community college transfer

[biomajor1234]

IF you are a biology major, and enrolled at a community college. Then does that mean you need to take all biology courses, chemistry courses, physics courses, and mathematic courses before you can transfer? My counselor told me that I need to get up to organic chemistry 1, which is the minimum to transfer as a biology major?

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[MoElyassi]

nah, i don't think you need to take all, unless they are concerning about it now !! and made new rules. anyways i think your counselor is right, update us later on.. thanks and good luck

 

[seelee]

OP, what classes you have to take in order to transfer is dependent entirely upon the school you are transferring to. I would take anything your CC advisor says with a truckload of salt.

Call the advisement department of the university (and department) you want to transfer to, and ask them what their requirements for transfer are. Make sure that the major-specific classes you are taking at the CC will transfer, as sometimes Universities won't accept the credit (meaning you will have to take the class again).

Still, most universities require a number of hours to be considered a transfer student. I have never heard of universities requiring specific classes.

Now, if you want to graduate from the CC before transferring then you need to fill the CC's requirements for graduation, whatever those are.

 

[biomajor1234]

Well I am planning to go to UCI. And according to assist.org, http://www.assist.org/web-assist/re...a=UCI&oia=OCC&aay=09-10&ay=09-10&dora=BIO.SCI, it says I will need to take all of the above to transfer?

 

[Daedra22]

I've attended 6 different schools, and never had an issue with specific classes needed to transfer. In fact, they recommended that I have classes which I didn't have when I transferred to my latest university. They are chiefly concerned with the number of credits you have completed. However, it's always a good idea to call the specific school you wish to transfer to and ask.

 

[medicsb]

Assuming that your goal is to apply and be accepted in to a medical school, it would be best for you to take the med school pre-req's at a 4-year institution.

I did one year at a community college (32 credit hours) and took mostly liberal arts courses along with 2 precalc and an inorganic chem course. A minimum of 30 credits was needed to transfer into the 4-year that I chose. I made sure to meet with prospective 4-year schools to figure out what they would and would not accept. (The school I chose accepted everything.)

However, do note that my situation may be much different than you. At the time I was 24 and working as a medic, so SATs weren't required of me, but they probably will be required of you if you're recently out of high school.

Good luck!

 

[keyinhand]

That is really strange. At my cc you can transfer at any point. The only thing they advise, is that if you had a low high school GPA then wait until you have gone to cc for 30 credits. That way you will not have to tell the university your high school GPA. Also, I believe that most medical schools recommend that you do not do your pre-med prereqs at community college level. That is what my local university advises. I would check with the schools you are interested in, before taking any of your med pre-reqs.

 

[seelee]

Assuming that your goal is to apply and be accepted in to a medical school, it would be best for you to take the med school pre-req's at a 4-year institution.

I did one year at a community college (32 credit hours) and took mostly liberal arts courses along with 2 precalc and an inorganic chem course. A minimum of 30 credits was needed to transfer into the 4-year that I chose. I made sure to meet with prospective 4-year schools to figure out what they would and would not accept. (The school I chose accepted everything.)

However, do note that my situation may be much different than you. At the time I was 24 and working as a medic, so SATs weren't required of me, but they probably will be required of you if you're recently out of high school.

Good luck!

This is true-ish. Taking pre-reqs at a cc is not that big of a deal as long as you take upper level science courses at the 4-year school to demonstrate you can handle the tougher classes. If you are majoring in a liberal arts field and don't plan on taking any more science than pre-reqs then yes, you should probably take them at the 4 year school.

 

[Vicviper]

OK, lets get this clear, once and for all - ASSIST is NOT a list of classes you need to take to transfer, it's simply showing the Articulation Agreement that Community Colleges have with Universities - this means that it shows what class at the CC equals what class at the university.

Each university has their own transfer requirements - you should call them for this, look on their website, etc. ALWAYS take ANYTHING you hear from an academic counselor with a grain of salt, and if there's ever anything really important, get it in writing - like proof that you've taken all the classes you needed to graduate.

When I transferred to UCI from Cypress College, all I needed to have taken was a certain amount of GE classes, the year of Bio Majors Bio, and the year of Gchem. Though I took Ochem, Gchem, Bio, Genetics, and Physics before I transferred. If you're in CA, I would HIGHLY suggest completing the IGETC certificate from your CC before you transfer - it will save you a TON of headaches. Look at your class schedule booklet for more information on this.

Also, if you get B's in Gchem and a 3.0, you get Guaranteed Admissions to UCI Bio via the TAG program - that's what I did, and it works like a charm.

PS. Don't take any science classes that aren't listed on ASSIST! If you do, they may not count once you transfer.

