Transfer Manual: Core Curriculum

Core Curriculum requirements may be met by transfer credit, USF major program course work, USF courses specifically designed to meet the Core Curriculum or portfolio credit.

Students may be required to provide a course description or outline when the appropriateness of a transfer course for Core Curriculum credit is in question.

On the following pages is the Core Curriculum with examples of some but not all courses that usually do or do not satisfy them. A course that satisfies a category in one section does not necessarily in the other.

IGETC

Completion of all the requirements in the Intersegmental General Education Curriculum (IGETC) will permit a student to transfer from California community college to USF, having completed the equivalent of most of the USF Core Curriculum. USF will accept either the CSU or UC IGETC completion pattern. With IGETC completion certification from the community college, which must be submitted prior to the student's initial enrollment at USF, the student will not have to complete most of the USF Core Curriculum requirements.

Second Degree Seekers

Students seeking a second Bachelor's degree at USF after earning a bachelors degree at a different institution may have some of their USF Core Curriculum requirements waived depending upon the similarity of the other institutions Core Curriculum to that of USF. Students in the ADN to BSN program may have a reduced Core Curriculum requirement. See the University Evaluator.

Articulation Agreements

Articulation Agreements are guaranteed transfer credit agreements between USF and various community colleges. The agreement is developed by the USF Admission Office and the articulation officer at the community college. The agreement specifies some (but not necessarily all) courses at the community college which will fulfill specific USF degree requirements when the student transfers.

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