LACC Vision & Mission Statements As Approved By - Los Angeles ...

LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE 80TH ANNIVERSARY CATALOG 2008-2009
TRANSFER INFORMATION
University of California (UC)
& California State University
(CSU) General Education
Articulation Agreements
The California State University (CSU) delegates authority to Los Angeles City
College to identify courses applicable towards the CSU curriculum:
1. Courses that transfer for Baccalaureate credit;
2. Courses that fulfill CSU lower division General Education-Breadth
requirements;
3. Courses that fulfill the United States history, constitution and American
ideals requirements.
Up to 39 or the 48 General Education-Breadth units required for the
Baccalaureate degree can be transferred from Los Angeles City College.
Students who are certified with 39 semester units of lower division General
Education-Breadth units will be required to complete a minimum of 9
semester units of upper division General Education work after transfer.
Students completing this pattern must complete the nine (9) units in Area A
with a “C” grade or better in each course and a “C” grade or better in
mathematics, Area B3. Students must also complete 30 units taken from Area
B through Area E.
The California State University assigns a high priority to Los Angeles City
College transfer students who have completed the first two years of their
Baccalaureate program (60-70 units). Los Angeles City College students
transferring with 60 units minimum enter at junior level standing and may
enter their major upper division work if all prerequisites have been completed.
Executive Order 595, General Education Requirements, Office of the
Chancellor, California State University, establishes that all students must fulfill
the requirements. Previous General Education requirements will not carry
catalog rights after January 1994. IGETC units will be certified by the
graduation clerks when verified by LACC Counselors. Pass Along will be
honored from other community colleges for courses approved for the IGETC.
An alternative to the lower division requirements stated above is the
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). IGETC
requires completion of a minimum of 37 semester units of lower division work
with a “C” grade or better in each course completed. Students must complete
all areas to become certified.
You must complete the IGETC before transferring. This is an all or none
situation. (Completion and certification of the IGETC may not fulfill the
Admissions Requirements for the UC or CSU.)
Completion of the IGETC will permit a student to transfer from Los Angeles
City College to a campus in either the California State University or University
of California system without the need, after transfer, to take additional
lower-division General Education courses to satisfy the university General
Education requirements.
Completion of the IGETC is not a requirement for transfer to CSU or UC, nor
is it the only way to fulfill the lower-division General Education requirements
of the CSU or UC prior to transfer. Depending on a student major and field of
interest, the student may find it better to take courses fulfilling the CSU
General Education requirements or those of the UC campus to which the
student plans to transfer. Students pursuing majors that require extensive
lower-division preparation (such as Engineering or Biology) may not find the
IGETC option to be advantageous.
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Intersegmental General
Education Transfer
Curriculum (IGETC) Policy
Completion of all of the requirements in the Intersegmental General
Education Transfer Curriculum will permit a student to transfer from Los
Angeles City College to a campus in either the California State University
or University of California system without the need, after transfer, to take
additional lower-division, General Education courses to satisfy campus
General Education requirements.
The course requirements for all areas must be completed before the
IGETC can be certified. All courses must be completed with grades of “C”
or better.
IGETC units will be certified by the graduation clerks when verified by
LACC Counselors. Pass Along will be honored from other community
colleges for courses approved for the IGETC.
You must complete the IGETC before transferring. (Completion and
certification of the IGETC may not fulfill the Admissions Requirements for
the UC or CSU.)
AREA 1: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION
CSU: three courses required, one from each group below.
UC: two courses required, one each from group A and B.
• Group A: English Composition
Select 1 course, 3 semester units (minimum):
English 101, +101H.
• Group B: Critical Thinking English Composition
Select 1 course, 3 semester units (minimum):
English 102, 102 H, 103, Philosophy 5
• Group C: Oral Communication
3 semester units (CSU ONLY); Speech Communication 101
(Students transferring to the UC do not have to meet this requirement.)
AREA 2: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
AND QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Select 1 course, 3 semester units (minimum):
Mathematics +225, +227, 230, +235, +236, +237, +245, +260, +261,
+261H, +262, +262H, +263, 270, 272, 275.
“+” UC transfer credit limit.
AREA 3: ARTS AND HUMANITIES
At least 3 courses, with one from the Arts and one from the Humanities
and one from either Arts or Humanities, nine semester units (minimum).
3A: ARTS
African-American Studies 60 (same as Music 135);
Art 101, 101H, 102, 102H, 103, 105, 107 (same as Chicano
Studies 52),109; Cinema 3, 4; Dance 805; Music 111, 111H, 121, 122, 133,
135 (same as African-American 60), Photography 34; Theater 400.