 

[Hope0913]

I'm a bio major and currently at a cc and I'm transferring this fall to a university. As far as having chem and bio classes before transferring, that's bull in my case because i haven't even taken a science class the whole year i was here, i focused on my English ,communication, and math and foreign language courses and acquired about 34 credit hours, and that is the only transfer requirement that i needed in order to transfer to a 4 yr institution. The downside to not taking a science course there is the chem placement test that some universities require incoming transfer students to take if they haven't taken an intro to chem already. So that would be something for you to check out. But medicsb has an important point which is if you want to transfer before you reach that 30 or 32 credit hrs the university will have to look at your SAT scores and base your admission on that.

 

[Jasp]

OK, lets get this clear, once and for all - ASSIST is NOT a list of classes you need to take to transfer, it's simply showing the Articulation Agreement that Community Colleges have with Universities - this means that it shows what class at the CC equals what class at the university.

Each university has their own transfer requirements - you should call them for this, look on their website, etc. ALWAYS take ANYTHING you hear from an academic counselor with a grain of salt, and if there's ever anything really important, get it in writing - like proof that you've taken all the classes you needed to graduate.

When I transferred to UCI from Cypress College, all I needed to have taken was a certain amount of GE classes, the year of Bio Majors Bio, and the year of Gchem. Though I took Ochem, Gchem, Bio, Genetics, and Physics before I transferred. If you're in CA, I would HIGHLY suggest completing the IGETC certificate from your CC before you transfer - it will save you a TON of headaches. Look at your class schedule booklet for more information on this.

Also, if you get B's in Gchem and a 3.0, you get Guaranteed Admissions to UCI Bio via the TAG program - that's what I did, and it works like a charm.

PS. Don't take any science classes that aren't listed on ASSIST! If you do, they may not count once you transfer.

Wow, this was very helpful as I am in the same situation as the OP. Also because I will be attending Cypress and transfering to UCI. Sweet.

 

[Vicviper]

Transfer requirements are different for every school... I actually just looked up UCLA's for Life Science, and I was surprised how demanding it is, specifically for requiring Ochem, as well as a full year of calc.

"To be considered for admission the following pattern of core courses must be completed by the spring before transfer:

• one year of biology with lab for the major
• one year of calculus
• one year of general chemistry with lab for the major
• one semester in organic chemistry with lab"

 

[beautifultheory]

I'm currently at a CC in California. In order to transfer from a CC to a CSU or UC, you need to complete a certain number of units (I think it's minimum 60 right now), and follow a specific pattern of courses listed on a form called IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum). It lists specific areas of study and the courses at my particular school that fill those areas in order to transfer. Each area requires a specific amount of units to be completed. The areas are listed with basic general ed courses (like english, math, speech, psych or sociology, language, poli sci etc). These areas need to be completed before another college will accept you, and then some of them also require courses geared specifically toward your major as well (lower division courses). Then you transfer and complete your upper division courses and graduate with your BA/BS. The requirements are different for each school, though, as far as lower division courses. I know a lot of people who transferred to places like UCLA with no lower division courses and then just declared their major when they got there and took the required courses there instead of taking them at a CC first. I, on the other hand, have all my lower division courses completed and am transferring and taking my uppers. It's cheaper for me to take the major-specific classes at CC. Maybe just do some research about the school you're transferring to, and double check your findings with your adviser. My adviser was less than helpful so I did most of my transfer work on my own and just confirmed with a counselor at my CC. http://www.igetc.org/

 

[aidama]

For each school there is a different list of courses you'll need to have in order to transfer over to a school. In general, depending on the major, it consists of "gen-ed" courses, or courses you would have to take at that University before being approved to do upper-division courses. In the case of a biology major, it's often general bio, general chemistry, etc.

Since you're at a California CC, make an appointment with your advisor, they'll know what you need for specific California schools. A lot of CC's have transfer agreements with UC's and CSU's given you complete the mandatory courses. Your advisor will have that information!

 

[Vicviper]

For each school there is a different list of courses you'll need to have in order to transfer over to a school. In general, depending on the major, it consists of "gen-ed" courses, or courses you would have to take at that University before being approved to do upper-division courses. In the case of a biology major, it's often general bio, general chemistry, etc.

Since you're at a California CC, make an appointment with your advisor, they'll know what you need for specific California schools. A lot of CC's have transfer agreements with UC's and CSU's given you complete the mandatory courses. Your advisor will have that information!

Yeah, you should definetly make an appointment to see you adviser, they'll be able to point you to the IGETC forms and such - but be sure to take EVERYTHING they say with a grain of salt, my advisers gave me some bad advice, and I'm glad I did some research into it myself before I made a mistake.