<p>Hoping someone could explain this. I'll use Chemistry at UC-Davis for example but it could be applied to any of the quarter system UCs. One option for Computer Science majors is to take 3 Chemistry classes, each of them 5 quarter 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>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 went semesters -> quarters -> semesters… honestly, I’d say don’t worry about it. The number of credits you get will depend on what your CC says the classes are worth. The subject credit will be whatever assist.org says for your school. If assist says the classes are equivalent, you’re golden.</p>
<p>I think a lot of times it’s just that the school expects students to take 1 year of some series, even if the amount of material covered is different. Going quarters -> semesters really sucks… instead of taking two semester classes for a series, they required three, even if the first two quarters cram in all the material from the two semesters. :P</p>
<p>Quarter units * (2/3) = Semester units
15 quarter units = 10 semester units.
3 semester chem classes at CC would be the same as 4.5 (not possible I know) chem classes at a quarter UC. </p>
<p>It gets odd in cases like my chemistry example. It seems that I could take either 1.5 years (3 semesters) worth of chemistry at a CC, or take 1 years worth (3 quarters) at UC. Might as well wait to do them at a UC then!</p>
<p>Were you admitted to any UC’s this year? If not, and you’re still at a CC, look at assist.org and if the chem sequence is part of your major prereqs, do them at a CC.</p>
<p>Missing science sequences is a huge disqualifying factor for many UC’s, especially if you’re an engineering/ computer science major.</p>
<p>Take a look at the UCSB admission results thread. I’m seeing tons of engineering majors with 4.0 GPAS getting rejected for missing 1 science class, 2 science classes, and an entire sequence missing.</p>
<p>I’m only starting CC this summer. I had to drop out of a university as a Freshman years ago because of health reasons. I’m going to be online only for at least until summer of 2015 so my course selection is limited… and so I need to really carefully plan my course schedules to aim for transferring to a UC for CS in 2 years. If I’m not doing well enough after one year then of course I’ll have to adjust my plan, and aim for a CSU for example.</p>
<p>My understanding is that the TAG guarantee into the UC Davis CS program requires IGETC and a +3.2 GPA and nothing else. Though I understand the importance of completing lower division requirements as early as possible, and it makes sense to take a CHEM and BIO for IGETC because it satisfies both IGETC and major requirements.</p>
<p>I’m not even going to try for Engineering… indeed the prereqs for EECS at UCs are extensive, and would be impossible for me to do in 2 years if I’m going to be online for the first year.</p>