General Information on Selection of UCSD Transferable Courses

General Information

• Any courses intended to fulfill UCSD requirements must be transferable. Check www.assist.org for transferability
• All courses taken at a community college will transfer as lower-division courses
• Do not take courses that duplicate AP, IB or other college credit

Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR)

If you have not yet fulfilled the Entry Level Writing Requirement (ELWR) requirement, take an approved transferable Writing course at your local Community College to meet this requirement.

1. Check www.assist.org,
2. UC transferable courses
3. English or Writing Departments
4. Under the UC Area column, look for "UC-E" courses, for approved ELWR courses. You must earn a "C" grade or better.

If ELWR is not completed before you enroll at UCSD, you must complete the ELWR with the UCSD SDCC 1 course and exit exam.

Warren College General Education Requirements

Writing

Warren Writing (WCWP 10A-B) must be taken at UCSD for a letter-grade

Ethics & Society

Ethics and Society (PHIL 27 or POLI 27) must be taken at UCSD for a letter-grade

Formal Skills

To choose courses to satisfy the formal skills requirements:

1. Go to the ASSIST web site www.assist.org
2. Choose your community college
3. View "agreements with UCSD"
4. Select GE/Breadth – Earl Warren College
5. View Formal Skills course selections

Cultural Diversity

To choose courses to satisfy the cultural diversity requirements:

1. Go to the ASSIST web site www.assist.org
2. Choose your community college
3. View "agreements with UCSD"
4. Select GE/Breadth – Earl Warren College
5. View Cultural Diversity course selections

Program of Concentration (PofC) or Area Study (A/S)

To choose courses toward the Program of Concentration (PofC) or Area Study (A/S) requirements in one of the following — Anthropology, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, History, Literature (English, not Comp/Writing), Math, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Sociology, Theatre (Drama), Visual Arts (Art):

• Choose transferable courses from the Department of your PofC or Area Study choice. Note: Courses for other PofC or Area Study requisites will need to be individually reviewed.
• Remember a PofC is made up of 6 courses, 3 lower-division and 3 upper-division courses, chosen from one department. An Area Study is made up of 3 courses, at least 1 upper-division course, from one department.

Major

To choose courses for your major:

1. Go to the ASSIST web site www.assist.org
2. Choose your community college
3. View "agreements with UCSD"
4. Select by major

• When choosing courses for your major, be mindful of prerequisites
• Not all community colleges will have specific major information