I will either be applying transfer to UC Davis with Tag this fall for environmental science management for my bachelors or transferring to San Diego State. I will have roughly 90 units from my community college transferring and was wondering if there’s anything I can do to speed up the time at whichever university I choose. I have spoken to multiple school counselors and they ALL have told me something different. Also does getting your degree at UC Davis make a huge difference over San Diego State as far as getting hired by people? I plan to apply for my masters after my bachelors if that helps.
Hopefully someone can share any type of advice! The junior college counselors haven’t been much help.
Both the UC and Cal state systems cap transfer units at 70 semester/105 quarter units. The rest of the units are given subject credit.
To spend a shorter time at either school, you can take additional classes if available during the summer sessions but all depends upon what classes you have completed at your CC and what classes are needed to obtain your Bachelor’s degree.
UC Davis has a highly ranked Environmental Science program and has more Environmental course offerings that SDSU. For Graduate school, UC Davis might be the better option.
Environmental science is a difficult and not a high paying field without Graduate school and/or job experience.
Older son attended UC Davis as a ESM major. He loved the program and the campus. He was able to do research with 2 of his professors and is currently working for an Environmental consulting company.
I would apply to both schools, see where you are admitted and then make the decision.
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Thank you for responding! I am going to be doing the tag program. I was told by one of my junior college counselors it doesn’t matter what I do at the junior college, that no matter what I’d have to still be at a university 2 years minimum. Yet a different counselor said it won’t go by years but what classes are required to graduate. Then another told me something completely different so just was trying to specifically look at Davis for my bachelors, then probably transfer to sdsu for my graduates.
The time you spend at any university as a Transfer will depend upon which classes you have taken at your Junior college and which classes are still needed to be completed for your Bachelor’s so the 2nd counselor was correct. It could take you 2 years or less or more.
UC Davis and SDSU have a joint PhD program: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gesd
Depends. Some folks may preference a school. But in general, the student will hustle to find a job. Both are well reputed. Find the curriculum that fits the student best and check career outcomes. Unlikely to be a great paying major vs others.
Good luck.
You need 120 semester (180 quarter) units to complete a bachelor’s degree. With maximum unit credit of 70 semester (105 quarter) units, you need at least 50 semester (75 quarter) units, in addition to fulfilling subject requirements for the major and general education (obviously, having completed as many of these as possible before transfer will help). For a typical full time load of 15 units, that will take 4 semesters (2 academic years) at a semester system school like SDSU, or 5 quarters (1+2/3 academic years) at a quarter system school like UCD. Of course, if you take more or fewer than 15 units per term, you may change when you will have enough units to graduate.