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: | ||||||||||||||
| CHEM 001A and CHEM 001B General Chemistry | CHEM 400 General Chemistry (*) AND CHEM 401 General Chemistry Equivalent only if sequence is complete | |||||||||||||
| Sequence must be complete | ||||||||||||||
| CHEM 008 Organic Chemistry | CHEM 423 Organic Chemistry: Short Survey | |||||||||||||
| PHYS 002A Fundamentals of Physics | PHYS 350 General Physics | |||||||||||||
| PHYS 002B Fundamentals of Physics | PHYS 360 General Physics | |||||||||||||
| OR | ||||||||||||||
| GEOL 007 Earth, Time and Life | GEOL 310 Historical Geology | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 005 Computer Literacy in Biology | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
Requirements in the Major Core: | ||||||||||||||
| BIOL 001 Plant Biology | BIOL 410 Principles of Botany (*) | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 002 Animal Biology | BIOL 420 Principles of Zoology (*) | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 003 Cell Biology | BIOL 400 Principles of Biology (*) | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 004 The Profession of Biology | No Current Equivalent | |||||||||||||
| BIOL 006 Biological Safety | 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). | ENGWR 301 College Composition and Literature | |||||||||||||
| or | ||||||||||||||
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Transfer Course | ENGWR 302 Advanced Composition & Critical Thinking OR ENGWR 481 Honors College Composition & Literature OR ENGWR 482 Honors Advanced Composition & 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). | ||||||||||||||
LDTP Approved Courses (*) | ||||||||||||||
| The following American River College courses are approved for the following LDTP course descriptors shown on the right. | ||||||||||||||
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| LDTP courses are acceptable "in lieu of" each other. | ||||||||||||||
| LDTP 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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