Transfer Orientation

Welcome!

The Academic Counseling Center for Excellence in the Social Sciences (ACCESS) is the Student Success Center for the College of Social Sciences. You can review all of our departments here.

Here at SJSU, we offer a decentralized advising model. Each college has a student success center that helps their students navigate through general education, graduation requirements, policy and procedures, academic probation, and reinstatement. SJSU also offers department specific advising which helps students with their major related coursework. We highly recommend that our students meet with both their department advisor and success center advisor to ensure they navigate through their academics as efficiently as possible. You can learn more about the differences in advising here.

Spartan Experience for Transfers (SET)

Spartan Experience for Transfers (SET) is the mandatory orientation experience that all incoming transfer students are required to attend, which includes being present for the entire duration of the program. During orientation, you will learn about various campus resources and register for your courses.

For any questions regarting SET Orientation, please contact transfer-orientation@sjsu.edu.

Preparing for the College of Social Sciences SET

• Before

  • Make sure all of your transcripts from every school you have went to are sent to SJSU in a timely manner.

    Please note that it can take some time for your transcripts to post to your student portal.

    If your transcripts are not posted, please be prepared with your unofficial transcripts during your orientation or meeting with your advisor.

• During

  • During orientation, you will get to add courses in your major, SJSU Studies (upper division GEs), and university electives. Each will be discussed in depth during orientation.

• After
  • After orientation and after registering for courses, please make sure you pay for tuition to avoid being dropped from your courses due to non-payment. Check your SJSU email and MySJSU messages often for important notices leading up to the semester.