Hey guys,

This past year was my first year of general humanities. I had some issues that resulted in me failing most of my courses, so I talked to an academic adviser and cancelled most of them. I was registered for 30 units at the beginning of the year, but after cancelling I'm now officially registered in just 15 units (I got good marks in most of these). At the moment I'm doing one summer school course, so when I'm done I'll be up to 18 units.

I applied to get into the programs I wanted when everyone else did. I want to be qualified to get into the Theatre and Film program in September. After I'm done the summer school class, will I likely get into the program? I don't want to do another year of general humanities. All of this just confuses me

Thanks!

In order to advance to second year, you need to have 30 units done to get in. After summer school when they review your results, unless you do 18 units of summer school it will say unreviewed and they will not review it until May of next year when you do at least 18 units of courses To answer your question, you might not get into second year. (Someone please verify this.) But if you have the average and the prerequisite courses needed for second year, it might help you get in.

Originally Posted by akikokoyoki

In order to advance to second year, you need to have 30 units done to get in. After summer school when they review your results, unless you do 18 units of summer school it will say unreviewed and they will not review it until May of next year when you do at least 18 units of courses To answer your question, you might not get into second year. (Someone please verify this.) But if you have the average and the prerequisite courses needed for second year, it might help you get in.

I'm 99% sure you can get into second year with 24 units - you don't require 30, although the course calendar makes it seem like you do.


18 units is pretty low, though. I'm not sure how it works for part time students. I don't even know if you're considered part time, since you were initially registered in 30 units.

Also, you only need to do 18 units overall to get reviewed...so the OP's grades wouldn't have been officially reviewed in May after completing 15 units, and then at the end of the summer session, since 18 units will have been completed, it would get reviewed. You won't need to wait another full year to get reviewed.

As to whether or not you can get into the theatre and film program with 18 units, you should talk to your academic advisor. Is there a reason you're only doing one summer school course? If you don't want to take an extra year, then you'll have to do summer courses or overload to make up the credits. Given your academic situation, overloading might not be the best option.