Taking additional units at CC after transferring?

Hi guys! This is my first year at UCI after transferring from a CC. Would anyone happen to know if I could possibly take additional units at a community college if I wanted to switch majors at Irvine? I’m currently a Public Health Science major wanting to switch to BioSci but I am dreading the thought of taking the physics series here. I would prefer to take it at a CC if possible. Any insight at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

you probably could. Not sure of the rules at Irvine, but at Berkeley if you took the classes during the school year, you would need to fill out a concurrent course form, state a good reason for taking the class at another place, and get an approval from a college advisor. During the summer, there are no restrictions as long as the courses articulate to lower division classes. I would imagine that UCI has a similar policy in place.

Perhaps, do you know if there are any restrictions at UCB regarding the amount of units students are allowed to transfer over? I am afraid I cannot transfer over any more. Thank you.

Yes, you can, in theory. There are some rules but it’s likely doable. I would however point out this: if you want to go to grad school, that institution, when evaluating your admission will clearly see you took the easy way out and that will probably knock points off. When it comes to STEM, you really need to complete some of the heavy hitters (like physics) at the UC if you see graduate studies in your future.

@pgn1005 You are confusing units and credits. If you want to be a biosci major then you need credit for taking all the prerequisite classes to be admitted into the major. The UC schools will give you credit for every transferable class you take. Units are something that counts towards the total you need towards graduation. So if you’ve hit the unit transfer cap and then take this class it will still do what you need even if it doesn’t put you closer towards UCI graduation.

But as @ProfessorPlum168 has pointed out, before you can do this you need to get permission for concurrent enrollment. And even assuming they give it, if you are thinking about med school then they will see you ducked taking physics at UCI and may very well deny you just for that reason. Same with any other grad school.