Transfer Programs at Skyline College

Skyline College Transfer Center

The Transfer Center provides comprehensive transfer services, resources, activities, and events to assist students in their transfer planning. Transfer assistance includes:

  • Transfer related informational workshops
  • Transfer Counseling
  • Transfer application assistance, including support in writing the UC PIQs (Personal Insight Questions)
  • Visits and advising appointments with university representatives
  • College Tours
  • Transfer Admission Guarantee programs
  • Transfer and articulation information
  • Access to computers for college research

Transfer information and a calendar of ongoing events are posted on the Center’s webpage at skylinecollege.edu/transfercenter.

The Transfer Center faculty and staff have identified the following Student Learning Outcomes for the various services provided by the Transfer Center:

  • Students who utilize the Transfer Center’s services, events, and programs will demonstrate the ability to access, utilize, and integrate transfer information learned into their transfer planning.
  • Students who utilize the Transfer Center’s services and resources, and participate in the center’s events, will demonstrate an increased level of confidence in their transfer knowledge.
  • Students who access Transfer Center services will understand the elements of transfer to four year universities. (ex: admission agreements, major core requirements, transfer articulation agreements, etc.)

Transfer of Credit

Students planning to transfer can complete their freshman and sophomore level (lower-division) transfer classes at Skyline College and transfer to a baccalaureate institution with junior (upper-division) standing. Students must complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units in order to transfer as a junior. Typically, students must complete units that apply to an approved general education pattern and lower division major preparation as transfer preparation.

Associate Degree for Transfer (ADTs) Can Benefit Students Intending to Transfer to the CSU System

Skyline College offers associate degrees (AA-T and AS-T) designed to support transfer to the California State University system. Students who complete the requirements for an Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) will fulfill the lower division general education and major requirements of a baccalaureate major at a California State University, be guaranteed transfer with junior status to the CSU system, and are guaranteed a pathway to finish their baccalaureate degrees in 60 semester or 90 quarter units.  

Although earning an Associate Degree for Transfer does not guarantee a student admission to a specific California State University campus or major, it does provide a student priority admission consideration to his/her local CSU campus. To prepare for transfer to a CSU campus with an ADT, it is strongly recommended that students meet with their Skyline College counselor to determine how the ADT can support their transfer goals.

At the time of printing this catalog, Skyline College offers associate degrees for transfer in 30 majors: Administration of Justice, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Business Administration 2.0, Communication Studies 2.0, Computer Science, Early Childhood Education, Economics, English, Geography, Geology, Global Studies, History, Hospitality Management, Journalism, Kinesiology, Law, Public Policy and Society, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Public Health, Social Justice Studies, Sociology, Spanish, and Studio Arts.

CSU & UC Dual Admissions Programs

The CSU Dual Admissions Program, known as Transfer Success Pathway (TSP), guarantees future CSU admission to recent high school graduates entering a California community college who are committed to transferring within three years.

This program gives students clearer direction and greater confidence on their path to a four-year degree. Along with working with their Skyline College counselor, students are encouraged to use the CSU Transfer Planner to plan for transfer to the CSU.

The UC Dual Admission pilot program is for California Freshmen applicants who applied but were not admitted to a UC campus. Dual Admissions is an invite-only, conditional admission guarantee to a UC campus with a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) program.

Participants are offered extra support from the UC while they fulfill their transfer requirements. Students can utilize the UC Transfer Planner to plan for transfer to the UC.

For further information on the CSU & UC Dual Admissions Programs, please contact the Skyline College Transfer Center website at skylinecollege.edu/transfercenter/dualadmissions.php.