For students who plan to transfer to a four-year university, the transfer-level course you need depends on which subject you want to major in and which schools you're considering transferring to. The Transfer Center has prepared a fantastic flyer, which you can view here.
In general, students usually fall into four categories:
- Students who are planning to major in the arts, cultural studies, English, foreign languages, history, music, philosophy, or other majors that do not have specific math requirements can satisfy their general education math requirement via the Liberal Arts Pathway. This tends to be the quickest path to satisfy the general education math requirement, and many students can do so by taking a single three-credit course.
- Students who are planning to major in anthropology, communications, criminal justice, political science, psychology, sociology, and other social sciences usually satisfy their math requirement via the Statistics Pathway. This tends to be more versatile than the Liberal Arts Pathway, as the capstone course MATH 80 - Probability and Statistics fulfills a wider variety of requirements than the Liberal Arts Pathway does. But also please note that certain majors do require Calculus, which is on the STEM Pathway. Check ASSIST.org to be certain of the requirements for your major.
- Students who are planning to major in accounting, business administration, entrepreneurship, finance, hospitality, information systems, marketing, and other quantitative-heavy social sciences usually need to take a statistics class and a calculus class. Students should view the STEM Pathway but also make sure to take a statistics class. Note that students in these majors who decide that they want to refresh their skills with a developmental math class are encouraged to take MATH 60 - Intermediate Algebra as it helps prepare students for statistics and for courses on the STEM Pathway.
- Students who are planning to major in the physical sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics usually need to take multiple transfer-level math courses and are advised to explore the STEM Pathway. This pathway contains the more advanced mathematics classes that STEM students will need to support themselves in their future studies.