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Credit Limitations
- Community, junior, or two-year college credit (see also Transfer Credits Policy).
Limited to 64 units total. All junior college work is lower division, and will be
applied only to lower division requirements in the major or to appropriate general
education classes. Once the 64-unit maximum has been reached, no additional units
will be accepted from community, junior, or two-year colleges, i.e., units taken after
the 64-unit maximum has been reached may not be substituted for any of the first 64
units already taken.
- Applied music (MUA)
Limited to 12 units, unless the student has met the lower division prerequisites for
the Music major.
- Internship credit
A limit of 12 units of internship credit may be applied toward the degree. (Student
teaching, internship, practicum field experience)
- PE Activity
A maximum of 8 units of PE Activity credit may be applied to the degree. Students
(other than declared Kinesiology majors or Varsity athletes enrolling in their Varsity
sport) may not enroll in more than one PEA per semester.
- Extension courses
No more than 12 semester units may be applied to the degree. (None will be approved
during the final semester at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½.)
- Credit by examination
Limited to 20 units (excluding Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, GCE
A-Level, CLEP and DSST credit).
Note: Combination of extension, and credit by examination units (excluding Advanced
Placement, International Baccalaureate, GCE A-Level, CLEP and DSST credit) may not
exceed 32 units.
- Publication courses
Editors and staff of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ student publications may earn academic credit with permission
of the publication advisor. Students may earn these units from various departments
with departmental approval. The Horizon editor-in-chief may earn four units of credit
each semester. Section, photography, graphics, copy and web editors may earn two units
per semester. Horizon reporters, writers, and artists may earn one unit per semester
for publishing seven articles, original drawings, or the equivalent. Horizon photographers
may earn one unit per semester for publishing ten photos. Students serving as Horizon
staff must attend a publications workshop at the start of the semester. The Citadel
and Phoenix editor-in-chief may earn two units of credit each semester. Citadel and
Phoenix staff members may earn one unit of credit per semester. No more than 12 units
of publication credit may be applied towards the degree.
- Time limitations for transfer credits
College credit earned more than 25 years ago will not be credited towards a degree.
Courses for the major taken more than 15 years ago are subject to evaluation by the
department; courses taken within 15 years will normally be accepted.
- Applied Studies courses (APP):
A maximum of 8 units of Applied Studies courses (APP) may be applied to the degree.
- Theatre Arts:
Rehearsal and performance and technical production courses are limited to a maximum
of 2 units per semester and 4 units per year.