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 |
Lower Division Course Requirements: Please note the comments concerning the additional course in Science below. |
Support for the Major: |
| MATH 030 Calculus I |
| OR |
| MATH 030P Calculus I with Precalculus |
| MATH 031 Calculus II |
| MATH 032 Calculus III |
| MATH 042 Discrete Mathematics |
| MATH 129A Linear Algebra I |
| All courses articulated with MATH 129A can be used to satisfy the MATH 129A requirement. All courses articulated with MATH 032 may be used to satisfy the BS requirement for MATH 032 or MATH 142 or MATH 161A. However, transferring students who satisfy both of these requirements with community college or other lower division courses will be able to use only upper division courses as electives toward the BS degree, due to the BS requirement of 36 units of upper division mathematics and computer science courses. In particular, such students may not use a community college course in Unix as a BS elective even if it is articulated with CS 072. |
Physics Requirement: |
| PHYS 050 General Physics/Mechanics |
| OR |
| PHYS 070 Mechanics |
| PHYS 051 General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism |
| OR |
| PHYS 071 Electricity and Magnetism |
| Computer Science majors must complete one additional course of three (3) units or more in science. This course may be upper-division or lower-division. Any course equivalent to BIOL 1 or BIOL 2 or BIOL 3 or CHEM 1A or PHYS 052 may be used to satisfy this science requirement. Please refer to the transfer articulation course list (any course articulated to the specific courses listed above is acceptable). Many students prefer to satisfy this additional course requirement after transferring to SJSU by taking CS 120A, Laboratory Electronics for Scientists I, which not only satisfies the additional science course requirement, but also counts as an elective upper division Computer Science course for the major. Students need to fulfill their upper division GE requirements at SJSU, and there are several courses that will fulfill the "additional science requirement" as well as an upper division GE requirement. These courses include GEOL 105, 107, 111, 112, METR 112, and 113. |
Requirements for the Major: |
| CS 046A Introduction to Programming |
| CS 046B Introduction to Data Structures |
| CS 047 Introduction to Computer Systems |
| CS 049C Programming in C |
| OR |
| CS 049J Programming in Java |
| Students whose 46A and 46B equivalencies do not use the Java language will likely need to take CS 49J at SJSU. Students whose 46A and 46B equivalents use Java may need to take CS 49C at SJSU. |
Elective Computer Science Course: |
| CS 072 Unix and Unix Utilities |
| Please note that the Support for the Major and Requirements in the Major sections of the requirements for the BS - Computer Science at SJSU must include at least 36 units of upper division mathematics and computer science course work, excluding CS 100W and CS 110L. Therefore if you choose to take all of your lower division course work at the community college, including courses articulated to Math 032 and Math 129A (for content credit only), then you must take an upper division CS elective at SJSU rather than CS 072. |
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). |
| or |
| Second Semester English Composition Equivalent Transfer Course |
| 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). |
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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