I’m a CSU>CC>UC hopeful here and I will have 27 transferable CSU units, along with the rest being from CC…however, I live equidistant from two great CCs and will be spreading the rest of my units across them.
This is basically because I will be cramming a lot of classes/units in the Summer and Fall, so I need to be taking classes at both schools and such. Anyone know if this is a problem? I am anticipating having 28 units from one and 22 from the other, if that makes a difference.
Nope not a problem. I split my units among 3 CCs. Just make sure you fill out the correct info when applying to a UC. It may get kinda messy.
In terms of multiple CCCs, it won’t matter. However, if you are fulfilling IGETC just be aware that sometimes (not too often) the seemingly same courses are not in the same IGETC subject area. Just remember, the class will fulfill the IGETC area where it was taken. If you mismatch it could lead to a mistake and partial IGETC.
Also, make sure that any classes with sequences (i.e calc A/B, or Chem 9/10/11) are all taken at the same CC so you get credit.
@luckie1367 Waaaaaiiit a minute…I am doing Calc 1 at my CSU at the moment, and will be doing Calc 2 at CC in summer along with Calc 3 in the fall (I’m a math major). What do you mean by credit? Will I not be valid for UC admission?
@lindyk8 is actually more knowledgeable about the subject than I, so I will defer to her.
I’d double check with the school you are interested in.
@luckie1367 By double check, I assume you mean call the transfer admissions office and ask?
My CC’s Calc 1 articulates both to my CSU and to all the UC’s, so I didn’t think it would be an issue at all, however if @lindyk8 could weigh in, my mind would be at ease.
Yes, call/email and ask.
I know if you do it out of order (i.e take Calc 2, then 1, then 3) you don’t get credit for Calc 1. (I think)
I’m not really sure about splitting the sequence. However, if it articulates, you should be okay
Oh, okay I see, out of sequence is different than breaking them between institutions right? Can you direct me to where you read this so I may dig deeper?
I’m trying to find the video with the info, hang on, its got a funky name
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKZU68F75-E
But I can’t watch it again to find that part, so I suggest you do.
Seems like its in the first 15-20 minutes. Mostly, it mentions that you can’t take Spanish 2, 3 and then 1 for an easy A, that kind of deal. Also, if your CC has something like “Calculus 1, 2, 3 with applications” and “Calculus 1, 2, 3 for engineering and physics” or something, you can’t take all 6 and have all this units. From what I gather, my situation shall be okay, but I called Berkeley and LA and got some pretty “I don’t want to be here” employees who basically said “yeah bro it doesn’t matter chillax”, so yeah lol.
Great!
I didn’t mean to scare you! I just wanted to make sure you were in the clear. Good for you for calling to be sure!
Luckie is right about breaking sequences. However, I have heard that people have broken up calc and it’s the one sequence that the UCs are sometimes OK with. However, I cannot say this for sure – just that it’s the most acceptable one to POSSIBLY split up, assuming its the same calendar term (semester vs quarter). You need to ask the UC about that - and you should. You don’t want to be left hanging.
Out of sequence you def won’t get credit for lower level after higher level: Calc 2, then Calc 1, etc.
@lindyk8 Can you direct me to where you read/heard this? I couldn’t imagine articulated courses causing such a struggle?
@naregian I can’t direct you to it. You will have to search. Just trust us on the sequence issue. Your most reliable bet to avoid a a later issue is to send an email to UC admissions where you are interested in going to and ask them. If it is the same term (semester and quarter) as I said they often (?) let you mix CCCs. But you have you ask them.
BTW, if you get into Calc 2, in theory, you’re at that level because it validates the earlier levels, so I suspect it will be OK. But just check. The only one that can tell you accurately is the UC.
Yeah, all I can find on the internet is just about receiving credit for working in a backwards order for sequential classes. I assume this is to dissuade against the easy A. You’re making me second guess what the representatives at LA and Berkeley told me haha but I will call again on Monday to be extra sure.
The reason they don’t like backwards order is you can’t learn everything properly. And then once you’re at a certain level in anything they will never give you credit if you backpedal (in other words taking pre-requisites for any course after you took the higher course).
In terms of sequenced courses, sometimes, different schools will have a slightly different order of covering the content, causing some things to be in different parts of the sequence at different schools. This is usually less of an issue for calculus 1, 2, 3 (although some schools put in an introduction of differential equations at the end of calculus 2) than it can be for physics, which is why it is most commonly recommended to take the entire physics sequence at one school if you take the physics sequence.
Mixing sequenced courses between different schools becomes more of a problem if one school is semester system and another is quarter system.
Since you will have calculus 1 at a CSU, you can probably just go on to calculus 2 and 3 at a CC. Take linear algebra, differential equations (these may be 1 or 2 courses, depending on the school) and discrete math as well.
If the two CCs are in the same CC district, it is likely that most or all of the courses will be the same, so splitting sequences will be less of a problem in this case.
Check http://www.assist.org for course equivalency information to make sure that you have everything covered for your major at your target schools.
Thanks a lot! I also just called San Diego and Berkeley to get a definite answer and the representative at San Diego said something very similar. Apparently Calc 1-3 is pretty standardized across the entire nation even, whereas Physics sequences are less so.
For anyone in the future who uses the search bar feature because they have a similar issue, this is your answer.
My CSU Calc 1 and CC Calc 2/3/LA/DifEq weren’t a problem for any of the schools, and all they said was that Physics was the real deal in terms of not splitting it up, and even then if the CCs were in the same district, there wasn’t a problem. Also, if you’re a future CSU>CC>UC person, the rep I talked to from Berkeley said basically every lower division course with the exception of a few from each CSU will transfer over, especially the bigger subject like Math, Chemistry, Physics, Bio, English etc.