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Introduce: Preparing For Transfer
Many students attend De Anza College because of its reputation for preparing students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities. De Anza has consistently had one of the highest number of transfer rates for community colleges in California. De Anza also has a reputation for its students being well prepared in basic skills like math and English. Did you know that the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) give priority admission to California community college transfer students who have completed the first half of their baccalaureate (BA or BS) program?
Topics in this lesson include:
- California higher
education opportunities
- Steps for transfer
- Considerations in choosing a four-year college
- Minimum UC and CSU transfer eligibility requirements
- Application Filing
Periods
- Transfer Admission
Agreement (TAA)
Goals:
You will ...- Be familiar with the higher educational opportunities available to you
- Learn how to connect to California colleges to get information, including online catalogs
- Learn how to prepare to transfer to a four-year university
- Consider the questions you should ask in order to decide where you want to transfer to
- Be familiar with the application filing periods
- Be familiar with the Transfer Admission Agreement (TAA)
- Be familiar with the Transfer Center and the services it provides
Study Questions:
- What are the four types
of higher educational opportunities available to you in California?
- What are the minimum
requirements for transfer to a CSU campus? A UC campus?
- How can you get information
about UC or CSU campuses?
- How much of your course
work can you complete at De Anza before transferring to a four-year
university?
- What kind of courses
(required by your intended four-year university) should you complete
at De Anza?
- How many units should
you complete at De Anza if you are intending to transfer to a CSU
campus? A UC campus?
- How do you decide where
to transfer?
- What are the application
filing deadlines for the UC and CSU systems?
- What is the Transfer
Admission Agreement (TAA)?
- What kind of information
and services will you find at the Transfer Center?
- What important scheduling information can you find there about upcoming workshops activities?
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What Next?
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