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 | |||||||||||||
Support for the Major: | ||||||||||||||
| PHYS 050 General Physics/Mechanics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| PHYS 051 General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| PHYS 052 General Physics/Heat and Light | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
One course from the following: | ||||||||||||||
| MATH 050 Scientific Computing I | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| CS 046A Introduction to Programming | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| CS 049C Programming in C | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| CS 049J Programming in Java | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
Requirements for the Major: | ||||||||||||||
| MATH 030 Calculus I | Math 265 Calculus with Analytic Geom. I (*) | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| MATH 030P Calculus I with Precalculus | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| MATH 031 Calculus II | Math 266 Calculus with Analytic Geom. II (*) | |||||||||||||
| MATH 032 Calculus III | Math 267 Calculus with Analytic Geom. III (*) | |||||||||||||
| MATH 042 Discrete Mathematics | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
Additional Major Requirements: | ||||||||||||||
| MATH 129A Linear Algebra I | Math 270 Linear Algebra (*) CONTENT CREDIT ONLY | |||||||||||||
| MATH 133A Ordinary Differential Equations | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| Note: Community college math courses articulated with SJSU's MATH 129A or MATH 133A will meet course content requirements for the major but will not receive upper division credit. | ||||||||||||||
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). | ENGLISH 102 College Reading and Composition II | |||||||||||||
| or | ||||||||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Course | ENGLISH 103 Composition and 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 Los Angeles Southwest 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.