Associate Degree for Transfer - Economics

The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act (Senate Bill 1440, codified in California Education Code sections (66746-66749) guarantees admission to a California State University (CSU) campus for any community college. Students who completes an “associate degree for transfer," a newly established variation of the associate degrees traditionally offered at a California community college.

The Associate in Arts in Economics for Transfer is intended for students who plan to complete a bachelor's degree in a similar major at a California State University campus. Students completing this degree are guaranteed admission to the California State University system, but not to a particular campus or major. In order to earn one of these degrees, students must complete 60 required semester units of CSU-transferable coursework with a minimum GPA of 2.0.