Fall 2012 Impaction Results by Major

All majors at SJSU are impacted for transfers, meaning that all applicants compete for space in the major, based on the applicant's cumulative GPA for all transferable courses completed at the time of application.

For Fall 2012, SJSU ranked all transfer applicants by major based on self-reported grade point average (GPA) and offered admission to sufficient numbers of students to meet the individual major's capacity.

For those who did not meet the individual major's GPA threshold, but who met CSU eligibility criteria, SJSU offered admission to the "Undeclared" major to all local applicants who earned the majority of their transferable units at the time of application from a Santa Clara county or Santa Cruz county college.

For those applicants with the majority of transferable units earned at a college outside of Santa Clara or Santa Cruz Counties and who did not meet their major threshold, their Fall 2012 application was withdrawn as unaccommodated. Applicants in this category met minimum CSU eligibility requirements but did not meet the individual major's GPA threshold.

For SJSU impacted state-wide majors that have limited or no availability elsewhere in the CSU, SJSU may admit applicants at or above the CSU Minimum (these majors are indicated with an asterisk).

To be considered for transfer admission, non-residents of California earned a minimum 2.40 GPA and met CSU course and unit minimum requirements.

Program (Major)

Admit to Program Threshold

Accounting - Business Administration 3.00
Accounting Information Systems - Business Admin. 2.60
Advertising 2.60
Aerospace Engineering 3.00
African-American Studies 2.60
Anthropology 2.80
Art - Animation and Illustration 3.75
Art - Art History and Visual Culture 2.80
Art - Design Studies 3.20
Art - Digital Media Art 2.80
Art - Studio Practice 2.80
Athletic Training 3.00
Aviation* 2.00
Behavioral Science 3.00
Biological Sciences - All Concentrations 3.10
Bioengineering - General Engineering 3.50
Chemical Engineering* 2.00
Chemistry 3.60
Child & Adolescent Development 2.40
Chinese 2.60
Civil Engineering 3.30
Communication Studies 2.60
Communicative Disorders & Sciences 3.20
Computer Engineering 2.40
Computer Science 3.20
Corporate Financial Management - Business Admin. 2.60
Creative Arts 2.60
Dance 3.00
Earth Science 2.60
Economics 3.00
Electrical Engineering 2.40
Engineering 2.90
English 2.80
English - Creative Writing 2.80
English - Prep for Teaching 2.80
Entrepreneurship - Business Admin. 2.80
Environmental Studies - All Concentrations 3.30
Finance - Business Admin. 2.60
Forensic Science - All Concentrations 2.80
French 2.60
French - Prep for Teaching 2.60
Geography 3.30
Geology 2.90
General Business - Business Admin. 2.70
German 2.60
Global Studies 2.60
Graphic Design 2.80
Health Science 3.10
History 3.00
Hospitality, Tourism & Event Mgmt 2.60
Humanities - All Concentrations 2.60
Human Resource Mgmt - Business Admin. 3.00
Industrial & Systems Engineering* 2.00
Industrial Design 3.00
Industrial Technology* 2.00
Interior Design 2.80
International Business - Business Admin. 2.60
Japanese 2.60
Journalism 2.60
Justice Studies 2.60
Kinesiology 3.00
Liberal Studies 2.70
Life Science 2.60
Linguistics 2.70
Management - Business Admin. 2.60
Management Info Systems - Business Admin. 2.60
Marketing - Business Admin. 2.60
Materials Engineering* 2.00
Mathematics - All Concentrations 3.60
Mechanical Engineering 3.35
Meteorology* 2.00
Music 3.00
Nursing - RN to BSN 2.30
Nutritional Science - All Concentrations 3.30
Occupational Therapy 3.70
Philosophy 2.60
Physics 2.60
Political Science 2.70
Pre-Nursing - Undeclared 3.50
Psychology 3.00
Public Relations 2.60
Radio - Television - Film 2.80
Recreation - All Concentrations 2.70
Religious Studies 2.60
Social Science 2.80
Social Work 2.60
Sociology 3.30
Software Engineering 2.40
Spanish 2.60
Theatre Arts 2.60