Many first years at UC Merced have taken transferable college classes during high school.
In general, transferable college classes with a C or higher grade completed in high school may:
- Count as a specific class in your major and complete that major requirement
- Exempt you from needing to take a preparatory class
- Fulfill a certain General Education (GE) requirement
- Allow you to take more advanced courses in that subject
- Count as units toward the 120 units required for every UC Merced degree
- Help you graduate sooner by reducing the number of courses needed at UC Merced
COLLEGE TRANSCRIPTS
Recommended best practice: request an official college transcript from every college you attended during high school be sent to UC Merced immediately after you submit your SIR (commit to attend UC Merced).
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Official college transcripts are required for all college courses taken, including dual enrollment classes that appear on your high school transcript.
- Sending your college transcripts as early as possible will allow the Office of the Registrar to begin to evaluate and post those completed courses on your UC Merced record.
- This may help you qualify to take more advanced courses when you register for Fall 2026 classes during the Summer of 2026.
- Fall 2026 admit deadline to submit final official college transcripts: July 1, 2026
- If you are enrolled in a Summer 2026 class, you will need to send a second final official transcript to UC Merced by August 15, 2026.
- If you have questions about college courses that you completed in high school, see your BAC temporary summer academic advisor in June 2026 during Zoom walk-in hours.
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Use ASSIST:
- ASSIST is the official site that shows how California community college classes transfer to a UC or CSU.
- On ASSIST, go to the Search Below for Articulation Agreements (middle) box.
- Under Institution, select the California community college where you took classes in high school.
- Under Agreements with Other Institutions, select University of California, Merced
- Click View Agreements
- Under Agreements with Other Institutions, select University of California, Merced
- Under Institution, select the California community college where you took classes in high school.
- In the left column, you can click to View Agreement by Major or Department
- Select the major or department in which you took a class
- Click View Agreement (PDF)
- Hint: select Department to check if you have completed one of the four preparatory classes at UC Merced:
- CHEM 001, CSE 005, MATH 005, WRI 001
- Because these classes are preparatory, they will not appear on any Major agreements
- Hint: select Department to check if you have completed one of the four preparatory classes at UC Merced:
OTHER UC SCHOOLS OR
CSU OR PRIVATE 4-YEAR SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA OR
OUT-OF-STATE 2-YEAR & 4-YEAR SCHOOLS
If you took a course at a 4-year or out-of-state school that seems like it might be transferable (e.g., Introduction to Psychology, Calculus I, etc.), you may want to consider a course evaluation request through the specific School. You will need to have a copy of the course syllabus to proceed. Know these requests are not guaranteed.
