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SJSU ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
Lower Division Requirements
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

BS - Environmental Studies


Concentration in Environmental Impact Assessment

San José State University -to- Cerro Coso 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

Preparation for the Major:

ECON 001B Principles of Economics: MicroeconomicsECON C111 Prin. of economics II (*)
STAT 095 Elementary StatisticsMATH C121 Elem. Probability/Statistics

From the following, take two courses in either CHEM, PHYS, or BIOL; and a third course in another field:

CHEM 1A and CHEM 1B General Chemistry
Sequence must be complete
CHEM C111 Gen. Inorganic Chemistry I
   AND
CHEM C113 Gen. Inorganic Chemistry II
Equivalent only if sequence is complete
OR
PHYS 002A Fundamentals of PhysicsNo Current Equivalent
AND
PHYS 002B Fundamentals of PhysicsNo Current Equivalent
OR
BIOL 001 Plant BiologyBIOL C111 General Biology I
   AND
BIOL C112 General Biology II
AND
BIOL 002 Animal BiologyBIOL C111 General Biology I
   AND
BIOL C112 General Biology II

In the remaining discipline, take one course from:

CHEM 030A Introductory ChemistryNo Current Equivalent
   OR
ENVS 010 Life on a Changing PlanetNo Current Equivalent
   OR
PHYS 001 Elementary PhysicsNo Current Equivalent

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:

ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental IssuesNo 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 CourseENGL C102 Critical Thinking Through Literature
   OR
ENGL C102H Critical Thinking Through Literature-Honors
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 Cerro Coso College courses are CAN qualified.
ECON C111CAN Econ 2
CAN System courses are acceptable "in lieu of" each other.
CAN System 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.