Make the Most of your Transfer
Congratulations on your admission to UCSB! As a newly-admitted transfer student, you have goals to reach. You have decisions to make. You have questions.
The Summer Sessions Office may have your answers in the Transitions Program.
Exclusively for newly-admitted transfer students, Transitions is a summer-only program providing activities, workshops, information sessions and special courses that make it possible to accelerate your adjustment to UCSB academic expectations, to the social environment, and to a campus with many important resources and opportunities that take time to discover.
By choosing to attend one or more of the Summer Sessions offered, and enrolling in one or more courses, you’ll be making a positive step toward reaching the goals you have already worked hard to achieve. While taking summer courses, you can participate in supplemental programs that will help you gain the necessary understanding of what it takes to survive and thrive at a research university. Transitions is designed for any transfer student who wants to: