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California Community College

Students may satisfy introductory course requirements - such as math, statistics, introductory biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics - with courses taken at a California Community College (CACC). Only introductory courses transferred from a community college can be used to satisfy your major requirements.  Advanced requirements (or upper-division courses) cannot be transferred from a CACC because community colleges only offer lower-division courses.

Use ASSIST.ORG to determine which California Community College courses satisfy your introductory major requirements. 

NOTE: Review the ASSIST.ORG information carefully! In some cases, such as general chemistry and physics, there is not a course-to-course equivalency and you must complete an entire series to receive credit towards your major.

To transfer credit, you MUST pass the course with a grade of C or better AND submit an official transcript showing your completed course.  Grades of C- are not accepted.

Once your grades are posted, please submit an official transcript to:

1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

With the acceptance of your official transcript, you will receive units for your transferred course as well as credit toward your major - if applicable.

If you are taking a course at another institution that is a prerequisite for a course you plan to take at UCSC in an upcoming quarter, you will not be able to enroll until you have submitted your unofficial transcript (showing the name of the school, your name, the date, the name of the course and the grade you earned) to mcdadvising@ucsc.edu. We can post the temporary credit while you are waiting for the official transcript to post.

 

Course Substitution Policy:

At least half of the upper-division courses required for the major must be taken  at UC Santa Cruz, not as transfer credits from another  institution. If a student plans to transfer to UCSC from another institution, the student is advised to contact MCD Advising at UCSC before enrolling in upper-division courses at the student’s institution or any institution other than UCSC. This advising will help students understand the limitation of transferring upper-division courses from other institutions to UCSC. For more information on transferring courses to UCSC, please consult the undergraduate website.

Once matriculated, a student must receive permission from the department to satisfy the BIOL 20A, BIOL 100, BIOL 105, BIOL 101 or BIOL 110 requirements with courses taken at other institutions. Students who wish to receive credit toward the major for these or other courses taken either at UCSC or at another institution should contact MCD Advising.