<p>Hoping someone could explain this. Take Chemistry for example. One option for Computer Science majors is to take 3 Chemistry classes, each of them 5 credit hours. The same articulated classes are available at community colleges… for 5 semester credit hours each. </p>
<p>How could they possibly be the same, if 15 Davis quarter credits equals only 10 semester credits? Does Davis cram 50% more work into every earned credit hour compared to schools that use the semester system? </p>
<p>Makes me wonder if I should take the 3 Chems at a CC and get 50% more credits (15*1.5=22.5 quarter credits compared to 15 quarter credits if taking the same classes at Davis) while also having a drastically slower paced workload? </p>
<p>I’m using the Chem courses as an example. There are numerous other examples I could give in general for CC courses that articulate with quarter system UC courses that have drastically different credit counts after converting the numbers to the quarter system.</p>
<p>I’m starting as a CC student trying to plan out my 2 year CC schedule, in hopes of qualifying for the UC-Davis TAG for CS and completing as many lower division required courses at CC as possible to best prepare for 2 years at Davis. Any help here would be highly appreciated! :)</p>