There are three ways to meet the University's minimum admission requirements for transfer students.  In all cases, applicants must have at least a C (2.0) average in all transferable coursework:

1. Students who were eligible for admission to the University when they graduated from high school (secondary school)--meaning they satisfied the Subject, Scholarship, and Examination Requirements--are eligible to transfer if they have a C (2.0) average in their transferable college coursework.
2. Prior to Fall 1998:  Students who met the Scholarship Requirement, but  not the Subject Requirement, must take college courses in the subjects they are missing to be eligible to transfer.  They will need to earn a grade of C or better in each of these required courses, and an overall C (2.0) average in all transferable college coursework.  If they completed less than 12 quarter or semester units of transferable college coursework, they must also satisfy the Examination Requirement.
   
   Fall 1998 and after:  Students who met the Scholarship Requirement, but  not the Subject Requirement, must take transferable college courses in the missing subjects, earning a grade of C or better in each required course, and have an overall C (2.0) average in all transferable coursework to be eligible to transfer. 
   
   Students who met the Scholarship Requirement but not the Examination Requirement must complete a minimum of 12 semester (18 quarter) units of transferable work and earn an overall C (2.0) average in all transferable college coursework completed.
3. Prior to Fall 1998:  Students who were not eligible for admission to the University when they graduated from high school because they did not meet the Scholarship Requirement, or they did not meet the Scholarship Requirement and did not complete all the required "a-f" subjects, must:
   
   a.  Complete 84 quarter units or 56 semester units of  transferable college credit with a grade-point average of at least 2.4, and satisfy either (b) or (c) below.
   
   b.  Take college courses in the subjects they are lacking and earn a grade of C or better in each one.  (The University will waive up to two units of the required high school coursework except in mathematics and English.)
   
   c.  Complete one college course in mathematics, one in English, and one selected from either U. S. History, laboratory science, or language other than English.  They must earn a grade of C or better in each course.   All courses, with the exception of the required mathematics course, must be transferable. The course in mathematics must assume a proficiency level equivalent to three years of high school mathematics (i.e., elementary and intermediate algebra, and geometry).  The course may be: a nontransferable two semester or three quarter unit course in trigonometry; or a transferable mathematics course that employs the topics of intermediate algebra, or a transferable statistics course that has intermediate algebra as a prerequisite.

Fall 1998 and after:  Students who were not eligible for admission to the University when they graduated from high school because they did not meet the Scholarship Requirement  must:

a.  Complete 90  quarter units or 60 semester units of  transferable college credit with a grade-point average of at least 2.4, and;

b.  Complete a course pattern requirement to include:

• two transferable college courses (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units each) in English composition; and
• one transferable college course (3 semester or 4-5 quarter units) in mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning; 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, the social and behavioral sciences, the physical and biological sciences.

(Students who satisfy the IGETC prior to transferring to UC will satisfy Option 3b above of the new transfer admission requirements.)

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