Major change after transfer to 4-year university

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I have a question regarding a major change after transfer. I am currently working on major requirements at a community college and have already applied to UCs for Fall 2013 as a Marine Biology major. Although I've been considering Bioengineering and Computer Science as a minor recently.</p>

<p>I have looked at assist.org and looked under the major requirements for the majors I mentioned, and they're almost the same except for the fact that Bioengineering and Computer Science require more courses. Right now I'm working on the second-quarter of the chemistry, biology, and calculus series.</p>

<p>If I were to get into a UC as a Marine Biology major, will I be able to change into Bioengineering and possibly minor in computer science? If so, will I be able to take any other required lower-division major requirements at the UC before moving onto upper-division courses?</p>

<p>Also, I may not be able to finish the last two quarters of the Physics series (I've already complete one quarter), and I understand that I may have to stay at the community college to finish these courses before I transfer (assuming I've been accepted), but how will I go about the major change if this were to happen instead?</p>

<p>Personally it's more important for me to know what I want to do now and how to make it work, rather than worry about how long I will be in school for.</p>

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<p>From what I have read, major choice has a lot more to do with getting accepted for transfers than for HS applicants. If it were that easy to switch, I could put my major down as computer science, Russian literature, or another unpopular major and switch to something like economics. </p>

<p>You should phone the admissions departments and ask!</p>

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<p>It may be OK to switch the major to Bioengineering or Computer Science after admitted. You need to check with the departments.</p>