Office of Admissions

SDSU Service Area
Upper-Division Transfer
Admission Criteria - Fall 2005

Transfer students will be admitted to a premajor or major. To be considered for admission to SDSU, transfer applicants should meet the following minimum CSU eligibility requirements and SDSU requirements. Applicants not meeting the following requirements will be ranked based on how closely they meet the criteria and considered for admission on a space-available basis.

• Applicants must apply during the CSU initial admission application filing period, October/November 2004 for fall 2005 admission. Submit a supplemental application at www.sdsu.edu/portal between December 15, 2004 and January 15, 2005.
  
  
• Applicants must submit required documentation by deadlines.
  
  
• Complete a minimum of 60 transferable semester units by the end of spring 2005.
  
  
• Complete all lower-division General Education (GE) by the end of spring 2005. GE requirements in written communication, oral communication, critical thinking, and mathematics must be completed with a "C" or higher in each course.
  
  
• By the end of spring 2005, complete all preparation for the major courses that are articulated or approved as equivalent (see online Transfer Admission Planner) and offered at the college(s) attended in the year prior to transfer. Some impacted majors have specific grade expectations for individual courses or combination of courses that must be met. If the preparation for major courses in combination with the 39 units of GE exceed 60 units, students are only required to complete 24 units of preparation for the major courses.
  
  
• GPA Requirements:
  
  
  • Applicants must meet the GPA required for the impacted major (see online Transfer Admission Planner).
  • Applicants must meet the required GPA at the time of application, and they must maintain the GPA through the end of spring 2005.

Transfer Studies Degree (TSD) Program Admission Guarantee

The TSD program enables students attending a community college in the SDSU service area to sign an agreement that will guarantee admission into an impacted major at SDSU if all criteria are met. Contact your community college Transfer Center for more information.

Online Transfer Admission Planner (TAP)

SDSU’s TAP program is a repository of courses that have been articulated or approved as equivalent between SDSU and other colleges and universities. Go to TAP to learn if a specific course at your institution will meet a specific course requirement at SDSU.

TAP is available at www.sdsu.edu/tap. Through TAP, you can identify:

• Which General Education and major preparation courses available at your college are articulated or approved as equivalent with SDSU courses.
  
  
• The GPA and course grade requirements for your major.
  
  

Supplemental Transfer Application

All transfer applicants must submit an additional online supplemental application. Beginning December 15, 2004, visit www.sdsu.edu/portal and follow the instructions to create a portal account. You must have a working e-mail address to activate your account. Once you have a portal account, choose "Supplemental App" to begin the process. To ensure accuracy, obtain a personal copy of your transcripts prior to filling out the supplemental application.

The supplemental application will ask you to:

• Verify your self-reported grade point average and the number of units you will complete by the end of spring 2005.
  
  
• Provide information about all lower-division GE courses and preparation for the major courses you have taken, including course titles, number of units, and grades earned.

The deadline to submit the supplemental application is January 15, 2005.

General Education (GE) Courses

You must complete all lower-division GE by the end of spring 2005. SDSU’s TAP will help you identify which courses at your college may be used to meet the GE requirements at SDSU.

Please refer to the following options:

GE Certification: Students transferring from a California community college can complete the CSU GE certification pattern to satisfy all lower-division GE requirements.

Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC): The IGETC is a series of courses that community college students can use to satisfy lower-division GE requirements at any CSU or UC campus. The majority of the units must be completed at a California community college.

SDSU General Education Pattern: Engineering, Liberal Studies, Nursing, single subject credential majors, and all students outside of the California community college system should follow an SDSU GE pattern. Visit www.sdsu.edu/generaleducation for details.

A grade of C or higher is required in each of the following courses:

Oral Communication: Basic public speaking course. Other communication courses that are certified by a California community college will be accepted.

Written Communication: Typically a freshman composition course that emphasizes essay writing or reading and writing concurrently.

Critical Thinking: Typically your second semester composition or writing course, or a course in reasoning and effective argumentative writing.

Mathematics: This course must be beyond intermediate algebra.

Preparation for the Major Courses

You must complete all major preparation courses that are articulated or approved as equivalent and offered at the college(s) attended during the year prior to transfer. TAP will inform you if there are specific grade requirements for individual courses or combination of courses.

You need to complete the major preparation requirements that are in place at the time you apply. For fall 2005 admission, follow the fall 2005 requirements listed on TAP. Graduation requirements may be different based on the catalog that is in effect at the time you enroll at SDSU.

Grade Point Average Requirement

Your grade point average (GPA) is based on all transferable units attempted. The GPA required for your major is available on SDSU’s Transfer Admission Planner. Outside-the-service-area applicants will be selected based on a GPA ranking that may be higher than the required impacted major GPA.