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Associate Degree for Transfer/SB 1440

New associate degrees for transfer benefit CSM students who intend to transfer to a California State University campus.

As a result of Senate Bill 1440, California community colleges now offer special associate degrees to support efficient transfer to campuses within the California State University system.

College of San Mateo identifies these as Associate Degree for Transfer/SB 1440 and, beginning fall 2011, this special degree is offered for three majors:
  • Communication Studies
  • Mathematics
  • Sociology
The degrees are described below and will be included in the 2011-2012 edition of the College of San Mateo catalog.

CSM students who complete the requirements for an Associate Degree for Transfer/SB 1440(as noted below), are eligible for an associate degree and also meet minimum admissions requirements for junior standing in a California State University campus. Although earning an Associate Degree for Transfer/SB 1440does not guarantee a student admission to ALL California State University campuses or majors, it secures priority admission consideration to his/her local California State University campus to a similar major.

The Transfer Associate Degrees are designed differently from our “regular” degrees. They include three essential transfer components:
  1. CSU general education requirements,
  2. lower division major coursework, and
  3. they can be completed with 60 CSU transferable units.
They do not require the “regular” associate degree requirements as noted under Associate in Arts/Science Degree Requirements in the college catalog. Because transfer is a competitive process, we recommend students, in addition to completing the prescribed listing of general education and major course requirements as noted below, utilize www.assist.org to see if there are additional courses suggested or required for a particular major or a specific CSU campus.

Communication Studies

Major Course Requirements
(Major course requirements may also be applied to meet general education requirements)

Required Core — 3 units:
COMM 110 Public Speaking

Group A — 6 units:
COMM 130 Interpersonal Communication
COMM 140 Small Group Communication

Group B — 3-4 units from the following:
COMM 150 Intercultural Communications
COMM 170 Oral Interpretation I
COMM 171 Oral Interpretation II

Group C — 3 units selected from the following (any course not already used for Group B):
ANTH 110 Cultural Anthropology
PSYC 100 General Psychology
SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology
ENGL 110 Composition, Literature, & Critical Thinking
DGME 260 Newswriting & Reporting
DGME 100 Media in Society

General Education Requirements:
Complete one of the following transfer general education patterns. Courses applied to the major may also be applied to meet general education.
  1. CSU GE (Cal. State University General Education Pattern)
  2. IGETC for CSU (Intersegmental Genreral Education Transfer Curriculum / CSU Version)
If 60 units are not achieve with the above coursework, CSU transferable elective units must be selected to meet the 60 units degree requirement.

Mathematics

Major Course Requirements
(Major course requirements may also be applied to meet general education requirements)

Required Core — 15 units:
MATH 251 Calculus w/ Analytical Geometry I
MATH 252 Calculus w/ Analytical Geometry II
MATH 253 Calculus w/ Analytical Geometry III

Group A — 3 units from the following:
MATH 270 Linear Algebra
MATH 275 Ordinary Differential Equations

Group B — 3-4 units from the following:
Any Course not already used for Group A
MATH 268 Discrete Mathematics
CIS 278 Programming Methods C++
PHYS 250 Physics w/ Calculus

General Education Requirements:
Complete one of the following transfer general education patterns. Courses applied to the major may also be applied to meet general education.
  1. CSU GE (Cal. State University General Education Pattern)
  2. IGETC for CSU (Intersegmental Genreral Education Transfer Curriculum / CSU Version)
If 60 units are not achieve with the above coursework, CSU transferable elective units must be selected to meet the 60 units degree requirement.

Sociology

Major Course Requirements
(Major course requirements may also be applied to meet general education requirements)

Required Core — 3 units:
SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology

Group A — 6-7 units from the following:
SOCI 105 Social Problems
SOCI 120 Intro to Research Methods

PSYC 121 or MATH 200
PSYC 121 Basic Statistical Concepts
MATH 200 Statistics

Group B — 6-7 units from the following:
Any course not already used for Group A
SOCI 110 Courtship, Marriage, & The Family
SOCI 141 Race and Ethnic Relations
PSYC 300 Social Psychology

Group C — 3-4 units from the following:
Any course not already used for Group A or B
SOCI 300 Urban Sociology

General Education Requirements:
Complete one of the following transfer general education patterns. Courses applied to the major may also be applied to meet general education.
  1. CSU GE (Cal. State University General Education Pattern)
  2. IGETC for CSU (Intersegmental Genreral Education Transfer Curriculum / CSU Version)
If 60 units are not achieve with the above coursework, CSU transferable elective units must be selected to meet the 60 units degree requirement.