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Jordan: Sierra College to UC Berkeley

Political Science · College of Letters & Science · Fall 2027 entry · As of Oct 21, 2026

Sample student, not your record. Made-up courses, real rules. What's real

Jordan (a plan that holds up on paper) isn't a real person: the courses, grades and exam scores are made up. The rules and the readings of Sierra College's agreements are real, from our knowledge base, and everything is checked as of Oct 21, 2026, a fixed date.

The next step

Final deadline: UC application filing (Fall 2027): Nov 30, 2026

How to do it

In 40 days.

Missing the date can cost a seat or an application.

Official page

Where Jordan stands

See what it depends on

Feasibility not yet assessed (not assessed: not enough information yet)

Still open:

60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units: some of your courses aren't matched to a transferable list for their year yet.
UC 7-course pattern: not counted yet (a course you have may meet it once its match is confirmed).
Sections not confirmed yet: POLS 16 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), ENGL C1001 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), SOC C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), COMM C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), ANTH C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027).

…and 4 more, in Plan → Timeline check.

What this assumes (1)

You pass your Fall 2026 courses (6 units in progress).

Completed: 7 unitsOn Jordan's record
In progress: 6 units (Fall 2026) · Exam credit: 32 units
Still needed: 15 unitsToward 60 (UC Berkeley's minimum)
After Fall 2026, if current courses are passed
Admission requirements: 3 of 6 completedUC Berkeley · Political Science
1 in progress · 2 not counted yet

Transfer to UC Berkeley: 7 units completed · 6 in progress. How we got these numbers

Next term: Spring 2027 (semester)

Plan → Next term

15 units planned, not registered

POLS 16 · Introduction to Political TheorySierra College · 3 unitsPlanned
ENGL C1001 · Critical Thinking and WritingSierra College · 3 unitsPlanned
SOC C1000 · Introduction to SociologySierra College · 3 unitsPlanned
COMM C1000 · Introduction to Public SpeakingSierra College · 3 unitsPlanned
ANTH C1000 · Introduction to Cultural AnthropologySierra College · 3 unitsPlanned

What Jordan's plan also depends on

Check 2 courses on ASSIST (Sierra College → UC Berkeley → General Education/Breadth, 2025–26)Can't judge yet
Courses that aren't confirmed don't count yet, so what's left may be more than it looks.
- PHIL 6: not checked on this list yet
- ENGL C1000: not checked on this list yet
Official page
Find out Sierra College's per-term unit limitCan't judge yet
Without the college's published limit, we can't tell whether a term needs approval.

Sample pathway: 25 rules quoted word for word from official pages · As of Oct 21, 2026.See the requirements

Advising summary

What Jordan would print or share with a counselor, with any what-if being tried.

Sample · not a real student · nothing here is saved or shared

Transfer plan summary

Jordan (sample student)

Community college:: Sierra College
Timeline:: One year (the student's own goal)
Worked out:: For Oct 21, 2026, the sample's fixed date, from 15 official sources (each listed under Sources with its version).

The goal

UC Berkeley · College of Letters & Science · Political Science · Fall 2027 entry (the goal the student is working toward)

Where things stand

Feasibility not yet assessed (not assessed: not enough information yet)

Still open:

60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units: some of your courses aren't matched to a transferable list for their year yet.
UC 7-course pattern: not counted yet (a course you have may meet it once its match is confirmed).
Sections not confirmed yet: POLS 16 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), ENGL C1001 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), SOC C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), COMM C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027), ANTH C1000 (Sierra College) (Spring 2027).
Check the prerequisites for POLS 16 (Sierra College), ENGL C1001 (Sierra College), SOC C1000 (Sierra College) and 2 more in the course catalog.
Check Sierra College's per-term unit limit to see whether Spring 2027 would need approval.
The workload estimate for Spring 2027 assumes typical term lengths, since we don't know the course dates yet.
UC application filing (Fall 2027): Nov 30, 2026 (in 40 days).

