IGETC Question

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hi everyone,
I am currently a freshmen at Hartnell College wanting to transfer to UCSC or UCSD as a business major. Currently I'm taking classes to fulfill prereqs and IGETC. There is something I am not sure about IGETC units so I want to ask you guys for some advice</p>

<p>Area 5 - physical and biological sciences states in my school catalog that I need at least 7 semester units. I have already fulfilled group A: physical science by taking a 4-unit Chemistry course(with Lab) this Spring. Since I really hate biology, and courses offered in the Anthropology department conflicted with my accounting course, I decided to take an Anthropology online class at Foothill College. That class is a 4 quarter units one. Here is where I get really confused...</p>

<p>If I convert that online class to semester unit, I get only 2.67. Along with my 4-unit Chemistry, I only have a total of 6.67 semester units. However, if I do it the other way, that is, convert my chemistry course to quarter units, I get 4x1.5 + 4 = 10 quarter units, which means I have more than needed unit for this area (7-9 semester units or 9-12 quarter units - source: University</a> of California - Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)). I am kind of confusing with these converting stuff and I don't know if I have already done with this area or do I need to take one more class? Because my school uses semester system, does that mean I haven't finished the requirement for Area 5 yet? Reaaaaaaly look forward to you guys' advice, I am in total confusing now...</p>

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<p>I think I read somewhere that you are allowed to convert to whatever system benefits you most</p>

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<p>Really? Then that would be awesome. Do you happen to remember where you read it?</p>

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<p>UCSC and UCSD are both on the quarter system. </p>

<p>Hartnell’s 4 unit Chem w/Lab course will be converted to 6 units and Foothill’s aleady on the quarter system. That makes you have 10 transferable units total. </p>

<p>I think you’re good.</p>

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<p>Thank you. I know both these schools are on the quarter system. But the school that will issue IGETC Certification for me is Hartnell and it’s on the semester system, so I’m a little bit worried… I would never think that units conversion could be THIS complicated though.</p>

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<p>Sorry to dig up an old thread but I am currently in a same situation too, mine is IGETC Area 3: Arts and Humanities though. I have taken 2 history classes for Humanities, now I need one more class in art. But the truth is, I am HORRIBLE in art T___T , always get a D or F in high school and I don’t think I can pull a P in any on-campus art class, so I look online and find a couple of <em>easy</em> art/music classes that offered at Foothill for 4 quarter units. 3 + 3 + 4/1.5 = 8.67 < 9, does that mean I will not complete this area of IGETC and therefore have to take one more class?</p>