doing ge's at community college

[rxcat85]

My son is thinking of taking some classes at a comm. college during the summer to fulfill some of the ge courses. However looking at his major's course requirements, it list ge course unit fulfillment as 4 units each. Most CCs in socal are on semester system and most ge courses are only 3 units. Anyone know how the CC's ge course translate over to Cal Poly's ge (other than using assist.org) esp. the difference between the units in each ge?

Also, for those of you who fulfill some ge course w/ AP credit, do you get the all the units for whatever ge course it meets?

[lluckyducky10120]

You can figure out what classes will transfer over at assist.org

[spool80]

I did most of my GE requirements at a community college. The 3 units earned from a semester school will be converted quarter units:

3 semester units = 4.5 quarter units

[rxcat85]

Thanks spool. For AP credits I assume if you pass, you'll satisfy that GE requirement and get the electives units too? i.e. He took AP bio and passed with a score of 4. That will sub for BIO 213/ENGR 213 plus he'll get 4 units (as if he actually took the class)?

[123321]

if you are an incoming freshman w/ cc credits do the grades you get in your class affect your GPA at cal poly or will they just fulfill the credits/be on the transcript w/o it factoring into your GPA?

[spool80]

rxcat85: I didn't take any AP classes in high school, so I'm not familiar with the credit application process on that.

123321: Your Cal Poly transcript will show two separate GPA's;
CPSLO - cumulative Cal Poly GPA
Higher Ed. - cumulative GPA from all colleges attended (including Cal Poly)

[vballmom]

I'm not sure that the unit conversion will work exactly as stated above. From the EE website:

The number of units given for transfer credit will not exceed the number of units of the Cal Poly course (e.g., a 3 semester-unit course will only count for 3 quarter units, not 4.5 quarter units, for a 3-unit Cal Poly course).

Students - Electrical Engineering Department - Cal Poly

[spool80]

The OP was asking about General Education transfer units, not EE.

Any 3 unit semester GE course will satisfy the 4 unit quarter equivalent at CPSLO. Check assist.org to determine what the "equivalent" courses are.