<p>Currently, I am a student at a community college in California, and also a transfer applicant to UCLA.</p>
<p>According to information of requirements on the website of the department of ULCA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, it says, a second semester of organic chemistry or one year of calculus-based physics is strongly recommended but not required for admission. </p>
<p>In this sentence, about ‘one year of calculus-based physics’ part, I wonder if it means the completion of whole series of Calculus-based physics classes, since, the community college I am now atteding provides 3 semesters of calculus-based physics classes, which are one and half year sesseion. </p>
<p>Currently, I have finished two of calculus-based pysics classses which match with PHYSICS 1A, PHYSICS 1B, PHYSICS 4AL, and PHYSICS 4BL in UCLA. And I have not taken the class which matchs with PHYSICS 1C in UCLA.</p>
<p>Shortly, Should I take one more physics class to be considered as applicants who have completed ‘one year of calculus-based physics’? </p>
<p>Hello, I am a fellow CCC transfer to UCLA’s Life Science program. In talking to UCLA directly “one year” does indeed mean the complete sequence. At UCLA three courses are done in one year, three quarters. Additionally, some CCC’s, including mine, offer calc based physics for life science (bio) majors and this is only two classes, or two semesters of work.</p>
<p>So to answer your question, yes. Complete the sequence if you do not want to take anymore physics classes at UCLA and be more competitive for admission. That said, if you do not get to take the last physics class at your CCC, and you are positive it corresponds to only one class at UCLA, then you can take that class after transfer if you desire.</p>
<p>As you said the completion of whole Physics classes makes my chance on admission higher, then there would be no difference between other applicants who have never taken physics and I if I do not take the last physics class?</p>
<p>No, actually you would have an advantage over someone who has never taken physics and just plans to take the entire series at UCLA. They would have one year, 3 quarters, of physics classes why you would merely have one class and one quarter of work.</p>
<p>UCLA deffinitely takes this into consideration when evaluating a transfer student’s “progress towards completing pre-requisites”</p>