Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine the equivalent courses offered at that institution. Students should complete as many as possible of the lower division requirements listed below, prior to transfer.
Lower Division Course Requirements | Community College Course Equivalents | ||||
The Creative Arts Program is interdisciplinary. Lower division requirements in the Major include the following: | |||||
Six (6) semester or nine (9) quarter units activity or studio courses in visual or performing arts or creative writing, such as the articulated equivalents of: | |||||
| ART 012 Two-Dimensional Design and Color Concepts | ART 320 Design: Fundamentals | ||||
| ART 013 Three-Dimensional Design Concepts | ART 370 Three Dimensional Design | ||||
| ART 024 Beginning Drawing | ART 300 Elementary Drawing and Composition AND ART 302 Elementary Drawing and Composition | ||||
| ART 026 Representational Drawing | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| ART 046 Introduction to Ceramics | ART 390 Ceramics | ||||
| ART 074 Introduction to Digital Media | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| DANC 040A Modern Dance I | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| DANC 042A Jazz Dance I | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| ENGL 071 Creative Writing | ENGCW 400 Creative Writing | ||||
| TA 005 Acting | TA 350 Theory and Techniques of Acting - 1 | ||||
| TA 015 Voice and Diction | SPEECH 371 Voice and Diction | ||||
| TA 017 Intermediate Acting | TA 351 Theory and Techniques of Acting - II | ||||
| TA 048 Beyond Words: Getting Smarter Through Movement | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| TA 064 Makeup for Stage and Video | TA 437 Stage Make Up - I | ||||
| or a course in music or instrumental performance. | |||||
Nine (9) semester or fourteen (14) quarter units of lower division non-studio, nonactivity courses in history or theory in three (3) disciplines selected from the following: | |||||
| School of Art and Design, School of Music and Dance, RTVF/T (Television, Radio, Film and Theatre) department, English and Comparative Literature department, and others approved by the CAP Advisor, such as | |||||
| ART 042 Fiber Concepts | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| ARTH 010 Art Appreciation | ARTH 300 Introduction to Art | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 011 Modern Art History | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 070A Art History, Prehistoric to Medieval | ARTH 302 Stone Age Through the Middle Ages | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 070B Art History, Renaissance to Modern | ARTH 308 Renaissance Tradition in Art AND ARTH 310 Modern Art | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 070C Arts of Asia | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 072 Design in Society | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ARTH 080 The Applied Arts in Interior Design | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| DANC 010 Dance Appreciation | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| ENGL 010 Great Works of Literature | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 022 Fantasy and Science Fiction | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 040 Contemporary World Fiction | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 056A English Literature to the Late 18th Century | ENGLT 310 English Literature | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 056B English Literature Late 18th Century to Present | ENGLT 311 English Literature | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 068A American Literature to 1865 | ENGLT 320 American Literature | ||||
| OR | |||||
| ENGL 068B American Literature 1865 to Present | ENGLT 321 American Literature | ||||
| ENGL 078 Introduction to Shakespeare's Drama | ENGLT 380 Introduction to Shakespeare | ||||
| MUSC 010A Music Appreciation | MUFHL 310 Survey of Music History and Literature | ||||
| MUSC 012 Fundamentals of Music History | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| MUSC 019 Music in World Cultures | MUFHL 330 World Music | ||||
| MUSC 081 Concert Listening I | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| RTVF 082 Introduction to Film | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| RTVF 091 Introduction to Radio and Television Production | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| RTVF 098 Film and Television Aesthetics | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| TA 010 Theatre Appreciation | TA 300 Introduction to the Theatre (*) | ||||
| TA 011 Script Analysis | No Current Equivalent | ||||
| TA 048 Beyond Words: Getting Smarter Through Movement | No Current Equivalent | ||||
The Diversified BA in Creative Arts | |||||
| (for Multiple Subject/CLAD Credential Candidates) requires specific lower division General Education courses (Please see BA-Creative Arts, Preparation for Teaching) or please contact the Program Coordinator for Creative Arts at SJSU for a list of these specific courses and/or for further information and advising about the program. | |||||
All students must satisfy the following prerequisite (or equivalent) prior to registering for the WST and 100W courses at SJSU {Academic Senate policy S05-8}: | |||||
| ENGL 001B Composition 2 A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable). | ENGWR 301 College Composition and Literature | ||||
| or | |||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGWR 302 Advanced Composition & Critical Thinking OR ENGWR 481 Honors College Composition & Literature OR ENGWR 482 Honors Advanced Composition & Critical Thinking | ||||
| A course articulated to SJSU's English 1B is recommended, however any course approved for the IGETC second semester composition area would be accepted to meet this requirement (a grade of "C" or better is required). | |||||
CAN Qualified Courses (*) | |||||
| The following American River College courses are CAN qualified. | |||||
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| CAN System courses are acceptable "in lieu of" each other. | |||||
| CAN System courses are not necessarily "equivalent" or "identical" in content. | |||||
Lower Division General Education (39 semester or 58 quarter units) - some of the courses listed above may be approved for general education credit as well as major preparation at your institution. Please see your college counselor/advisor to review your general education in order to receive FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO TRANSFER to San José State University. You may be required to take additional lower division general education courses if you do not provide SJSU WITH A FULL OR PARTIAL CERTIFICATION OF GENERAL EDUCATION upon transfer.
American Institutions Requirement (3-9 semester or 5-15 quarter units) - may be satisfied within the lower division general education requirements.
Physical Education Requirement (2 courses) - at least 2 different activities.
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