Transfer students must minimally present records with 23 transferable semester units for admission to Saint Mary's College of California. Successful candidates typically have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher. Students should have 60 or more UC transferable semester units to transfer with junior status. All courses must be passed with a grade of C-'or higher to be transferable. The maximum number of units transferable from a two-year college is 64 semester units. All courses designated as UC transferable are transferable to Saint Mary's College of California. All transfer applicants must have completed the freshman prerequisites of Geometry and Algebra 2 with grades of C- or higher.
Saint Mary’s College Core Curriculum
Saint Mary’s College Core consists of three major groupings of student learning – Habits of Mind, Pathways to Knowledge, and Engaging the World – each containing four learning goals.
Critical Thinking, Shared Inquiry, Written and Oral Communication and Information Evaluation and Research Practices. These learning goals are met via Saint Mary's College Collegiate Seminar program and English Composition requirement.
To be completed at Saint Mary's College. We recommend that students take at least one course per year which emphasizes critical thinking, shared inquiry, or written communication, in preparation for Collegiate Seminar.
English Composition (2 courses)
A transfer student must present a record with a minimum of 23 transferable semester units and a minimum GPA of 2.0 for admission to Saint Mary's College. To transfer with junior status a student should have 60 or more transferable units. All courses must be passed with a grade of C- or higher to be considered transferable. Students at Saint Mary's College of California are required to complete a minimum of 36 course credits (Approximately 120 semester units) toward a Bachelor's Degree. California Community College credits are accepted at the rate of 30 semester units = 45 quarter units = (9 COURSE CREDITS).
MATH 40 will not fulfill Core Mathematical Understanding requirement for majors in the School of Economics and Business Administration.
The major in economics leads to either a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts and a new concentration in Sustainability Studies.
Take either: MATH 33 OR MATH 1
Take one of the following: Math 33 OR Math 1
Take one of the following: BIOL 10 OR BIOL 31
Additional Math course will be needed to fulfill Core Curriculum requirement for Psychology majors
PSYC 25 is a suggested course in addition to MATH 40 to prepare students for upper division research methods course at SMC.