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 and/or Support for the Major: | ||||||||||||||
| CHEM 1A and CHEM 1B General Chemistry | Chem 150 General Chemistry 1 (*) AND Chem 151 General Chemistry 2 (*) Equivalent only if sequence is complete (CAN SEQ A) | |||||||||||||
| Sequence must be complete | ||||||||||||||
| CHEM 055 Quantitative Analysis | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| CHEM 112A, 112B and 113A Organic Chemistry & Lab | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: Chem 112A + 112B + 113A are Content Credit Only and equivalents must be completed as a series for credit. | ||||||||||||||
| MATH 030 Calculus I | Math 181 Calculus 1 | |||||||||||||
| PHYS 002A Fundamentals of Physics | Phys 141 General Physics 1 | |||||||||||||
| PHYS 002B Fundamentals of Physics | Phys 142 General Physics 2 | |||||||||||||
| STAT 095 Elementary Statistics | Math 123 Elementary Statistics | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| HS 067 Introductory Health Statistics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
Major Requirements: | ||||||||||||||
| BIOL 002 Animal Biology | Biol 155 General Zoology (*) | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 003 Cell Biology | Biol 150 Cellular Biology (*) | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 006 Biological Safety | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| JS 010 Introduction to Justice Studies | AJ 101 Administration of Justice System | |||||||||||||
| JS 016 Criminal Evidence and Procedures | AJ 104 Legal Aspects of Evidence | |||||||||||||
| JS 020 Principles of Investigation | AJ 111 Criminal Investigation | |||||||||||||
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 Composition: Literature | |||||||||||||
| or | ||||||||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGL 103 Critical Thinking & Composition OR PHILOS 114 Critical Thinking | |||||||||||||
| 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 Allan Hancock Community 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.
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