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NOTE:
These requirements apply to all students.
Students planning to graduate from one of the 23 campuses of the
California State University (CSU) must complete 48 semester units in
general education breadth courses.
A student may
complete 39 units of general education at either college in the Rancho
Santiago Community College District prior to transfer.
Nine semester units of general education coursework must be completed at
the upper division level after transfer.
CERTIFICATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION
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Santa Ana
College or Santiago Canyon College is authorized to certify a
maximum of 39 general education units.
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No more than
30 semester units may be certified for areas B through D combined
which are described in the next section.
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Credit/No
Credit grades are not recommended for transfer credit in basic skill
areas. (A. Communication in the English Language and Critical
Thinking, A1, A2, and A3; and B. The Physical Universe and its
Life Forms, B4.)
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A single
course may not meet more than one general education requirement.
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Requests for
certification should be made to the Office of Admissions and Records
at either college during the semester prior to the last term of
attendance. Please consult the Class Schedule of Counseling
for deadline information.
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Certification of coursework from other colleges will only be granted
to students who have completed a minimum of 12 CSU general education
units at either college in the Rancho Santiago Community College
District or are completing the requirements for a Santa Ana College
or Santiago Canyon College degree.
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Courses
taken at other California Community Colleges will be applied to the
subject areas in which they were listed by the institution where the
course was completed.
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Courses
taken at other regionally accredited institutions (non-CSU
certifying) will be placed in the subject areas for which Santa Ana
College or Santiago Canyon College has equivalent courses.
Courses completed at foreign institutions are not acceptable for
certification.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The list of certifiable courses will be subject to change year by year,
but students are assured that courses taken to meet General
Education-Breadth requirements will be honored if they are approved
for the academic year in which they are taken. Courses on this
list are approved beginning Fall 2004 and are valid through Summer 2005.
TRANSFER CREDIT
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Students may
transfer up to 70 semester units to the CSU system. Sixty
transferable units are needed for junior standing.
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All courses
used for CSU transfer credit must be numbered 100 or above in the
Rancho Santiago Community College District catalog.
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