Intended to prepare you for immediate work opportunities or to add skills to your resume. Only coursework for the major is required.  This is the shortest program with various unit requirements depending on the discipline.

Check out Palomar Pathways Mapper to review certificate program maps that show you semester-by-semester course plan from start to finish.

Provides academic and vocational preparation in a career. Requires minimum 60 units to include General Education coursework.

Check out Palomar Pathways Mapper to review associate degree program maps that show you semester-by-semester course plan from start to finish.

ADTs, also called AA-T and AS-T, are intended for students who want the option to transfer to various CSUs while following a uniform set of coursework. Requires a minimum of 60 units of coursework numbered 100 and higher. Limited degree options.

Check out Palomar Pathways Mapper to review Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) programs maps that show you semester-by-semester course plan from start to finish.

Transferring to a California public university CSU, UC requires a minimum 60 transferable consisting of general education and major preparation requirements.

General Education (also known as “GEs”) are lower division coursework required transfer to a public 4-year university.

• For students who plan to transfer to a California State University (CSU), please refer to CSUGE.
• For students who plan to transfer to either a California State University (CSU) OR University of California (UC), please refer to IGETC.

Check out ASSIST for major preparation coursework to UC & CSU.

Check the articulation agreements for private and out-of-state university requirements.

Some private and out-of-state universities will accept General Education (IGETC or CSU GE) in lieu of the campus specific requirements.  Others do not. See a counselor for assistance with general education requirements.