General Education Reciprocity
San José City College (SJCC) has entered into a mutual agreement with twelve other Community Colleges to accept the General Education of these colleges "as completed." The participating colleges include:
- Cabrillo
- Chabot
- De Anza
- Evergreen
- Foothill
- Gavilan
- Hartnell
- Las Positas
- Mission
- Ohlone
- West Valley
The reciprocity agreement allows students who obtain a certification of completion of a similar Associate degree General Education (GE) requirements at one of the participating colleges to transfer both the GE coursework and graduation proficiencies/competencies to any of the other participating colleges. No additional coursework to meet local GE nor local graduation proficiencies/competencies will be required if the official certification is presented. Students will still be required to complete all courses or prerequisites and in residency requirements needed for the major or area emphasis. The agreement also means that the other participating colleges will accept the San José City College (SJCC) GE pattern when presented with official certification.
The process for obtaining a Certification of Completion of SJCC’s General Education is the following:
- The student works with an academic counselor and requests a General Education Certification from the Admissions and Records Office for verification.
- Official reciprocity certification will be completed by the academic counselor, verified by an evaluations specialist, and mailed to the community college of transfer. The student will be given a copy of the certification.
- If transcripts are to be used from other colleges, official copies must be on file with the Admissions and Records Office.
- SJCC will honor the certification presented from the participating college only if it is transmitted in the same manner as an official transcript. Student copies will not be honored.
Please note the following:
- ADTs are exempt from this GE Reciprocity.
- Only colleges listed above participate in the agreement at this time, and these agreements are subject to change.
- Title 5 requirements supersede local reciprocity agreements. Please consult with an academic counselor for more information.