If I come from a community college on the east coast with lab sciences that are listed as transferring for credit but don’t have equivalents listed is it likely that I can get it to count towards my major or petition for it and have it granted?
Nobody here can answer your question with any certainty. Which credits transfer is going to be up to USC.
Best to contact USC and ask them.
I was asking if there are any students that have had courses approved to apply towards their major and not just transfer credit.
Like any four year, the majority of your major courses have to be taken at the 4 year. They prefer transfers do the GEs and prerequisites (which may include some of the entry level major courses) at JC. S some major course may be accepted depending on major and courses, so there is no “one size fits all” answer. I would not count on petitioning to have a major course approved, it’s not in their interest to do so. Generally speaking, they either take it or they don’t. Again, not set in stone across the board, but they are gonna be a lot less accepting of a course within the major than a prereq.
You have to go on offense and have syllabi for every single course you take, and be prepared to explain how the classes you’ve taken meet the pre-reqs that USC is looking for. The difference is between having generic B.S. credits transfer in rather than something that concretely helps you progress towards a degree. It’s also the difference between knocking off a course at a community college versus paying to take essentially the same thing at USC $$$.
There is a tool somewhere on USC’s website that will tell you what classes transfer for credit and which ones are actual equivalents to USC classes and would be treated as such. I’m not sure if it included out of state schools though. But it’s worth looking for.
Yes, and beware of the difference between an “articulation agreement” and an “articulation history.” An agreement means that USC (or whatever other school) will accept X class for X class - ironclad - while an articulation history merely means that USC/whatever has historically accepted X class for X class, and may or may not do so in the future.