Citrus College Catalog 2009-2010 (ver. 10/22

An Important Note about
Planning For Transfer
In general, courses listed as
preparation for a major may also
be applicable as general education
requirements. Students
should refer to the catalog of the
institution offering their intended
major to determine lower-division
major requirements, as well as
those that are recommended or
required in preparation for the
major. Refer to the Citrus College
Transfer Planning Guide, available
in the Transfer Center.
In addition, the ASSIST website
at www.assist.org, is the official
California statewide database listing
a selection of campus-approved
articulation/transfer
agreements, general education
requirements, and information on
UC and CSU transferable courses.
Students are also advised to contact
a Citrus College counselor for
more information and for details
regarding other transfer agreements
and options not available
on ASSIST.
Teacher Education
Students who plan to enter the
teaching profession at the elementary
or high school level can
take their first two years of instruction
at Citrus College and
then transfer to a four-year university.
Teachers must demonstrate comprehensive
knowledge of the subjects
they teach, and subject
matter preparation can begin at
Citrus. For elementary school
teaching, many general education
courses will also apply to subject
matter preparation.
In order to avoid duplication of
coursework and make the most
efficient use of their time, students
should see a counselor in
the Center for Teacher Excellence,
located in the ED Building.
Preparation for Professional
Schools
Some professions, such as law,
stress that candidates for admission
to professional schools can
best prepare themselves during
college by acquiring several fundamental
skills. Others, for example,
medicine and dentistry,
emphasize certain subject matters.
A student preparing for either
emphasis (skills or specific
subjects) has opportunities to do
so by selecting, in consultation
with an academic counselor, the
kind of curriculum that most
soundly meets the standards set
by the profession he or she
wishes to enter.
Pre-Professional Programs:
Medicine, Veterinary Medicine,
Dentistry, Pharmacy
The majority of students entering
medical and dental schools in the
United States do so after having
acquired a B.A. or B.S. degree at
an undergraduate college or university.
Possession of an undergraduate
degree is especially
worthwhile, since professional
schools do not offer liberal arts
subjects.
Any undergraduate major is appropriate
for a pre-professional
student as long as certain basic
subject areas are included in the
program. For specific requirements
of professional schools, the
student is urged to consult special
sources such as "Medical School
Admission Requirements," a publication
of the Association of
American Medical Colleges or a
counselor.
In general, medical and dental
schools recommend that the undergraduate
degree program include:
one year of general
chemistry, one year of organic
chemistry; one year of general biology
with additional course work
in developmental biology and/or
comparative anatomy and genetics;
and one year of physics.
Other courses, such as mathematics
through calculus and physical
chemistry, are often
recommended.
Since pre-professional programs
in dentistry place heavy emphasis
on biology and chemistry, these
are the two majors most often
elected by pre-professional students.
A pre-professional student
majoring in biology should complete
the biology lower division
preparation, supported by courses
in chemistry and physics. A preprofessional
student majoring in
chemistry should complete the
chemistry lower division preparation,
supported by courses in
mathematics and physics.
The science and mathematics
components of pre-professional
programs in veterinary medicine
are quite similar to those for
medicine. Admission to a school
of pharmacy can also be gained
after two years of undergraduate
work. Although entrance requirements
vary somewhat, they generally
include full-year
introductory courses in biology,
chemistry, mathematics and
physics. A course in organic
chemistry is sometimes required.
Pre-Engineering Program
Most students earn engineering
degrees by attending a university
with an accredited program in engineering.
Although there are
many different engineering disciplines,
the first two years of
course work is quite similar for
most of these fields. The lower division
major preparation completed
at Citrus can prepare you
for transfer to a pre-engineering
program or an accredited engineering
program.
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