Using ASSIST

Click here to learn about using ASSIST.

There are two ways to use ASSIST. Both ways use the same data but one leads you through the selection process a little differently from the other.

• You can use ASSIST to find community college courses that are transferable to a UC or CSU campus and how those courses might be used to satisfy specific subject matter requirements for admissions, General Education, or lower division major preparation.
• You can use ASSIST to explore the majors available at University of California and California State University campuses.

Start by choosing a California Community College or a university campus from the selection list. You can choose the campus you attend, or the campus you plan to attend. Once you’ve chosen an institution, more choices will become available.

If you’re looking for an articulation agreement between two campuses, you can now select the second institution from the second selection list. These agreements show you how courses at one institution (usually the community college) can be used to satisfy specific lower division requirements at a university campus. Most of these agreements include specific information for lower division major requirements.

You can also choose one of the lists of community college courses that are applicable to transfer. Pointing at a link will let you see some additional information on the right sidebar. Clicking on a link will either display that report, or enable the next set of selections for that report.

If the links are grayed out, you must choose a community college to enable them. You can choose the community college as either the first institution or the second institution.

You can also use ASSIST to explore majors offered at University of California and California State University campuses (CSU majors should be available later this fall.) It provides several paths you can take to learn about specific majors, requirements for majors, major preparation at community colleges, and transferring courses.

If you know the major that interests you, or a general area of study that interests you, click on Majors to get started. On the next page, follow the directions in the left side bar to narrow your choices and to find detailed information about your major.

If you know which campus you want to attend, and would like to see all of the majors offered at that campus. Click on Campuses, and then select the campus you plan to attend. You’ll then be able to choose from a list of all the majors offered at that campus.

Or maybe you know that you’re going to be attending a particular community college to start your academic career. Click on California Community Colleges, and then choose your college on the next page.

If you know that you want to go directly to the articulation in ASSIST, you can click on Course Articulation, and then choose a college or university on the next page.