<p>Both my son and my daughter ran into the “fine art” issue for the UC system. They were varsity athletes which ate up 1 class a year. The fine art class was not required by their high schools.</p>
<p>They both took a photography class at the local community college. For both, it was a Saturday morning class during the normal school year so their summers were open. A one semester class at the CC is equivalent to the one year HS requirement. </p>
<p>The photography classes were somewhat hard to get into. They were full when the CC allowed the HS students to register. They enrolled in a ceramics class (which my daughter would have taken if she didn’t into the photography class) to get into the CC system. They attended the first session of the photography class and the prof let them in (different prof for the two). They told the prof their situation and he figured (correctly) that the drop rate is usually at least a couple. They dropped the ceramics class and added the photography class (with the prof’s signature).</p>
<p>My son went to a California school so the class was used as the prerequisit. Daughter ended up going to a private school and got them to give her credit for it, so it wasn’t wasted for her.</p>