Transferring with prereqs to be completed during summer

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Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some advice on if it is possible to transfer into a UC with one missing prereq that I will complete the summer before the fall I begin at UC. I am coming from a CSU, and having compared the UC - Community College requirements and checked all of the equivalent courses at the CSU, I find that I will not have completed one of the math courses I need to be eligible to transfer into the CS major: namely, differential equations. My CSU does not allow me to take differential equations without Calc 3 as a prereq, but I will not be taking Calc 3 until this coming spring. I can take the differential equations class during the summer, but then I would be entering UC the fall directly after. Will a UC allow me to do this? If so, how do I let them know that that is my plan, and I have not just “forgotten” to take differential equations?

Edit: As part of this, I should ask, in case my fundamental understanding is wrong: do I transfer into a major, or just into the university? I easily fulfil all the basic requirements, what I don’t entirely fulfill are the CS major reqs. Is it possible to transfer in, then declare my major a little later, after having taken the necessary classes?

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generally, classes completed during the summer before you transfer aren’t considered.

you need to be admitted into the major and the UCs are sticklers about REQUIRED classes.

This tool will allow you to see the transfer GPA by major for each of the UCs
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

Good luck

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If the course is required you likely will need it by spring. If it is highly recommended, summer should be okay. Just list it in the application. (Of course, the final decision is up to admissions, not me.)

What you need to do is look at the top of the assist page for your major (any CCC). If it’s stem it usually lists the bare minimum courses, with grades, needed to apply— that was why I qualified the required in the first line. Differential is further down the pike.

What major and which UC?