Transferring to UCI from IVC aiming for a BS in Computer Science

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I having trouble deciding what courses I need before I transfer over to UCI.

I’ve talked to my counselor, and he suggested I take the following courses: CS 10, CS 40A, CS 40B, and Math 26.

He also told me to take the 2 following classes from Saddleback: CS 4A and CS 1D.

In terms of GE’s, I need to take about 5 or 6 more courses. I have completed all the Math prerequisites, though.

I haven’t been able to make an appointment with my counselor recently, so I haven’t had the chance to ask him for help. I’m not really sure if I’m understanding the ASSIST page correctly.

http://web2.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=2&sia=SADDLBK&ria=UCI&ia=UCI&oia=SADDLBK&aay=16-17&ay=16-17&dora=CS

From what I understand, I only need to complete one year of college level math and one year of transferable computer programming courses in Python, Java, C++, or other object-oriented or high level programming language. Should I take all the courses listed on the right before transferring to UCI? CS 10 is equivalent to I&C SCI 31 only, so would I need to take I&C SCI 32 and 33 as well as all the other UCI courses with no IVC course equivalents when I transfer to UCI. If so, that’s a lot of lower division courses that I would need to catch up on at UCI.

Also, for CS 40A, I need to complete CS 36 as a prerequisite. Since CS 36 is a C based class, the credits do not transfer over to UCI. Should I just take I&C SCI 51 at UCI instead? It’s equivalent to both CS 40A and CS 40B.

This one is more of a convenience issue, but is there a way for me to not take the 2 courses at Saddleback? It’s a bit far, and I’m currently biking to IVC. Hopefully, there will be online courses for them, but I’m not keeping my hopes high.

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The IVC → UCI articulation agreement is here:

http://web2.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=1&sia=IRVINE&ria=UCI&ia=IRVINE&oia=UCI&aay=16-17&ay=16-17&dora=CS

Saddleback CS 4A covers UCI ICS 45J, and Saddleback CS 1D covers UCI ICS 46, neither of which IVC covers.

If you only take courses at IVC and then transfer to UCI, you probably need to spend your first two quarters taking “catch up” ICS courses. If you can also take CS 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 4A at Saddleback before transfer, you could trim that to about one quarter of “catch up” courses.