<p>Okay, here is my dilemma. I am nearly core complete at the community college I attend and plan to transfer to a university and major in a field of engineering in the future. There are three university choices. Out of 3, one will be the university I will transfer to. Unfortunately the additional degree requirements as far as courses differ from each other. The additional courses for all three are available in my community college. Since I am not sure which of the three universities I will attend, is it realistic to take all those courses in my college, or should I just complete the core requirements, and when I transfer to one of the universities, complete the rest of the courses there? Any other suggestions? The reason I am thinking of completing the additional courses is because I read there is higher chance of being accepted into the degree program of choice.</p>
<p>You will have a very significantly higher chance of transferring into the program of your choice if you have already completed your lower level major course work. I’m assuming that you’re talking about the introductory calc based physics courses, given that you’re going into engineering. I would highly recommend taking them at your CC.</p>
<p>If you already have them out of the way, the transfer institution is much more likely to accept you, because you’ll be able to go right into higher level courses within your major, rather than still having to take the introductory classes.</p>
<p>^what Curt said.</p>
<p>In addition to that, I would like to add that the “basic” requirements vary from school to school. Some of the schools I am planning on applying to, for example, won’t take Composition 2, because they want you to complete that at their school for understandable reasons. The major requirements are fairly universal, and therefore a better bet; you need to take Introduction to Physics somewhere, after all.</p>
<p>Yep…it’s a good idea to get as much out of the way before transferring as you possibly can.</p>
<p>I’m in CC right now, and as Brielle said…some universities still have upper level geneds that have to be completed there. I’ll have my entire gened core done before transferring, plus all of my lower level major coursework completed. But, I want to transfer to UIUC, and they have a few other upper level requirements. An advanced composition course is a requirement there. English Comp 1 and 2 from my CC only transfer to UIUC as Comp 1…so I’ll still have that requirement. Plus they have a western cultures requirement and a non-western cultures requirement that typically has to be completed there. Plus a 2 year language requirement…which I’ll be able to take a year of at my CC before transferring.</p>
<p>The plus to doing all of your lower course work at a CC is that it is going to save you a ton of money, which may or may not be a concern, but is typically a big positive. Schools like to accept transfer students that already have all of their lower level course work done so that they can jump right into upper level work in their major.</p>
<p>Thank you Comfortablycurt and Brielle11 for answering. As for the basic courses, I understand the curriculum is universal up to the calculus and physics sequence. It is when each university asks for different additional major preparatory requirements that it confuses me. For example, the University of Texas at Dallas major preparatory requirements ask for intro to engineering, and 2 or 3 additional engineering classes not listed in the major requirements of the other university. The second university Texas A & M only mentions taking an engineering graphics course and instead of composition 2, I have to take a scientific and technical course. It probably doesn’t hurt to take scientific and technical writing course in addition to comp 2, which I already passed, and take the engineering graphics course and transfer to either university at that point. But do you think it is in my best interest to complete the major preparatory requirements for the University of Texas at Dallas and complete those additional engineering classes that are not compatible with the Texas A & M or is this a waste of time, money, and effort and I should just try to stick with the courses compatible in both universities and both the courses I mentioned required by Texas A & M and then see if I can transfer at either university at that point?</p>