<p>IGETC is not recommended for engineering students, but won't I have to complete it anyways once I enter the UC? If the preceding statement holds true, why is IGETC not recommended for engineering students if they have to end up finishing it anyways?</p>
<p>For engineering students, it’s a lot more important to finish technical courses, like math and physics. If they don’t have pre-reqs done, they’ll be very, very behind. This isn’t the case for non-STEM majors.</p>
<p>Why it’s not recommended… well, at some schools (EECS at Berkeley, for example) IGETC doesn’t satisfy the CoE GE requirements. Another reason might be to allow for more balanced schedules, so you have some humanities courses to balance out all the hard classes you’re going to be taking. It could also just be a matter of credits, since there can be a LOT of pre-reqs for engineering and adding GE would just be too much.</p>
<p>It’s not going to hurt you if you finish it, obviously. It’s just not required, probably won’t matter in admissions, and might not fill all the GE requirements after transferring.</p>
<p>So I will save money and not waste any time if I choose to finish IGETC in community college rather than in the UC I will be attending?</p>
<p>You didn’t specify a school before… I’m not familiar with Irvine’s specific policies, and I’m sure you’ve noticed by now how completely different every school’s engineering department is. I would suggest looking up what your GE requirements would be, and figure out for yourself if IGETC is worth it.</p>
<p>After a quick google search:
[Intersegmental</a> General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/additional-requirements/igetc/]Intersegmental”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/additional-requirements/igetc/)</p>
<p>So, it sounds like if you complete it, it’ll count.</p>
<p>Sorry. I will probably aim to transfer to either UC Berkeley as an environmental or civil engineer, or to UCLA or UC Davis as a civil engineer.</p>
<p>Berkeley engineering does not accept IGETC in substitution of its breadth requirements. For Berkeley engineering specifically, it would help if you had two additional humanities and/or social studies courses beyond the English composition courses complete at CC before transferring (you need a total of 6 such courses, at 2 of which have to be upper division).</p>
<p>For the other schools, check with the engineering divisions to see if IGETC is accepted for breadth purposes.</p>
<p>For Berkeley and UCLA, it seems that they do not accept IGETC for their engineering programs. So all I have to do is complete prerequisites, and not worry one bit about IGETC?</p>
<p>Oh wow, totally misread your post earlier, sorry. ^^;</p>
<p>Berkeley definitely doesn’t accept it, but you do need some humanities courses… two english courses and two other humanities courses’ll give you a nice start, but if you’ve got fewer than that you’ll be okay, would just have to take a couple extra GE’s after transfer.</p>
<p>UCLA engineering doesn’t accept IGETC either, you should look at their GE requirements and see if you can meet them. [GE</a> requirements for students who entered Fall 2005 and thereafter ? UCLA Engineering - Office of Academic and Student Affairs](<a href=“http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/undergraduates/general-education-requirements/ge-for-students-who-entered-fall-2005-and-thereafter]GE”>http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/undergraduates/general-education-requirements/ge-for-students-who-entered-fall-2005-and-thereafter)</p>
<p>You really just have to check for every school you plan on applying to… each one is going to have different requirements and policies. If none of them accept/recommend IGETC, don’t worry about completing it.</p>