Before you submit a General Education Transfer certification request, please read the following information:

What is it?

Students transferring to a California State University (CSU) or University of California (UC) have the option of using one of the following general education patterns at any California Community College: CSU General Education Breadth or Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC). Upon successful completion, most CSUs and UCs will recognize the GE certification as a student having completed all lower-division requirements and general education requirements. (1)

Who is eligible?

• All students transferring to a CSU, UC, and in some cases, other colleges and universities. (2)

Foothill College GE certification policy:

• Last community college attended prior to transferring must be Foothill College in order to request a certification

• Only one (1) official GE certification will be processed per student

• Request must be submitted prior to transfer. (3)



• All other college and/or university official transcripts must be on file with Admissions and Records--including College Board AP Exam scores, if using AP credit

PROCESSING TIME:

• Within 7 to 14 business days. (4)

CHECKLIST:

It is highly recommended that you first meet with a Foothill College counselor to make sure you are ready to request a certification.

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• Attach a PDF copy of your DegreeWorks audit.

• All eligible and applicable general education courses completed outside of Foothill-De Anza College District that you would like considered must be evaluated prior to submitting request. (5)

• If transferring to a non CSU/UC and requesting a certification, you must provide that institution's contact information.

(1) Some majors are excluded or may have different requirements. Please contact your transfer institution for more information.

(2) Many non CSU/UC colleges or universities will accept the CSU GE Breadth or IGETC CSU/UC pattern. Please contact your transfer institution for more information.

(3) Students are responsible to submit a certification request prior to transferring. Foothill College reserves the right to process certification requests for students already enrolled at their transfer institution.

(4) Requests that have in-progress coursework in one, or more, general education areas will be processed within 7 to 14 business days after coursework has been completed and a letter grade has been received. Processing time is subject to change during Spring and Summer quarters.

(5) Submitting a certification request without having your external transcripts evaluated may cause processing delays.

*LOTE may be satisfied with two (2) years (4 semesters) of any second-level, or higher, foreign language with the last semester's grade being a C-, or higher. Foreign high school transcripts must be translated into English and must provide a grading scale and transcript key. Transcript may be attached with your certification request.