Sometimes CSU Fullerton students take classes at local community
colleges and then transfer those units to CSU Fullerton. If the
student plans to use a community college class to satisfy a General
Education (GE) requirement, it is imperative that the student take
one that is equivalent to the CSUF class listed in that section
of GE. While students who transfer to CSU Fullerton with CSU certification
can use a wider variety of courses to satisfy GE requirements, CSU
Fullerton students are held to our specific selection of GE courses.
This rule is applicable both for the native student who begins his/her
academic career at CSU Fullerton and to the transfer student after
transfer.
Example:
A CSUF freshman decides to take a summer course
at Cypress College to satisfy the Life Science requirement for
General Education (III.A.c). The student must take a course
that equates to BIOL 101, 102 or Chem 105. None of the other
life science courses at Cypress or any other community college
will satisfy the Life Science GE requirement.
Example:
A student at Cypress College transfers to CSUF
with certification using Environmental Studies 105 to satisfy
Life Science (III.A.c). A native
CSUF student would not be allowed
to use this class to satisfy Life Science because CSUF students
must take BIOL 101, 102 or 131 to satisfy this requirement.
Environmental Studies 105 is not articulated with any of these
courses.
Example:
A student transfers from Cypress without a life
science course and now wants to go back to "pick up" that class.
The student could not use Environmental Studies 105. The student
would have to take an articulated class that equates to BIOL
101, 102 or 131. Once the student transfers, the student must
now follow the rules applicable to the native student.
When the community college and CSU Fullerton have an agreement
that the community college course is equivalent in content to the
CSU Fullerton course, the courses are articulated. Students are
wise to confirm that there is an articulation agreement for the
community college course before enrolling in it if the student plans
to apply the course to General Education or the major.
To confirm that a community college class articulates to a CSU
Fullerton course, go to www.assist.org.
This user friendly website contains all of the articulation agreements
between CSU Fullerton and our local community colleges. Students
may also consult the articulation notebooks in the Academic Advisement
Center (UH 123).
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