<p>I am going to apply to transfer to the UC campuses this October-November. I have two semesters left to complete. I was wondering: when a course of yours transfers to a UC, is it awarded the number of credits which the course has at your home college or the number of credits which its UC equivalent has? For example, Spanish 1, Spanish 2, Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 each have 3 credits at my college whereas they each have 5 credits at UCLA and UC Berkeley (as seen in their catalogues). Will I get 12 or 20 transfer credits for two years of Spanish? Most of my other courses are 3-credit ones at my college, even very advanced ones which require many hours of study, while most of their equivalents are worth 4 credits at UCs. Will I get 3 or 4 credits if they transfer?</p>
<p>They arent necessarily the same classes. Go to assist.org. That will give you the unit credit that each UC will give you.</p>
<p>Regardless, even if a 5 unit ccc class only equals a 3 unit uc class, you wont have a problem hitting the 60 unit mark.</p>
<p>Check if you’re on semesters or quarters, first of all. Cal’s on semesters, UCLA’s on quarters. To go from quarters to semesters, multiply by 2/3, to go the other way multiply by 1.5. Also, I’m pretty sure (at least for my coursework, UCB transfer) the units stay the same as they were at your CC (after converting systems), regardless of how they articulate.</p>
<p>If your CC class is equivalent to a UC class you are rewarded units equal to the CC class, not the UC class.</p>
<p>Example: You take Spanish 1 at your CC which is 3 units. Berkeley and UCLA offer an equivalent Spanish 1 course worth 5 units. You are rewarded the 3 units.</p>
<p>OK, thank you!</p>
<p>On a related note, do you think it is safe to take slightly more than 60 credits (say, around 66 credits) at your CC just to make sure that you are eligible for transfer even if one or two of your courses do not end up being transferable? Or am I safe sticking with strictly 60 credits (the minimum to transfer to UCLA and UC Berkeley)?</p>
<p>You need at least 60 transferable semester units.</p>
<p>You would be safe with 60 units. Just double check that all the classes are UC transferable. If you want to be extra safe see a counselor, and ask for them to look over your transcript to confirm it.</p>