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 | |||||||
Communication Studies Department offers BA - Communication Studies, and BA - Communication Studies, Preparation for Teaching. | ||||||||
The general BA - Communication Studies major has no lower division course requirements or prerequisites, beyond completion of Lower Division General Education. The department will accept, as electives in the major, up to 9 semester units of Speech Communication courses that are not also used to satisfy Lower Division General Education requirements (i.e., no transfer courses may be double-counted for both GE and major electives). Community College students should meet with a counselor as soon as possible to determine which baccalaureate level courses offered at their institution, are articulated with SJSU. | ||||||||
| No specific courses are required. However, potential majors should satisfy their CSU GE Area A 1-Oral Communication requirement with a public speaking course. Only courses that are approved baccalaureate level lower division Speech Communication courses will be accepted for transfer. | ||||||||
Students may select up to 9 semester units of electives for transfer from courses articulated with the following courses: | ||||||||
| COMM 010 Communication and Human Relationships | COMM 7 Interpersonal Communications (*) | |||||||
| COMM 020 Public Speaking | Comm 1 Public Speaking OR Comm 1H Honors Public Speaking | |||||||
| COMM 040 Argumentation and Advocacy | Comm 4 Persuasion & Argumentation | |||||||
| COMM 041 Critical Decision Making | COMM 2 Group Discussion (*) | |||||||
| COMM 045 Communication Criticism | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| COMM 074 Fundamentals of Intercultural Communication | Comm 12 Intercultural Communications | |||||||
Lower Divison support courses required for Preparation for Teaching select: | ||||||||
| ENGL 056A English Literature to the Late 18th Century | Engl 46A Major British Writers I | |||||||
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| ENGL 056B English Literature Late 18th Century to Present | Engl 46B Major British Writers II | |||||||
| ENGL 068A American Literature to 1865 | Engl 30A American Literature | |||||||
| OR | ||||||||
| ENGL 068B American Literature 1865 to Present | Engl 30B American Literature | |||||||
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). | Engl 1B Composition and Literature OR Engl 1BMC Composition and Literature: Multicultural Emphasis OR Engl 2 Composition and Critical Thinking OR Engl 2H Honors Composition and Critical Thinking OR Engl 2MC Composition and Critical Thinking: Multicultural Emphasis OR Engl 2MCH Honors Composition and Critical Thinking: Multicultural Emphasis | |||||||
| or | ||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Transfer Course | Philo 49 Introduction to 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). | ||||||||
LDTP Approved Courses (*) | ||||||||
| The following Cabrillo College courses are approved for the following LDTP course descriptors shown on the right. | ||||||||
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| LDTP courses are acceptable "in lieu of" each other. | ||||||||
| LDTP 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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