<p>So I've been looking at a lot of the plans for majors at UCLA and a lot of them only have around 11-13 classes for upper division coursework so it seems to me if you take around 3 classes a quarter including summer then you should be able to graduate within a year. Does anyone know of someone that has done this? Is it possible?</p>
<p>They highly suggest not to take all Upper Div. classes at once; from what I’ve seen it’s generally a 2 upper div. one easy class grouping…</p>
<p>I’m sure you could do it hypothetically; will you have a great GPA? </p>
<p>Probably not.</p>
<p>I am about to transfer to UC Davis in the fall. I am an older student and I have a daughter who is a senior at UCLA. You need a total of 180 units to graduate form these quarter system schools. My major at UC Davis will require about 11-13 classes as well, which would be about 65 units, give or take. I will be entering UC Davis with about 90 quarter units I think (not positive how 70 semester units translate into quarter units). So adding my current units with the 65 or so from my major, I will still need approximately 25-30 UC Davis units in order to graduate. That is about 8-10 classes. So in reality I will have a total of about 20 -23 classes to take. They will vary from 4-5 units each. I have heard it is best to take 3 classes per quarter. You will have you upper division major classes and will be required to take a variety of upper and lower division classes to make it to the 180 for graduation. So it typically takes two years to complete these classes and graduate after transferring. Don’t you think that if it were so simple to transfer and graduate after one year it would be more common place? Take your time, take a doable number of classes per quarter and enjoy your time at UCLA. Trust me, you will love it there and will cherish your two years there.</p>
<p>I transferred to UCSD last fall with the maximum amount of transfer units (105) and I’ll be a one-year graduate. It’s virtually impossible to do without taking summer classes, so if you’re intent on getting out in a year you don’t really have any other option.</p>
<p>I took 4 classes fall/winter/spring, 3 last summer and I’m signed up for 3 this summer plus I got credit (4 units) for research work. After all that I’ll only have 181 units which is barely what I need to graduate. If you don’t take summer classes, you’d be averaging almost 6 classes a quarter, which is A) suicide and B) requires you to fill out an add form and get it approved by the department since the unit cap is 22 per quarter generally.</p>
<p>As for upper div courses, depending on your major, I don’t find them any more difficult. I’m a poli sci - IR major and the amount of work required isn’t any different than for my lower div courses. I took upper div courses for all of fall and winter (4 classes each quarter) and am taking 3 this quarter (1 lower div too) and so far have only received one A- in all my time here. I think I actually prefer upper div courses, they’re more focused.</p>
<p>Also remember, summer classes are stupid expensive. You won’t get financial aid and they’re $271 per unit, so each class on average is going to set you back almost $1,100.</p>
<p>ROFL, no…</p>
<p>Its totally possible in very specific instances, and I think being an Intercampus transfer is required for it to work right. Let me explain.</p>
<p>UCLA has some specific requirements that a student must meet before graduating. The 5 main ones are:
- completion of 60 Upper Division Units
- completion of 180 units total
- completion of major requirements (in my case, 40 upper div Poli Sci units)
- 35 of final 45 units completed at UCLA
- 3 quarter residency requirement</p>
<p>now condition 5 proves that a 1 year graduation is allowed, as only 3 quarters are required for that step. 4 is also taken care of by taking 12 units a quarter, so no biggie. </p>
<p>the first three get more complicated. At a CC, you obviously can’t take any upper division courses. However, you totally can take and transfer upper division units from one UC to another. In the case of Poli Sci, only 6 courses (24 units of total 40) have to be taken at UCLA. So, I took the other 4 courses (16 units) here at UCSB before transferring, which means I’ll only have to take two upper division Poli Sci courses a quarter to graduate. For the 60 unit upper division requirement, I have already completed 32 upper div units this year at UCSB, which means I’ll have to complete the already required 24 Poli Sci upper div units and one more 4 unit class. And finally, a combination of my college and AP units requires me to only take 12 units a quarter to reach 180.</p>
<p>In short, you would have had to been planning this out way in advance like I was. Its not something you can just stumble into haha.</p>
<p>It’s not that complex. I didn’t really plan it out in advance other than taking summer courses at UCSD prior to the fall of admission and I’ll be out of here in a year as I said.</p>