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Upper-Division Transfers
Admission Requirements:
The campus is impacted at the transfer level and will implement supplementary criteria for admission. Based on space availability, transfer applicants from the Local Area will be accommodated first. Local area community colleges are: College of the Sequoias, Fresno City College, Merced Community College, Modesto Community College, Reedley College, West Hills Community College, West Hills College-Lemoore. Transfer applicants from other colleges or universities and non-California residents will be considered if they have a minimum 2.70 gpa or higher. Information regarding impaction can be found at: http://www.csufresno.edu/are
Student will qualify for admission if they have completed 60 or more transferable semester units and:
2. are in good standing at the last college or university attended; and
3. will have completed at least 30 semester units (45 quarter units) with grades of C or better in courses equivalent to general education requirements, including all of the general education requirements in communication in the English language (at least nine units in English composition, oral communication, and critical thinking), and at least one course of at least 3 semester units (4 quarter units) in college level mathematics.
All courses needed to satisfy admission requirements must be completed by the end of the spring 2011 semester. Courses completed in summer 2011 cannot be used to satisfy the minimum gpa or general education courses required for admission.
Fall 2010 Transcript Deadline:
Transcripts from all colleges and universities attended must be received by Friday , January 29, 2010 . The transcript from the most current institution attended must include courses in progress or planned for spring 2010.
A final transcript with final grades for spring 2010 courses attempted must be received by June 18, 2010 .
College Grades
Your overall grade point average must be at least 2.0 (2.40 for California nonresidents.) The GPA is calculated using all transfer units attempted.
Courses in the written communication, oral communication, critical thinking and mathematics sections of general education must be completed with a grade of C or better for each course*. These four classes are part of the 30 semester units of general education.
* Engineering majors do not need to complete critical thinking prior to transferring.
General Education
The CSU provides California Community College transfers with two systemwide options for fulfilling CSU lower-division general education requirements: CSU General Education (GE) Breadth and the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. You can explore the two programs and then you can discuss with your college counselor which program is best for you.
Fresno State requires students to complete a minimum of 30 semester or 45 quarter units of the General Education Breath Requirement or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. Within either pattern, the highest-priority classes are the three courses in the English language - oral communications, English composition and critical thinking - along with a general education course in mathematics.
These four courses, sometimes referred to as the "Four Basic Skills" or the "Golden Four", MUST be completed prior to transferring to Fresno State as an upper-division transfer*. Please consult a counselor at your community college or assist.org to see which courses count for each of these areas.
If you are pursuing a high-unit major such as engineering, you will need to work closely with a counselor and your advisor to plan which classes you should take for upper-division transfer. Fresno State does allow fewer GE courses to be completed for these majors.
* Engineering majors do not need to complete critical thinking prior to transferring.
Good Standing
In order to transfer to the CSU, you must be in "good standing" at your prior college. In simple terms good standing means you are eligible to reenroll at your last college or university.
For most students this is not a problem, and generally if you meet the other requirements for admission you would also meet this requirement. If you are not in good standing you will have to resolve any issues with that college or university.
Source: http://www.csumentor.edu