Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)

ADT Certification

Date of completion of the ADT will be posted on an official transcript or verification document that needs to be signed by the sending community college.

Grade Requirement

All grades in the ADT (GE and major pre) must be a C or above. Lower grades may be transferred for elective credit only.

Unit Guarantee

The ADT is comprised of a minimum of 60 units at the junior college level. ADT students are guaranteed to complete their bachelor’s degree within 68 units (70 maximum) at PLNU.

Transfer Evaluation

With ADT certification, lower division GE will be satisfied (see exceptions below). Transfer equivalencies will be stretched to match IGETC of CSU GE areas.

Remaining Foundational Explorations (GE) for ADT Students

Religion: BIB (2-3 units) and Upper Division THE/CHU (3 units)5-6
Upper Division Literature3
Foreign Language 18
Total Units16-17
1

Possible transfer

Participating Majors

Chemistry, B.S.
Child and Adolescent Development, B.A.
English, B.A.
History, B.A.
Multimedia Journalism, B.A.
Mathematics, B.A. for Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) Students
Music, B.A.
Philosophy, B.A.
Physics, B.A. for Associate Degree Transfer (ADT) Students
Political Science, B.A.
Social Work, B.A.
Sociology, B.A.
Visual Arts, B.A.