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Academic PoliciesIntersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)9/13/10: Policy effective for transfer students admitted in Spring 2011 with a certified IGETC.
The California
public community colleges and state universities have agreed upon a common
structure for a general education core curriculum. This common structure is
called the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the
California State General Education Pattern (CSUGE). The IGETC and the CSUGE are
composed of a minimum of 35 – 40 semester units of lower-division general
education course work that prepares the student for transfer.*
All transferable course work must be completed with a grade of “C” or
better.
Students transferring to the University
of Arizona from California with an IGETC certified by a California community
college will have completed the majority of the University’s lower-division
General Education requirements. The
IGETC will fulfill the following lower-division General Education requirements
at the University: freshman composition, mathematics-General Strand, Tier
One and Tier Two—with the exception of the Natural Sciences and the Diversity
Emphasis course. To complete the
Natural Sciences, the student’s
college/major advisor will need to validate completion of two laboratory science
courses at the transfer institution or at the UA.
To satisfy the
Diversity Emphasis requirement, the student’s advisor will
need to verify completion of a course that focuses on gender, race, class,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, or non-western studies.
The University
reserves the right to verify that an IGETC certified by a community college
conforms to California-approved policy before the IGETC is applied toward a UA
degree. Additionally, students with an IGETC are required to fulfill (1) the
Second Language Requirement, (2) prerequisites for advanced standing in the
college and/or major/minor areas of study, and (3) all specific upper-division
degree program requirements.
In the absence
of a certified IGETC, transfer students from California colleges and
universities may meet the UA General Education requirements with a combination
of IGETC-approved courses taken before their initial enrollment at UA, along
with subsequent UA General Education course work.
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*Note: For purposes of this transfer
policy, the IGETC is identified; but completion of the CSUGE is equally
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