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 Environments | Geog 101 Physical Geography | |
| GEOG 010 Cultural Geography | Geog 102 Cultural Geography | |
Preparation for the Major: | ||
| STAT 095 Elementary Statistics | Math 136 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 Precalculus | No Current Equivalent | |
| CS 046A Introduction to Programming | No 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). | Engl 102 Freshman English OR Engl 102H Honors Critical Thinking and Literary Analysis | |
| or | ||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent | ENGL 104 Critical Thinking & Argumentation | |
| 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). | ||
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.
Page last generated: 09/30/2008 18:36:26
print
mail