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: | |||||||||||
| General Chemistry Equivalent Course | Chem 120A General Chemistry OR Chem 120B General Chemistry | ||||||||||
| Note: SJSU requires completion of the Chemistry sequence for most majors, however this major only requires completion of one semester equivalent General Chemistry, in lieu of CHEM 1A. | |||||||||||
| MATH 030 Calculus I | Math 150A Analytic Geometry & Calculus (*) | ||||||||||
| MATH 031 Calculus II | Math 150B Analytic Geometry & Calculus (*) | ||||||||||
| MATH 032 Calculus III | Math 250A Intermediate Calculus (*) | ||||||||||
| MATH 133A Ordinary Differential Equations Community College math courses articulated with SJSU's Math 133A will meet course content requirements for the major but will not receive upper division credit. | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
Physics Requirement: | |||||||||||
| Note: Students who begin their university experience as freshmen at San José State University will need to take the following Physics series: PHYSICS 70, 71 and 72 (equivalent to PHYSICS 50, 51, 52, 53) at San José State University. All transfer students will be expected to have completed the course equivalents to the Physics series listed below. | |||||||||||
| PHYS 050 General Physics/Mechanics | Phys 225 Mechanics AND Phys 225L Mechanics Lab | ||||||||||
| PHYS 051 General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism | Phys 226 Electricity & Magnetism AND Phys 226L Electricity & Magnetism Lab | ||||||||||
| PHYS 052 General Physics/Heat and Light | Phys 227 Waves & Modern Physics AND Phys 227L Waves & Modern Physics Lab | ||||||||||
| PHYS 053 General Physics/Atomic Physics NOTE: if there is no transfer equivalent for Physics 53 the transfer student will need to complete this requirement at SJSU. | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| OR | |||||||||||
| PHYS 070 Mechanics | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| PHYS 071 Electricity and Magnetism | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| PHYS 072 Atomic Physics | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
Engineering Rquirements: | |||||||||||
| CMPE 046 Computer Engineering I | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| ENGR 010 Introduction to Engineering | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| EE 097 Introductory Electrical Engineering Laboratory | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
| EE 098 Introduction to Circuit Analysis | EGEE 203 Electrical Circuits AND EGEE 203L Electrical Circuits Lab | ||||||||||
| ENGL 001B Composition 2 <i>A "C" or better is required in English 1B (a "C-" is not acceptable). English 1B is required of all Engineering majors.</i> | No Current Equivalent | ||||||||||
CAN Qualified Courses (*) | |||||||||||
| The following CSU, Fullerton 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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