General Education Certification definition
General Education Certification means that SMC has verified that a student has completed the lower-division general education requirements, and this guarantees that no additional lower-division general education courses can be imposed on a student as a condition of graduation. “Certified” community college students are deemed to have satisfied the lower-division general education requirements of their chosen transfer institution. “Uncertified” UC and CSU transfer students will have their transfer coursework applied to the graduation requirements of their new UC or CSU campus, but may find that they must complete more lower-division general education units than are required of a “certified” transfer. For this reason, “fully certified” transfer is strongly recommended. NOTE: Students transferring to a CSU should be aware that nine (9) units of upper- division general education courses must be completed after transfer.
Examples of General Education Certification in a sentence
General education requirements may be met through completion of the Associate of Science (AS) or General Education Certification of Completion at SLCC.