Message from Teresa McNeil, Articulation Officer, April 19, 2012

I did a little research to help in the advising of students that might earn an AA-T/AS-T degree from Cuyamaca College this spring and wants to transfer to a CSU in Spring 2013.  (As a reminder, those CSU’s that will be open next spring for students with AA-T/AS-T degrees are:  Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Bernardino and Sonoma.)  Nearly all have what they call Similar Degrees:

 Communication Studies

Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sonoma

 Psychology

Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Francisco and Sonoma

 Sociology

Channel Islands, Chico, East Bay, Fullerton, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Francisco, and Sonoma

 This is only a starting point when advising.  It is important to look on that list of CSU Similar Degrees on the sb1440 website.  You will see that these degrees could have areas of specialization or emphases.  For example, the Communication degrees that Chico says are similar are Communication Studies-Communication and Public Affairs Option, or Communication Studies-Organizational Communication Option.  This might not be exactly what the student wants.