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SJSU ARTICULATION AGREEMENT
Lower Division Requirements
Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

BFA - Interior Design

San José State University -to- Coastline 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:

ART 001 Introduction to the Study of Art and DesignNo Current Equivalent
ART 014 ColorNo Current Equivalent
ART 024 Beginning DrawingArt 120A-B Drawing (*)
ART 013 Three-Dimensional Design ConceptsArt 111A-B Three-Dimensional Form (*)
   OR
ART 026 Representational DrawingNo Current Equivalent
ARTH 070A Art History, Prehistoric to MedievalArt 100 Hist/Appreciation of Art 1 (*)
   OR
DSGD 083 Digital Applications: BasicsNo Current Equivalent
ARTH 070B Art History, Renaissance to ModernArt 101 Hist/Appreciation of Art 2 (*)

Support for the Major:

TECH 027 Fundamentals of Architectural GraphicsNo Current Equivalent
ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental IssuesNo Current Equivalent

Prerequisites to Admission to the Major:

DSIT 015 Architectural Drawing and 3-D ModelingNo Current Equivalent
DSIT 029 Design ProcessNo Current Equivalent
DSIT 033 Architectural PresentationNo Current Equivalent
DSIT 034 Interior Architecture Foundation StudioNo Current Equivalent

Requirements in the major:

DSIT 080 The Applied Arts in Interior DesignNo Current Equivalent
DSIT 098 Architectural ForumNo Current Equivalent
Students must maintain a 3.0 gpa on a 4.0 scale in all art/design courses; failing this, the BFA status will be changed to the BA-Art.

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 102 Critical Reasoning, Reading and Writing
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 Coastline College courses are CAN qualified.
Art 120A-BCAN Art 8
Art 111A-BCAN Art 16
Art 100CAN Art 2
Art 101CAN Art 4
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.