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The state of California is really pushing going to community college before entering a UC or Cal State. My question is this - say you want to major in Business - what is the difference between getting your AS and taking two years of general education?
They both transfer 60 units.
If you get the AS, aren;t you missing some lower level general ed classes?
The state of California is really pushing going to community college before entering a UC or Cal State. My question is this - say you want to major in Business - what is the difference between getting your AS and taking two years of general education?
They both transfer 60 units.
If you get the AS, aren;t you missing some lower level general ed classes?
I dont' know, specifically, about California.
The main difference I have seen from my time spent at a community college student vs. my time as a university student? $$$$
Yep. Class quality, the same. Professors, good and bad in both places. Help in the form of tutoring and so forth: more of it at the CC. Smaller classes at the CC. Tuition? Four times higher at my state university (often ranked as an affordable school).
Times four. That's it.
All of my CC classes transferred as lower level gen ed classes. Some courses transferred in as higher level (subs for higher level I mean) and beyond that, general electives towards my BA.
I suppose you might have a class here or there that is missed...since your AS will usually satisfy any gen ed "core" at a university, but obviously they don't think that it's a biggie or they wouldn't allow it... right?
The state of California is really pushing going to community college before entering a UC or Cal State. My question is this - say you want to major in Business - what is the difference between getting your AS and taking two years of general education?
They both transfer 60 units.
If you get the AS, aren;t you missing some lower level general ed classes?
California community colleges (CCC), the CSUs, and the UCs are all ultimately governed by the same governing body at the State-level; even though each system has its own respective governing body. As such, a course, say calculus I at a CCC will meet the same base standard that a calculus I course at a UC or CSU is expected to meet. It is actually a heckofalot easier to transfer from a CCC into a UC with a low GPA than it is to enter a UC straight from high school or to transfer in from out-of-State with a high GPA.
To your question; if you are taking "gen ed", then yes, you will more-than-likely miss out on 100-level and 200-level business courses. However, if you major in Business at a CCC than you should take the same major-related courses you would take at a UC or CSU during your first two years.
Are you are assuming a four year degree requires two years of Gen Eds, because it does not. It sounds like the state is trying to make sure that your degree will transfer from a two year to a four year institution; it is not saying that you will not have to take any extra classes. I transferred from a two year to a four year institution. In order to get my BA I had to take an extra math class and two extra sciences classes that were not required for my AAS.
California community colleges (CCC), the CSUs, and the UCs are all ultimately governed by the same governing body at the State-level; even though each system has its own respective governing body. As such, a course, say calculus I at a CCC will meet the same base standard that a calculus I course at a UC or CSU is expected to meet. It is actually a heckofalot easier to transfer from a CCC into a UC with a low GPA than it is to enter a UC straight from high school or to transfer in from out-of-State with a high GPA.
To your question; if you are taking "gen ed", then yes, you will more-than-likely miss out on 100-level and 200-level business courses. However, if you major in Business at a CCC than you should take the same major-related courses you would take at a UC or CSU during your first two years.
Yes. But the issue remains that some people just go ahead and attend UC anyway. Going to a CCC felt "incomplete" to them since they'd have to earn a 2 year degree. CCC is a very different scene from a UC. It's more like high school. Then at UC, do the same thing again. Might as well pick everything in one building, haha.
Plus, the UCs don't offer some majors CCs do.
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