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: | ||||||||
| ENVS 010 Life on a Changing Planet | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| ECON 001B Principles of Economics: Microeconomics | Econ G180 Micro-Economics (*) | |||||||
| STAT 095 Elementary Statistics | Math G160 Introduction to Statistics (*) | |||||||
Take two courses in the same field of study from the following series and select a third course from another field: | ||||||||
| CHEM 1A and CHEM 1B General Chemistry Sequence must be complete | Chem G180 General Chemistry AND Chem G185 General Chemistry Equivalent only if sequence is complete | |||||||
| OR | ||||||||
| PHYS 002A Fundamentals of Physics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| AND | ||||||||
| PHYS 002B Fundamentals of Physics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: | ||||||||
| ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental Issues | 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). | No Current Equivalent | |||||||
| or | ||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGL G110 Critical Thinking, Reading & Writing through Literature OR ENGL G110H Critical Thinking, Reading & Writing 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 Golden West College 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.