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 | |||||||||||||||||||
Supporting courses for the Major: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| CHEM 001A | taken at SJSU | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| General Chemistry Equivalent Course | Chem 1A General Chemistry (*) OR Chem 1B 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| PHYS 050 General Physics/Mechanics | Phys 4A General Physics | |||||||||||||||||||
| PHYS 051 General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism | Phys 4B General Physics | |||||||||||||||||||
| PHYS 052 General Physics/Heat and Light | Phys 4C General Physics (*) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MATH 030 Calculus I | Math 3A Analytic Geom. & Calculus I (*) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MATH 031 Calculus II | Math 3B Analytic Geom. & Calculus II (*) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MATH 032 Calculus III | Math 4A Analytic Geom. & Calculus III (*) | |||||||||||||||||||
| MATH 133A Ordinary Differential Equations The transfer student may take a course in ordinary differential equations at the community college and receive content credit upon transfer. | Math 24 Elementary Differential Equations CONTENT CREDIT ONLY | |||||||||||||||||||
Required for the Major: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| METR 010 Weather and Climate | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
| METR 050 Scientific Computing I | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
| METR 051 Scientific Computing II | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
| METR 061 Introduction to Meteorology | 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). | WR 2 College Writing | |||||||||||||||||||
| or | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Irvine Valley 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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