<p>Hopefully some of you who came in first year with AP/college classes can help. DS took a college Political Science class that was taught by the local CC prof. at the HS. USC did not accept is as transfer credit saying “NOT TAUGHT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS BY COLLEGE FACULTY”. The professor does also teach this class on the CC campus which is exactly the same as the class at the HS, the location just helps facilitate schedules and is a popular class w/ seniors who have already fulfilled HS graduation requirements. The course is listed in USC’s transfer agreement with CA CCs. I can’t find the exact verbiage but I remember reading “usually on a college campus” in the HS students transferring college courses requirements.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? He did an initial appeal by submitting the syllabus and requesting elective credit, after which the “NOT TAUGHT ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS BY COLLEGE FACULTY” line was added to his transfer report.</p>
<p>It’s too hard for USC to distinguish between classes that are actual legit college-level work, and high school classes that are just labeled as college level - the general idea is that if they’re not on a college campus, not available for actual college students to take, it’s too hard to tell.</p>
<p>I just looked at the CC website and it says that its “Accelerated College Program” (classes taught on the HS campuses) is accepted as transfer credit to USC. I’ll have S talk to the prof. to help put together an appeal of USC’s initial petition decision. I image the same thing will happen with the course in process too (poli sci 102). </p>
<p>Anyone here successfully (or unsuccessfully) petition USC in a similar situation?</p>
<p>My son took a calculus course that was taught at his HS, by a HS teacher, but the grade for that class showed up on a transcript from the local university and not on his HS transcript. He had to remember to request a separate transcript from the university when he was going through his application process.</p>
<p>^^^
Exact same thing except it’s poli sci w/ a college prof. S did send a transcript from the cc after the fall semester so that’s not the problem. The class shows up as transferable in the cc articulation list. Oldengr, did your son automatically get the transfer credit or did you need to petition it?</p>
<p>SoCal, it sounds as though your petition may be successful, but I just wanted to mention before you do all the paperwork that the maximum credit for AP and college classes taken before graduation combined is 32 USC units.
<p>So if your son has passed - or expects to pass - eight or more AP tests, it may be a lot of paperwork for nothing - he will already have the maximum credit. If he has seven or fewer APs, then it would be worthwhile to pursue.</p>
<p>alamemom, the two college poli sci classes brings him up to 32. That’s counting the two easy APs he took this year, so it’s probably worth his time to petition it!</p>