<p>Hi there!
I'm a first year international college student in Santa Monica College.
I want to take Computer Science as my major and transfer to UCLA or USC.
But I don't know what are the requirement courses needed for transfer.
Can anyone help me please?</p>
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<p>Computer Science is a very tough road, especially at top tier universities.
Don’t be a Computer Science major just for the the money/employment or you’re going to hate yourself. Do it because you KNOW you want to.
Best of luck.</p>
<p>Then I shall pursue my backup plan - Economics.</p>
<p>don’t just change your mind so quickly, you haven’t even tried yet.</p>
<p>Exactly. I’m not trying to dissuade you from pursuing computer science. I’m just letting you know that it will be a challenge.</p>
<p>Economics is not much easier…Biz econ @ UCLA average GPA is 3.92… at USC, not many apply to the economics program. It’s not highly regarded like UCLA.</p>
<p>My advice: apply to the major you’re interested in NOT what you believe is the easiest to get into. You’re more likely to well in classes you have a genuine passion for. This is especially true for upper division classes as they get more specialized and you have a lot more information to comprehend and process. Also, a lot of people think that they can play the system and apply to an “easy” major and then switch after they’ve transferred. While this does happen occasionally it’s at a cost and many of those students end up spending a lot more time, and consequently money, taking basically pre-reqs for two majors. Some people spend an extra year at universities like UCLA/USC finishing the pre-reqs they should’ve had when they transferred. And at those schools as nonresident student that’s an extra $50000-$80000 including all living/educational expenses for another year.</p>
<p>For CS you basically need to take Chem 10, 11 – physics 21 22 23 , Math 7 8 11 13 15 , CS 52 , CS 20A ,
Some colleges require you to complete IGETC and some dont, and this is also true for physics 24 </p>
<p>For econ u need:
Econ 1 , Econ 2 , business 1 , math 54 , 7 , 8 + igetc</p>
<p>All the courses ive listed are smc courses </p>
<p>Good luck , message me if u need any help</p>
<p>I forgot to mention for CS its good to have CS 42 , 55 , 17 and math 10 as well</p>