Transfer Counselor Website (TCW)

San Francisco State University Campus Specific Admission & Graduation Requirements

Last Updated: 11/04/11

Please use the following symbols to refer to the appropriate reference.
◊ = CSU Conference Material: “2012/13 CSU Campus Admission Specific Practices and Enrollment Resources”
^ = System Office (CalState.edu)      o = CSUMentor.edu      □ = Host/institution publications

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 CHOICE OF MAJOR AND APPLICATION REVIEW:  Because SF State is an impacted campus, eligibility for admission is based on:

1. Minimum CSU eligibility standards.

2. Location of most recent college where applicant earned units.
3. Applicant's choice of major. It is suggested that applicants carefully select their intended majors. Transfers may not choose "undeclared."

**** Change of major during the application process is prohibited. ****

LOCAL ADMISSION AREA SCHOOLS:

• LOCAL: SF State is committed to giving residents in six local area counties priority in the admission process. ^ Local applicants are students who most recently earned units from a community college within Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo or Santa Clara counties OR who earned the majority of their transfer units from a community college within the above counties.
• NON-LOCAL: Non-local applicants are encouraged to apply. SF State has space for out-of-area applicants and we encourage them to apply. Out-of-area applicants will be offered admission based on the overall space available and may require a higher grade point average. Admission is offered to non-local applicants based on the overall space available and may require a higher grade point average. ^ See http://www.calstate.edu/SAS/impactioninfo.shtml for more information.

□ NON-RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA AND INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS: Must meet a higher minimum standard regardless of major.

□ SUPPLEMENTAL CRITERIA - IMPACTED MAJORS: impacted majors require supplemental application from all transfer applicants. Transfer applicants may be requested to submit additional information and should be prepared to meet all associated deadlines. All transfer applicants compete for admission to these majors and are assessed and ranked according to grade point average and supplemental  criteria. Visit: www.sfsu.edu/future/apply/impacted.html for more information on impacted majors at SF State. Have a back-up plan!  Applicants to SF State impacted majors should have a back-up plan at an alternative campus that offers the desired major.

◊ UPPER DIVISION ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: The following information for Upper Division Admission Requirements was extracted from the new 2012/13 CSU Campus Admission Specific Practices and Enrollment Resources Handbook. Links found in the Campus Enrollment Resources section of the handbook (page 16-21) are located on the TCW in each CSU campus section on the CSU Campuses page. To view the full handbook,CLICK HERE and select item 3 in the Guidelines, Handbooks & Resources Links section of the CSU Toolbox page.
 
Admission & Registration Status Prior to Receipt of ALL Official Transcripts(Page 7):
-Will issue conditional admission prior to receipt of transcripts. Official transcripts showing satisfactory completion of areas A and B4, 60 transferable semester units with minimum GPA must be received by mid July or student will be disenrolled.
- No summer coursework will be considered for fall admission purposes.
Completion Dates for Upper Division Transfers in Communication in the English Language & Quantitative Reasoning(Page 10):
- Fall 2012-complete by end of spring 2012.
- Spring 2013-complete by end of fall 2012.
Grades in Repeated Courses Taken From Different Colleges for Transfer(Page 9):
SFSU will honor the grading policy noted on the official transcript from the college where the repeated coursework was taken. If there is notation forgiving the previous attempt, the forgiveness will be honored. If there is no notation of forgiveness, grades will be averaged for GPA purposes. Highest grades of all repeated attempts will used to fulfill area A and B4.
High Unit Majors with Authorized Exceptions to Admission & GE Breadth Requirements-Transfer Students (Page 11):
Engineering (Civil, Computer, Electrical, Mechanical) and does not require completion of Area A3 prior to transfer.
Orientation (Pages 3):
- Transfer students are strongly recommended to attend orientation.
- The orientation fee of $35.00 is nonrefundable and subject to change without notice. **Students must check the full details of the Orientation fees with SFSU.
Registration Priorities for Upper Division Transfers (Page 12):
- Registration order occurs after continuing students.
- Registration grouping occurs at orientation.
Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) and Enrollment Deposit (Page 2):
The SIR and the required, nonrefundable enrollment deposit of $100 is due May 1.
Transfer Certification & Double-Counting of Courses for Major Requirements (Page 8):
-Campus allows unlimited double counting between GE and major.
- SFSU will allow fully or partially certified transfer applicants to double count courses towards (1) the American Institutions Requirement, and (2) GE Certification (either GE Breadth or IGETC).
- SFSU will accept a DD-214 for elective units for all students and to clear Area E for GE-certified transfer students.
Transfer Credit Summary (Page 13):
At orientation for complete files; remainder during first semester.
Transfer Students With Learning Disabilities-Completion of Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning Requirements for Admission & GE Breadth
(Page 14): Students are held to the General Education-Breadth areas A and B4 requirements. Documentation of the specific nature of the disability may be submitted on appeal for review on a case-by-case basis by SFSU Admission by Exception Committee.

□ GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

• For graduation, a second course in English is required. Please refer to the campus catalog or ASSIST for a complete description of ways to satisfy this requirement. Can be met prior to transfer.
• There is a Multicultural/Ethnic Studies requirement for graduation, but the course must be upper division and it cannot be taken prior to transfer.
• □ Units taken to meet the U.S. History and Government requirement at SF State cannot be used to satisfy the University's General Education requirements.
• The Basic Information Competence Requirement is a graduation requirement for all SF State undergraduates. The intent of this requirement is to ensure that SF State students have a solid foundation of information competence skills early in their academic careers. Most students will fulfill the Basic Information Competence Requirement by completing OASIS (On-line Advancement of Student Information Skills), a self-paced tutorial on the web (http://oasis.sfsu.edu). New transfer students are expected to complete this requirement by the end of their first semester at SF State. For more information about the Basic Information Competence Requirement, the OASIS tutorial, and links to CSU and SF State policies about information competence, please visit the library's web site and select the link to “Information Competence/Library Requirement.”