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 | |||||||
Requirements for the Major: | ||||||||
| JS 010 Introduction to Justice Studies | AJ 101 Introduction to the Administration of Justice (*) | |||||||
Supporting requirements: | ||||||||
| HS 067 Introductory Health Statistics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| OR | ||||||||
| STAT 095 Elementary Statistics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
Electives | ||||||||
Transfer students must take 12 units of major electives, nine (9) of which may be lower division. We will accept the equivalent of the following courses: | ||||||||
| JS 014 Concepts of Criminal Law | AJ 102 Criminal Law (*) | |||||||
| JS 016 Criminal Evidence and Procedures | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| JS 020 Principles of Investigation | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
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). | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| or | ||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGL 102 Freshman Composition II: Reasoning and Literary Analysis OR ENGL 103 A Critical Approach to Reading, Writing & Research OR PHIL 201 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 Antelope Valley 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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