Plan B will prepare students for transfer to the California State University system. Plan C will prepare students for transfer to either the University of California or California State University systems. Each plan is designed to achieve transfer in the most efficient way. At the request of the student, each plan includes the certification process that secures the total number of units that meet all lower division General Education requirements for both the UC and CSU systems. Certification also ensures these General Education course requirements so that no four-year institution in the UC or CSU system may challenge these units.

The design of both Plan B and C matches the design of Plan A so that a student may transfer, earn an Associate Degree, and complete a career and technical education certificate all at the same time. To benefit from Plan B and C, a student should regularly consult with a counselor to select courses from a valid CSU or IGETC certification list that is annually updated. Thus, if a student regularly consults a counselor, develops an Education Plan, and carefully selects courses, he or she may accomplish several degree and career goals at once. In this fashion, the faculty of LBCC seeks to provide effective transfer under the Master Plan of 1960 and offer access to the job market in the most efficient manner possible.