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 102 Principles of Economics: Micro-Economics | |||||||||||||
| STAT 095 Elementary Statistics | Math 123 Elementary 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 150 General Chemistry 1 (*) AND Chem 151 General Chemistry 2 (*) Equivalent only if sequence is complete (CAN SEQ A) | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| PHYS 002A Fundamentals of Physics | Phys 141 General Physics 1 | |||||||||||||
| AND | ||||||||||||||
| PHYS 002B Fundamentals of Physics | Phys 142 General Physics 2 | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| BIOL 001 Plant Biology | Biol 154 General Botany (*) | |||||||||||||
| AND | ||||||||||||||
| BIOL 002 Animal Biology | Biol 155 General Zoology (*) | |||||||||||||
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: | ||||||||||||||
| ENVS 001 Introduction to Environmental Issues | Envst 101 Humans and the Environment | |||||||||||||
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). | ||||||||||||||
PARKS MINOR - WEST VALLEY COLLEGE ONLY | ||||||||||||||
WEST VALLEY COLLEGE students that wish to transfer a Parks minor in Environmental Stuides will need to complete the following: | ||||||||||||||
| Please select 9 units from the following West Valley College courses: | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 10: Intro to Park Management (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 11: Park Communications (2 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 14: Conservation of Our Natural Resources (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 15A: Duties of the Ranger (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 15B: Natural and Cultural Resource Interpretation (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 15C: Intro to Park Maintenance (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| PKMGT 18: Park Planning and Design (2 units) | ||||||||||||||
| BIO 14: California Plants and Animals (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
| AND | ||||||||||||||
| GEOL 1A: Physical Geology (4 units) | ||||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| GEOL 10A: Earth Science Systems (4 units) | ||||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| GEOL 15: Geology of California (3 units) | ||||||||||||||
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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