Associate Degree for Transfer
Changes to Associate Degree for Transfer (A.A-T or A.S-T) Starting Fall 2025
Several new initiatives and legislative updates are being implemented across the California Community Colleges to facilitate students’ college completion and transfer process. These changes affect registration, course selection, degree selection, graduation, and transfer. This information is for you whether you are a new incoming, new, continuing, or returning student.
If you have chosen a major/program of study at East Los Angeles College that has an Associate Degree for Transfer ADT, known at ELAC as AA-T or AS-T. Your major has been changed to one of our ADT degrees to guarantee your admission to one of the 23 California State University (CSU) campuses. The ADT pathway will allow you to complete major prep and lower-division general education requirements designed for CSU transferand provide you with CSU admissions benefits after transfer.
New and returning students that have selected an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) as their major/program will need to develop an educational plan to stay on track and be able to register for classes each term prior to completing 15 units. See a counselor.
Continuing students that selected an Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) will need to develop an educational plan in order to register for classes prior to completing 15 units. If you made a change to your educational goal and/or program of study after August 1, 2024, we advise you to make an appointment with a counselor to update your educational plan.
A Degree with a Guarantee
The Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) is a special, new degree offered at California Community Colleges. To pursue this special degree rather than a traditional AA or AS degree, you should meet with a counselor to develop an education plan that puts you on the path toward the AA-T or AS-T degree.
The guarantee itself means that students who earn an AA-T or AS-T degree and meet the CSU minimum eligibility requirements are guaranteed admission to a CSU, but not necessarily to a particular campus or major. With the special degree, you may be given a GPA bump when applying to an impacted campus outside your local area or an impacted major that is deemed similar. Click here to determine whether your ADT is similar to your desired major/concentration.
In addition, once at the CSU, if you are admitted and enrolled in a designated similar degree program you have the opportunity to complete your bachelor's degree with as little as 60 semester units or 90 quarter units of coursework. A counselor will help you determine which CSUs offer bachelor's degrees that correspond to your AA-T or AS-T degree. It is still important for you to apply to the schools that interest you and follow admissions deadlines to be considered.
Associate Degrees for Transfer
For more information on Associate Degrees for Transfer click here.
Other Changes
Payment Fee Policy
Starting Summer 2025, pay your fees on time or make financial arrangements with the college to avoid being dropped.
Cal-GETC
Starting Fall 2025, UC and CSU transfer requirements will be streamlined. Meet with a counselor to see how this affects you.
Common Course Numbering
Starting Fall 2025, some course numbering will change to align with statewide standards.