Can a course taken at another institution be used to fulfill a General Education requirement?
Yes. As with AP credits, when academic credit is assigned for a course taken at another institution, that course is “linked” with a UC course. Any General Education requirement fulfilled by that UC course is thereby fulfilled by the transferred course. • Must a student fulfill a component of the General Education Program as stipulated by his/her program/major if that student has previously fulfilled that component in some other program or college? A: A program/major might stipulate a particular course that carries a BoK so its students may fulfill that General Education requirement while also addressing a requirement of the program/major. As a result, even though a student might have fulfilled that particular General Education requirement, he/she might have to take an “additional” course, not for General Education credit but to fulfill a requirement of the program/major. The underlying message is that students in highly demanding programs, with few options for open electives, need to g
