UC Transfer IGETC and GE?

AskMsSun
Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:19:55 +0000

@berkeleyappeal - if you have all of your major prereqs done, apply this year. The competition is only going to get worse later. Admission evaluation focuses on grades and completion of the major prereqs, as well as the personal statement and supplemental application.

@ucbalumnus - thanks for correcting me! I looked up the requirements on Assist.org and a copy is below:



The College of Engineering requires six humanities/social science courses, two of which must be reading and composition. The only non-technical admission requirement for the College of Engineering is the coursework equivalent to UC Berkeley’s English R1A and R1B (reading and composition), which must be taken for a letter grade. The College of Engineering does NOT accept IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) to satisfy the English R1A and R1B requirement. Applicants MUST complete the specific courses listed as satisfying the English R1A and R1B admission requirements. Failure to complete the exact courses listed in the agreement for English R1A and R1B will mean the applicant will NOT be considered for admission.

The remaining four humanities/social science requirement courses are not considered for admission purposes but are required for graduation. See http://coe.berkeley.edu/hssreq for the College of Engineering humanities/social science breadth requirements and courses. Courses which are three semester units or more that appear in the following categories on the “General Education/Breadth” section of assist.org may be used to satisfy two of the remaining four humanities/social science course requirements for the College of Engineering. ARTS AND LITERATURE; HISTORICAL STUDIES; PHILOSOPHY AND VALUES; SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES.

SAT/ACT/A-level test scores and letters of recommendation are NOT considered for admission.

The College of Engineering does not recognize the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) and strongly discourages students from following this option due to the number of major-specific technical courses required for engineering transfer admission. NOTE: The English R1A and R1B requirements cannot be satisfied by IGETC; applicants must complete the specific courses indicated as English R1A and R1B equivalents to be considered for admission. Failure to complete the exact courses listed will mean the applicant will NOT be considered for admission.