Admission requirements: 3 completed · 1 in progress · 2 not counted yet

What this assumes

You pass your Fall 2026 courses (6 units in progress).

Units
Completed	7 units
In progress (Fall 2026)	6 units
Expected after this term (completed + in progress, if passed)	13 units
Registered for Spring 2027	0 units
Planned, not registered	15 units
Still needed after this term to reach 60 (UC Berkeley's minimum)	15 units
Not yet covered by any course	0 units

Coursework as entered

Each course as the student entered it, by term. Grades are included.

Summer 2026

Coursework, Summer 2026
Course	College	Units	Status	Grade
ENGL C1000 Academic Reading and Writing	Sierra College	4 semester units	Completed	A
PHIL 6 Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality	Sierra College	3 semester units	Completed	A-

Fall 2026

Coursework, Fall 2026
Course	College	Units	Status	Grade
POLS C1000 American Government and Politics	Sierra College	3 semester units	In progress
POLS 3 International Relations	Sierra College	3 semester units	In progress

Exam credit

Exam credit
Exam	Score	Credit in this summary
AP United States History	4	5.33 units counted
AP World History: Modern	5	5.33 units counted
AP Biology	4	5.33 units counted
AP Spanish Language and Culture	5	5.33 units counted
AP Calculus BC	4	5.33 units counted
AP Psychology	5	2.67 units counted
AP Environmental Science	4	2.67 units counted

Proposed plan

“Jordan's plan”. Planned courses are only planned: they aren't registered, and a unit target is a budget, not a schedule.

Spring 2027

Planned courses, Spring 2027
Planned course	College	Units	Section (availability)
POLS 16 Introduction to Political Theory	Sierra College	3 semester units	Listed on the schedule (CRN 40784) (schedule read Oct 19, 2026)
ENGL C1001 Critical Thinking and Writing	Sierra College	3 semester units	Schedule not checked
SOC C1000 Introduction to Sociology	Sierra College	3 semester units	Schedule not checked
COMM C1000 Introduction to Public Speaking	Sierra College	3 semester units	Schedule not checked
ANTH C1000 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	Sierra College	3 semester units	Schedule not checked

Alternatives that fit what the student told us

Even workload. Weekly hours as even as your terms allow, so a short session gets fewer units than a semester. Transfer in Fall 2027, as planned.
Transfer in Fall 2028 instead. 3 terms to spread your 15 remaining units over, instead of 1. You'd start at UC Berkeley in Fall 2028, a year later than Fall 2027.

Requirements: UC Berkeley · College of Letters & Science · Political Science

For each: where the student stands, what the rule rests on, and whether any institution has decided anything. A course match that isn't confirmed doesn't count yet.

