Anyone get into Engineering with a few missing prerequisites? (Transfers)

12uctransfer
Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:15:29 +0000

Exactly, and the ciriculum is quite different at UCSD at least for CE majors so check which classes will most likely transfer over by looking at the course descriptions at each of the universities.
Yeah the CE program at UCSC doesn’t require any lower division EE classes (its the same with EE majors here, you only take upper division EE courses and that requires physics 5c which I’m guessing you are taking in spring 2013), so I’m going to have to take them (ECE 35, 45, 65) at UCSD in my first year since one is a prereq for the other, but at least I can move along with the upper division CSE classes at the same time and finish with my GE’s. But even in a best case scenario, I will graduate a quarter late, maybe even two since I’m a junior.

As for taking GE’s or taking major prerequisites I can’t really give you a definate answer but maybe take CE 12 & CE 16 because those almost definately will transfer. The physics and math classes all transfer. And also you might as well take all the GE’s at UCSC so you’ll be done with GE’s at UCSD in my personal opinion.

Here’s what is happening with me, I don’t think UCSD requires the engineering ethics class for engineering so CMPE 80E in my case won’t transfer. CE 13 also didn’t transfer over for my major because UCSD’s CE program requires an introductory java course and I took a CE13 which is c-programming.

I’ll end with this, I would say definately if you can, finish the GE’s, math, & physics classes at UCSC as well as those two mentioned CE classes and then you’ll be fine (even if you don’t take those CE classes I think you’ll still graduate on time).