Goal #2: First Year Classes - Major Requirements
Choosing Classes for Your Major
If you have a major in mind, a counselor may recommend that you take courses that are required as part of your major. If you are transferring, completing these courses can make you a more competitive applicant—and will help you graduate on time after you transfer.
Students planning to transfer to a UC or CSU can find major preparation courses on a website called, ASSIST. In order to understand what ASSIST is and how it can be used, it is important to know what articulation means.
Articulation
Articulation agreements, sometimes referred to as transfer course agreements, are the official course requirements between Pasadena City College and colleges or universities to which you plan to transfer. Taking courses at Pasadena City College that are articulated with courses at a university ensures that you are taking the right courses. Articulation agreements between Pasadena City College and the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses can be found on ASSIST.
Assist.org
ASSIST is a student-transfer information system that can be accessed on the web at www.assist.org Links to an external site.. It displays reports of how course credits earned at one California college or university can be applied when transferred to another. ASSIST is the official repository of articulation for California's colleges and universities and therefore provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available about student transfer in California.
Note: ASSIST is only intended to facilitate transfer from a California community college to a UC or CSU campus. There is no information concerning transfer from or to out-of-state colleges/universities and transfer from or to Private colleges/universities. Students who are interested in transferring to an out-of-state or private college/university should contact an admissions advisor at the university campus.
Careers & Majors
Let's Review a First-Year Sample Plan!
Now that we have reviewed the different types of courses needed to earn an associate degree and/or transfer. Let's review a sample plan.
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