UC Transfer Admissions Eligibility Courses

A transfer applicant, according to the University of California, is a student who has graduated from high school and enrolled in a regular session at another college or university. According to this definition, a student cannot disregard his or her college record and apply as a freshman.

Transfer students should give top priority to completing a pattern of courses that satisfies the transfer admission requirements listed below. Completing this pattern is the minimum requirement for admission eligibility; it does not guarantee admission nor does it guarantee that a student will be prepared and competitive for admission to a specific UC campus or major.

1. Complete 60 semester (90 quarter) units of UC transferable college credit with a GPA of at least 2.4 (no more than 14 semester/21 quarter units may be taken Pass/Not Pass),
   
   and;
2. Complete the following course pattern requirement, earning a grade of C or better in each course:

• Two transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) in English composition (Area UC-E),
  
  and;
• One transferable college course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) in mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning (Area UC-M),
  
  and;
• Four transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each)chosen from at least two of the following subject areas: the arts and humanities (Area UC-H), the social and behavioral sciences (Area UC-B), and the physical and biological sciences (Area UC-S).