Fully Online Degree Completion Program

The mission of SJSU Online is to expand higher education access and degree attainment for learners requiring a fully online degree pathway. This upper division degree completion program is offered through a special session that requires a separate application process. 

Our curriculum for the Degree Completion Program covers three primary areas - engineering management and statistical quality engineering, applied computing, and innovation and law. All three areas are applicable to a wide range of engineering and business practices, provide the skills and knowledge that serve existing and emerging technologies, and can provide a competitive advantage for students interested in opportunities in Interdisciplinary Engineering.

• Program Learning Outcomes 

Program Delivery

The program is delivered completely online.  Classes will be delivered fully online both asynchronously (no designated days/times) and synchronously (designated days/times convenient for the working learner).  

Program Roadmaps

The 2-Year Roadmaps are available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums). 

Transfer Units (63 units)

• All applicants are required to have completed at least 60 transferable semester or 90 quarter units with an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better. However, 63 units of lower division may be completed at the community college.

• Applicants must also have completed the Core Lower Division General Education Requirements, except for GE Area 1B which is waived for this degree (36 units). Of the 34 units, 15 units are fulfilled by math, science, engineering, and second semester composition courses listed below.

• GE Area 1B (formerly Area A3) Critical Thinking/Logic is waived for this degree. The remaining three CSU-approved Basics Skills courses must be completed with a C- or better for admission:

GE Area 1A (Formerly Area A2) Written English Composition
GE Area 1C (Formerly Area A1) Oral Communication/Speech
GE Area 2 (Formerly Area B4) Math/Quantitative Reasoning (above the level of intermediate algebra)

• GE Area 6 - Ethnic Studies must be completed with a C- or better to meet the requirement at San Jose State University.

• Completion of at least 29 units of the Math and Science courses (or equivalents) ​​

  • ​BIOL 10 - The Living World  3 unit(s)​ (GE Area 5B / Formerly Area B2)
  • CHEM 30A - Introductory Chemistry  4 unit(s)​ (or CHEM 1A  or CHEM 1B ) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
  • MATH 30  3 unit(s)​ (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
  • MATH 31  4 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
  • MATH 32  3 unit(s)​ (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
  • MATH 33A - Ordinary Differential Equations for SCI & ENGR  OR MATH 33LA - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra  OR MATH 42 - Discrete Mathematics  3 unit(s)
  • PHYS 50 - General Physics I: Mechanics  4 unit(s)​ (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
  • ​PHYS 51 - General Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism  4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
• Completion of at least 12 units of the Engineering courses (or equivalents): 
  • CMPE 30 - Programming Concepts and Methodology  3 unit(s) OR CS 46A - Introduction to Programming  4 unit(s)
  • EE 98 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis  ​3 unit(s)
  • ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering  3 unit(s)
  • MATE 25 - Introduction to Materials  OR CE 95 - Theory and Application of Statics  3 unit(s)​