Undergraduate: Transfer Courses

Transfer Courses

• In order to receive physics course equivalency credit for courses taken outside of UCSD, students must send their official transcripts from other schools to the UCSD Office of Admissions. After transcripts are received it takes approximately 8 weeks for the courses to be added to the student's UCSD record. Courses taken at community colleges in the state of California may have formal articulation as a UCSD Physics course. Check Assist.org for details. Any course (or set of courses) that does not have an official articulation with UCSD, as listed on Assist.org, must be formally reviewed by the UCSD Physics Department for potential equivalency credit.

  FAQs regarding Missing Physics Course Equivalency Credit

  Q1: I sent my transcript from another school to UCSD over 8 weeks ago but my transfer work does not        appear on my UCSD academic history at all. How should I proceed?

  A1: Check Tritonlink to ensure your transcript was received by UCSD. If so, contact the UCSD Office of Admissions and ask about the status of your transcript review. If not, contact the school where you took the course to ensure they sent the transcript to the UCSD Office of Admissions.

  Q2: I sent my transcript from another school to UCSD, my physics transfer work does appear on my UCSD        academic history, but the UCSD physics course equivalency does not appear on my record. How should I        proceed?

  A2: Determine which category on the chart below that you fit into and follow instructions for that category:

  • Transfer work is from ONE California community college (Note: courses from colleges in the same district are NOT considered "one" community college)
    AND
    
  • Transfer work satisfies articulation agreement on Assist.org (100% match)

  Contact the Staff Undergraduate Advisor through the Virtual Advising Center (VAC) and indicate the following:

  1. The name of the school where you completed the transfer work and
  2. What UCSD Physics course equivalency is missing from your record

  • The Undergraduate Advisor will no longer respond to student emails sent to her email addresses (tmoore@physics, advising@physics, anm025@ucsd, amoore@physics, etc.).
  • Access the VAC at: http://vac.ucsd.edu/.

  • Transfer work is from a single California community college but does not satisfy articulation agreement on Assist.org (not a 100% match)
    OR
    
  • Transfer work is from multiple CA community colleges (including schools in the same district) but does not satisfy articulation agreement on Assist.org (not a 100% match)
    OR
    
  • Transfer work is from another university in California and therefore does not have an articulation with UCSD Physics on Assist.org
    OR
    
  • Transfer work is from a college/university outside of California

  You will need to submit a formal petition to have your course(s) reviewed for UCSD Physics course equivalency. Refer to the Petitions in Physics page for details.