IGETC not recommended - doing it anyway?

[mikemac]

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I’m admitted to Baskin Engineering at UCSC as a computer science major. <snip> I’m tempted to do IGETC anyway, though

It’s hard to follow what you’re saying here. If you are admitted to Baskin then you are starting classes this fall. When are you going to complete IGETC?

Their reasoning, to paraphrase my own understanding of it, is that classes in the engineering school are hard, so they want us to mix some (presumably “easier”) gen-ed classes in with our engineering coursework each semester.

You have misunderstood the policy. Here is what the UC page says

For majors in the physical and biological sciences or the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, IGETC is not recommended. Students should ensure completion of lower-division courses for their intended major.

The reason, then, they don’t recommend IGETC is they want you to spend your time at your CC taking all the recommended lower-division courses for their intended major instead of some breadth requirements. The recommended courses may be needed in order to avoid delays in taking upper-division classes, while the breadth classes are prerequisites for nothing (except graduation). </snip></p>