Cerritos College students are unaware of an important academic tool available to them, due to the fact that the Counseling Department and Transfer Center at Cerritos College do not know any or much information about it.

The cross-enrollment program offered at UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton allows for community college students who meet certain requirements to attend classes totaling up to five or six units at respective university campuses without being officially enrolled.

According to Mike Park of UC Irvine’s Extended Educational Services, these are the following requirements:

• Completed at least one term at the home campus as a matriculated student
• Enrolled for a minimum of six units at a community college for the current term
• Earned a grade point average of 2.00 (grade of C) for work completed at home campus
• Paid appropriate tuition and fees at home campus for the current term
• Completed appropriate academic preparation as determined by host campus

UC Irvine costs are $20 per unit plus a $10 processing fee with costs at Cal State Fullerton only a $39 processing fee.

The staff at the transfer center at Cerritos had limited or no knowledge of the program.

According to Cerritos College Dean of Counseling Services, Renee De Long Chomiak, “The (Cross-enrollment) program would be of benefit to all our students.”

The Cerritos College Transfer Center can be reached at 562-860-2451, Ext. 2154.