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General Education Requirements (Pathways) for Transfer Students

All transfer students are required to complete the 30-credit Common Core through coursework at City College, another college, or some combination of these.

In addition, all associate’s degree students, including A.A.S. students, who transfer to baccalaureate programs will be required to complete additional General Education coursework at City College as follows:

  1. Students who transfer with 30 or fewer total credits from any college will be required to earn 12 credits from City College’s additional General Education requirements.

  2. Students without an associate’s degree who transfer with more than 30 credits from any college will be required to earn 9 credits from City College’s additional General Education requirements.

  3. Students who transfer with an associate’s degree from any college will be required to earn 6 credits from City College’s additional General Education requirements called College Option.