<p>"Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements."</p>
<p>I plan to complete 2 years at a CC, and I'm wonding how many units I'm limited to if I want to attend L&S. </p>
<p>What is the difference between subject credit and unit credit?</p>
<p>for example in order to take Cultural Economics at the Cal you need Econ 1 and 2, but since your credit limit cap is over the 70 units, the units won’t transfer but you can enroll in Cultural Economics because you satisfied the econ 1 and 2 requirements.</p>
<p>idk if that makes sense</p>
<p>unit credits count towards graduation. subject credit counts towards requirements such as class prereqs or breadth requirements. If you’re gonna only attend at CCC take as many classes as you want, you won’t hit the unit cap.</p>
<p>So is there a unit cap for L&S if I’ve only attended a community college? Is 70 units the cap or just the max number of units that will transfer? I plan to have 86 units by the time I transfer.</p>
<p>Thanks JetForce. You answered my question before I could even post it. :)</p>
<p>Are there any units caps (for transfers who’ve only attended CC) for the other UCs?</p>
<p>there are unit caps depending on the school if you attend a 4 year institution prior to transferring.</p>
<p>So does that mean that there are no caps for students who only go to CCC?</p>
<p>@ tchan: You can take however many classes/units you want at community college. Only 70 of them will count towards graduation. Let’s say you have 100 units done at CCC. Only 70 will count toward your eventual UC graduation.</p>
<p>However, let’s say you’re a premed student. During those 100 units you managed to finish your inorganic chem, but not O chem. When you get to a UC, even though you took inorganic chem in say…your 88-96 units at CCC, you can still enter into O chem because you have the subject credit from inorganic chem.</p>
<p>Specific UC’s, however, may not want you having beyond a certain amount of units done at a private college or CCC. I’m not sure what that situation is for every different UC, so you’d have to check. I thought I read somewhere that UCLA doesn’t want more than 86 in general, but I could be wrong on that one.</p>