<p>Major: Computer Science </p>
<p>I've taken 2 programming prereqs at my community college:</p>
<p>CIS 254 (Introduction to Object-Oriented Program Design)-java intro
CIS 255 (Programming Method: Java)</p>
<p>However, according to assist, these don't compare to UCSD's equivalents. I was looking at a nearby community college (25-30 min drive), and I found that the following do articulate at that community college:</p>
<p>CS 111A (Intro to programming: Java)
CS 111B (Programming fundamentals: Java)</p>
<p>My question is, Can I transfer my credits from my current college to the other community college and it will then be "equivalent"?</p>
<p>Also, I look to take the following at my school: </p>
<p>CIS 256 (Data Structures: Java)</p>
<p>but CIS 256 doesn't articulate for UCSD either. Looking at the other community college, there is the following at the other college:</p>
<p>CS 111C (Data Structures and Algorithms: Java)</p>
<p>which does articulate (but its prereqs are CS 111A and CS 111B), so will I be able to take that?</p>
<p>If I sound confusing, let me know.</p>
<p>In my experience, the schools will see any classes (or test scores) as they were given to you, it doesn’t matter how they articulate at different schools and the way a CC interprets them will have no bearing on the UC’s decision.</p>
<p>Can you go take classes at the other CC instead, since its courses are considered equivalents?</p>
<p>I am but then I would have to start from the beginning (CS 111A) and I already took CIS 254 and CIS 255 at my school which are very much like CS 111A and CS 111B at the other community college.</p>
<p>I meant to say, can I take CS 111C at the other community college if I took CIS 254 and CIS 255 at my college? since they are very much like CS 111A and CS 111B</p>
<p>You should be able to take the third course at the other CC, but there’s a chance your UC will require you to go back and retake the earlier courses, even if you’ve got an equivalent for part of the sequence.</p>
<p>There really is no such thing as “transferring” credit to another community college. You just simply enroll and start taking classes there. What you can do is if you want to show that you’ve already completed certain pre-reqs in order to enroll in more advanced classes, typically you would just send over transcript from the previous one and they’ll waive your pre-reqs for classes you’ve already completed. Again though you don’t transfer units. It’s not as if you’ll get credit for having 40 units at CC 2 because you had 40 at CC 1. They’re completely separate institutions and may designate their units differently. It’s also why you can’t get credit for those pre-reqs just by switching CCs. The UC’s have specific articulation agreements for each CC that they determine based on the curriculum of the courses they offer. If one college has a course that articulates and the other doesn’t it means that curriculum at one was sufficient to articulate and the other wasn’t. Just because the titles sound the same doesn’t mean the curriculum is the same at both CC’s.</p>
<p>It may not help for the admission process, but after you’re admitted what you can do is petition to receive credit for that course at the UC you SIR to and you may be able to get credit for that pre-req after you enroll so that you don’t have to take it at the UC. You should be fine taking CS111C as long as it has a direct equivalent for UCSD. So if it articulates for just one course at UCSD, you should have no problems. It can get a little complicated if it’s the whole CS111 sequence that articulates to one or two courses at UCSD when they’re combined as you haven’t taken the earlier courses in the series at that college.</p>
<p>Ok, it’s probably best that I just finish the last Java class at my community college instead of at the other college then. It will be under no courses articulated. UCSD says to take the highest level of programming language offered at your college, so I guess my Java classes could still count for that.</p>