<p>As I'm selecting my schedule for this upcoming fall, how can I tell which courses are going to be MORE likely to transfer to other schools? I know that I may not know for sure, and that it will depend on the school. But I have no idea of what classes would probably transfer and which wouldn't.</p>
<p>First off where do you live? In Cali it says USC, UC, OR CSU transferable, so you go from there. Then if you know your major and the school you want to transfer to you need to go on Assist.org and look up the requirements.</p>
<p>The more general/universal a course's syllabus, the more likely that it will transfer. For example, Classical Mythology is offered at about every school and will transfer successfully, whilst Native American Lesbian Sand Art probably will not. Go to your prospective school's website and find classes that are similar to what they offer and register for them. Upper division, four-credit History, Literature, Math, and Science classes are often safe bets.</p>
<p>If you know your major, try to take the courses recommended at your target school for that major's freshman curriculum. In some fields, this is CRITICAL; in others not so much.</p>
<p>EG, for prospective Engineering majors, the typical freshman curriculum (YMMV... but not much, lol) is CALC (I,II and/or III), Physics (calc-based), Chem... plus English/writing intensive course and/or Programming course and/or elective in humanities/soc sci. Folks trying to transfer without those math and science courses just will be at a severe disadvantage if not dead in the water.</p>
<p>Someone who doesn't know the planned major or is planning on one with a less structured freshman-year expectation.... can have more leeway.</p>
<p>But it is always wise to look at what your hoped-for school offers/recommends and try to approximate that as closely as possible.</p>
<p>My D carefully planned her spring term in hopes of transferring to one particular school. This school has distribution requirements that must be met, so she chose courses that she was relatively sure would not only transfer, but would also fulfill distribution requirements. One thing she found out was that while students must take 3 writing intensive courses, one MUST be taken AT the school ... so D did not take a third writing class. She also chose her poli sci class because it matched the description of a class at the new school that fulfilled a distribution requirement. She made sure that she didn't have more courses in any single distribution area than she needed. She just received final notification of her transfer credit last week. Not only did she get credit for every class she took, but she also got credit for distribution requirements with all of them. Careful planning can really pay off.</p>