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Universities forced to manage enrollments
Budget: State forces UCs and CSUs to change requirements
By: Eva Allen
Issue date: 3/18/04 Section: News
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With the state experiencing a severe budget shortfall, universities are being forced to manage their enrollments by making changes to admissions requirements.
Beginning in fall 2005, all California state universities will require a minimum of 60 transferable units for all upper division level transfer students.
Transfer coordinator Susan Oda-Omori said that once the increase goes into effect, it will remain as a permanent requirement for all transferring students.
"Raising the transferable units from fifty-six to sixty units will put both the UCs and CSUs in alignment with each other," Oda-Omori said.
Kenneth Key of the Student Counseling Services said talk of the increase has gone on for the past six years, but will actually be implemented in fall 2005.
"With this change, students will transfer as actual juniors and will have completed all the courses they need," Key said.
Although no particular courses are required to fulfill the extra units, Oda-Omori said students should be looking to complete their lower division general education in preparation for their majors.
"Some students will need elective units to bring them up to that sixty units," Oda-Omori said.
Students should not wait until the end to take these required courses Oda-Omori said, but should pay close attention to when those requirements need to be completed.
"A few of the CSU campuses want them done a bit earlier than others," Oda-Omori said.
As it stands now, Oda-Omori said there are cases where students do not finish all of the lower division level work, which is usually in their freshman and sophomore classes, but still meet the admission requirements.
"A lot of students can come back and finish that one last course they need, but ideally, they will finish as much as they can while they are here," Oda-Omori said.
Philip Gomez, Inter-Club Council (ICC) comissioner of fundraising, said he is taking all of his general courses first and then he plans to worry about his major later.
Beginning in fall 2005, all California state universities will require a minimum of 60 transferable units for all upper division level transfer students.
Transfer coordinator Susan Oda-Omori said that once the increase goes into effect, it will remain as a permanent requirement for all transferring students.
"Raising the transferable units from fifty-six to sixty units will put both the UCs and CSUs in alignment with each other," Oda-Omori said.
Kenneth Key of the Student Counseling Services said talk of the increase has gone on for the past six years, but will actually be implemented in fall 2005.
"With this change, students will transfer as actual juniors and will have completed all the courses they need," Key said.
Although no particular courses are required to fulfill the extra units, Oda-Omori said students should be looking to complete their lower division general education in preparation for their majors.
"Some students will need elective units to bring them up to that sixty units," Oda-Omori said.
Students should not wait until the end to take these required courses Oda-Omori said, but should pay close attention to when those requirements need to be completed.
"A few of the CSU campuses want them done a bit earlier than others," Oda-Omori said.
As it stands now, Oda-Omori said there are cases where students do not finish all of the lower division level work, which is usually in their freshman and sophomore classes, but still meet the admission requirements.
"A lot of students can come back and finish that one last course they need, but ideally, they will finish as much as they can while they are here," Oda-Omori said.
Philip Gomez, Inter-Club Council (ICC) comissioner of fundraising, said he is taking all of his general courses first and then he plans to worry about his major later.