Meeting a-g Requirements in Math and Foreign Language

(A strategy to help your a-g students save time and money)

Here’s a strategy for saving time and money when trying to help students meet a-g college entrance requirements for UC/CSU. Students can take higher level courses in math and foreign language to validate their a-g Subject requirements. This means that students could take the lower level courses as “general”, then take the higher level a-g course to validate the entire math and/or foreign language subject requirement. This strategy can only be used for math and foreign language.

Math

A grade of C or better in a-g Algebra 2 validates Algebra 1. A grade of C or better in a-g Trig/PreCal validates the entire high school college prep requirement. A grade of C or better in a-g Statistics will validate only Algebra 1 and Algebra 2, not Geometry. A UC/CSU transferrable college course would also validate the lower level courses, ie, MJC’s MATH 122 PreCalculus validates the entire high school college prep requirement.

Foreign Language=Language Other Than English (LOTE)

A grade of C or better validates a lower level course. A higher level LOTE course can validate the appropriate number of years based on the level. Example: a-g Spanish 3 validates 3 years of LOTE. A college course can validate a high school LOTE course (the level of validation depends on the college course prerequisite and description, please check with the Guidance Department for more details).

Reference Document: http://www.calstate.edu/sas/annual-publications/documents/CSU-UC_a-g_SubjectRequirements.pdf