It is the student's responsibility to participate in the development of an Educational Plan within 90 days after declaring a specific educational goal.
Within 3 months after declaring a specific goal for your education, you need to meet with a counselor and develop an Educational Plan to outline the classes needed to complete your goal.
What is an Educational Plan?
Developing an Educational Plan involves selecting classes that will meet each requirement of your education goal and may also include planning your course selections for upcoming terms. To better explore your options, you may wish to develop more than one Educational Plan.
| If your Educational Goal is an ... |
Your Educational Plan will include... |
| Certificate or Employment Concentration |
Classes that complete the Certificate Core and Elective Course requirements. |
| AA/AS degree |
AA/AS General Education Courses and
Required and Elective Courses for the Major |
| Bachelor's Degree without completing an AA/AS degree |
Transferable General Education Courses (CSU or IGETC pattern). This should include transferable Major Preparation courses. |
| Bachelor's Degree with an AA/AS degree |
Courses that meet:
- AA/AS General Education pattern requirements and
- Transferable General Education Requirements (CSU or IGETC pattern) and
- Required and Elective Requirements for the AA/AS Major WITH
- Transferable Major Preparation |
General Education Patterns
General education patterns are a complete listing of approved courses that will satisfy the general education requirements for an Associate degree or transfer program. Three general education patterns are available to satisfy the degree requirements for an A.A./A.S. Degree, a CSU general education requirements, and the IGETC pattern - the transfer curriculum which fulfills the lower division general education requirements of both the UC and the CSU.
Linked below are the current editions of the General Education Patterns 2009-2010.
MSJC General Education Requirements for A.A./A.S. degree (PDF*)
General Education Requirements for California State Universities and Colleges (PDF*)
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (PDF*)
* This is a PDF document; you may need to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader plug-in to open this file.
Working together with a Counselor will assure that your Educational Plan meets all your education goal requirements. An Education Plan will help you stay on target as you reach your educational goals.
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