Requirements
Requirement	Where the student stands	What the rule rests on	Official outcome
Two of PS 1, 2, 4, 5 (intro Political Science) (Major preparation)	In progress	Official sourceSource: polisci.berkeley.edu · checked Oct 25, 2026https://polisci.berkeley.edu/undergraduate-program/requirements-major	No official outcome yet
L&S: 3.0 minimum UC-transferable GPA by the fall you apply (GPA and grading)	Completed	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admissions.berkeley.edu/transfer-admissions-information-by-college/	No official outcome yet
60 semester (90 quarter) UC-transferable units (Transferable units) Waiting on a check: SOC C1000, ANTH C1000: Sierra College's UC Transferable Courses list for 2026–27 isn't published yet (checked Oct 18, 2026: “2026-2027 · Sierra College · UC Transferable Courses · 0 results · No results found.”).	Not counted yet	Official sourceSource: universityofcalifornia.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/preparing-to-transfer/basic-requirements.html	No official outcome yet
UC 7-course pattern (Admission coursework) Waiting on a check: English composition (UC-E): 1 course not counted yet (ENGL C1001 (likely UC-E))	Not counted yet	Official sourceSource: universityofcalifornia.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/preparing-to-transfer/basic-requirements.html	No official outcome yet
Minimum UC-transferable GPA: 2.4 (2.8 for nonresidents) (GPA and grading)	Completed	Official sourceSource: universityofcalifornia.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/preparing-to-transfer/basic-requirements.html	No official outcome yet
L&S Reading & Composition (R&C A and R&C B) (Recommended preparation) Waiting on a check: 2 courses might count toward L&S Reading & Composition (R&C A and R&C B) (not checked yet: PHIL 6, ENGL C1000)	Not counted yet	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admissions.berkeley.edu/transfer-admissions-information-by-college/	No official outcome yet
Good academic standing (2.0 GPA) at your last college (GPA and grading)	Completed	Official sourceSource: universityofcalifornia.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/preparing-to-transfer/basic-requirements.html	No official outcome yet
L&S Language requirement before you start (Recommended preparation)	To check yourself	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://admissions.berkeley.edu/transfer-admissions-information-by-college/	No official outcome yet
Cal-GETC (or IGETC / UC Reciprocity) (Recommended preparation)	To check yourself	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://ls.berkeley.edu/new-policies-transfer-student-applicants	No official outcome yet
Major prep with no articulated course at your college (Can be completed after transfer)	To check yourself	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://ls.berkeley.edu/new-policies-transfer-student-applicants	No official outcome yet
Remaining L&S general education requirements (Can be completed after transfer)	To check yourself	Official sourceSource: berkeley.edu · checked Oct 30, 2026https://ls.berkeley.edu/new-policies-transfer-student-applicants	No official outcome yet

TAG: TAG is optional, never required for admission. UC Berkeley doesn't offer TAG: it isn't one of the six campuses on UC's TAG matrix for fall 2027 and spring 2028, accurate as of Jun 9, 2026.

GE pattern: You first enrolled at a California community college in Summer 2026, so Cal-GETC is the pattern available to you. Only the community college certifies a GE pattern; finishing its courses doesn't certify it.

Questions to confirm

Check 2 courses on ASSIST (Sierra College → UC Berkeley → General Education/Breadth, 2025–26)On assist.org, open Sierra College → UC Berkeley → "General Education/Breadth" agreement for 2025–26 and check that each course below is approved for "the requirement it's listed for". If it isn't listed, ask Sierra College's articulation officer before counting on it.
- PHIL 6: not checked on this list yet
- ENGL C1000: not checked on this list yet
Find out Sierra College's per-term unit limitCheck Sierra College's per-term unit limit for Spring 2027 on its site to see whether those terms fit within it. Until then, workload is shown as our estimate. The Unit limits section names the office to ask and the exact question.

Sources

The official sources this goal's rules rest on, each with a short version code: if a source changes, its code changes, so a later summary can be compared with this one.

UC Berkeley Admissions: Transfer students · version 8de28474f510
UC Admissions: Transfer requirements · version ee7f281504ae
UC Admissions: First-year requirements · version b0fb0dafff33
Berkeley Political Science: Declaring the major · version 09ccfc595c3c
Berkeley L&S: New policies for transfer student applicants · version 837aa17d8016
Berkeley Political Science: Requirements for the major · version 9d05ef66957b
Berkeley Political Science: Declaring the major · version cf59afa594b5
UC Berkeley Admissions: Transfer admissions information by college · version b4f0113b4a27
UC Admissions: Basic requirements (transfer) · version c5467a04e632
UC Admissions: Transfer credit practices · version 653fe10d2031
UC Admissions (counselors): Transfer requirements · version 4ea52c3b157d
UC Admissions: Response to COVID-19 · version ccdfc5fe2fa7
UC Admissions: AP credits · version f6e9caaba540
UC Admissions: IB credits · version 13f6f36b84d4
UC Admissions: IGETC and Cal-GETC campus guidance · version 13157b8eaa17

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Jordan: Sierra College to UC Berkeley

Political Science · College of Letters & Science · Fall 2027 entry · As of Oct 21, 2026

Sample student, not your record. Made-up courses, real rules. What's real