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SJSU ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
Lower Division Requirements
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

BA - Geography

San José State University -to- Cabrillo College

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

Students considering transferring in Geography to San José State are urged to review the information on the department web site located at http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/geography

Core Geography courses:

GEOG 001 Geography of Natural EnvironmentsGEOG 1 Physical Geography (*)
GEOG 010 Cultural GeographyGeog 2 Cultural Geography

Preparation for the Major:

STAT 095 Elementary StatisticsMath 12 Elementary Statistics

Select one of the three following emphases: Global Analysis, Urban Analysis or Geographic Information Science. Only the Geographic Information Science emphasis offer the following lower division support course requirements:

MATH 019 PrecalculusMath 4 Pre-Calculus Algebra and Trigonometry
CS 046A Introduction to ProgrammingCS 19 C++ Programming (*)
   OR
CS 20J Java Programming (*)

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 EquivalentPhilo 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.
GEOG 1Introduction to Physical Geography
CS 19Programming Concepts and Methodology I
CS 20JProgramming Concepts and Methodology I
LDTP courses are acceptable "in lieu of" each other.
LDTP courses are not necessarily "equivalent" or "identical" in content.


Additional Graduation Requirements

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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