Two basic principles are involved in determining whether a community college course is transferable:
- The course should be comparable to one offered at the lower-division level at a UC campus.
- If the course is not equivalent to a particular UC course, it must be appropriate for a UC degree in terms of its purpose, scope and depth.
Although UC does not have preapproved formal agreements on transferable coursework outside of the California community college system, general units or credits from a regionally accredited college or university are transferable if a course is comparable to one offered at a UC campus. If a course is not equivalent to a particular UC course, it must be appropriate for a UC degree in terms of its purpose, scope and depth. However, some courses are not transferable to UC.
Contact the UC’s admission transfer counselors and be prepared to have the course description (from college catalog) faxed.
Also, make sure you can afford the UC’s. OOS students pay full fees. There is no state funding for non-residents, so your fees will be $67K per year.