hello everyone,
im currently on track for English major/ intentions for biology minor. based on plan, I will have to stay in CCC for 3 years which would give me a lot of extra credits exceeding the 70 units. My main concern is that how would the extra credits counts towards my degree? Or would those classes be a waste of time because of the 3 year plan? I would have the majority of science/english classes completed as well for transfer and was wondering if I can do the uni 1 year plan instead of 2. Any thoughts on disadvantages/advantages?
Thank you for any answers.
I believe your target university will require you to finish a certain number of units at their school regardless of the number of CCC credits you have. Also there are typically 2 year’s worth of upper division classes that you can’t take at CCC.
Looks like you are in California. UCs and CSUs limit lower division transfer credit (including all transfer course work from community college) to 70 semester units (but all courses count for subject credit), so you would have to take at least 50 units after transfer to reach the 120 units for a bachelor’s degree. A normal course load would be 30 units in two semesters; a summer session could add about 8 units at normal loading. So you would have to overload to finish a bachelor’s degree in one year after transfer to a UC or CSU.
Other schools may also have transfer credit limitations or minimum number of semester/credits there before graduating.
Some community colleges do offer upper level courses for a few majors, and also award bachelors degrees in those majors. However most CCs only offer lower level courses, so the transferring student normally needs two years at the second place to get all f the upper level courses required to finish the degree.
you don’t graduate based on time - you have to meet all the requirements to earn your cap and gown. Depending on major, you’ll need about 120 of the right semester units. If you leave the CC with 70, that leaves you with 50 - which could probably be done in a little over a calendar year. 6 in the summer, then 19 per semester, then another 6 the following summer. The stars would need to line up though - summer classes at most CSUs tend to be hit and miss.The other challenge in some majors is course sequences and pre-reqs wil be tough to manage in so few semesters.