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COURSE SELECTION TIPS
FIRST-YEAR COURSE SELECTION TIPS
Use the following tips to help develop a list of courses you would like to sign up for during course registration:
1. Do you have prior college credit or Advanced Placement Credit? If so, you may have completed some of your GE requirements. Reference
the Advanced Placement & International Baccalaureate page of this guide and speak to an academic/peer advisor.
2. If you need support courses in Math and/ or English, sign up for those first. See your Orientation Leader or Academic Advisor for required Math and/or English courses.
3. Consider taking 1–2 courses from GE, specifically A2 and/or B4 (these must be attempted in your first year).
4. Consider a First Year Experience (FYE) course which will also meet a GE requirement (see next page).
5. Take 1 or 2 courses from lower-division GE. Look for courses that “double-count” for your major and/or that meet Diversity Requirements.
TRANSFER COURSE SELECTION TIPS
Use the following tips to help develop a list of courses you would like to sign up for this afternoon during course registration:
1. You likely have your lower-division GE completed. Avoid lower division GE for now unless there is a course you are certain you have not completed.
2. You still need to take your upper-division GE pathway courses. Select one or two of these courses. Look to “double-count” diversity and major courses in consultation with your peer and major advisors.
3. Take any beginning courses in your major that you are sure you haven’t already taken.
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ALL STUDENTS
Please note: Students must enroll in at least 12 units to be considered full-time for financial aid purposes. Students should enroll in 15 units in order to graduate in 4 years.