Course Equivalencies

If you have previously taken teacher preparation courses at another institution, you may submit a Request for Course Equivalency to determine if that course is the same as a required SSCP course at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.  If the Request for Course Equivalency is approved, you will be exempt from taking that same course in the program. The Single Subject CredentialProgram only allows a max of 9 units of course equivalencies. All other courses must be taken at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.

  • Requests for Course Equivalency cannot be submitted for EDSS 300, EDSS 450, EDSS 473 and student teaching (All of these courses are mandatory at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ).

  • Keep in mind that teacher preparation courses expire after 7 years, including course equivalencies, which means that all courses and course equivalencies must be current, no older then 7 years, by the time you finish student teaching. 

You can submit a Request for Course Equivalency providing the following documentation:

  • Request for Course Equivalency form (PDF)

  • Photocopy of the official course description from the catalog of the institution you took the course.  The description must be from the year in which you took the course.

  • Unofficial transcripts verifying completion of the course.  

  • A course syllabus if possible (mandatory for course equivalency petitions for EDSE 436, 435 & 457).

Complete Request for Course Equivalency packets must be submitted to the Teacher Preparation Advising Center (EED, Room 67) in person or submitted online through the .

The packet will be forwarded to the appropriate faculty member or department office for review.  Once the request is reviewed the results will be sent to you via e-mail.  Please allow 4-6 weeks for this process to be completed (during the summer this process may take longer.) 

If a course is more than 7 years old and you plan to request an extension beyond the 7 years to allow you to student teach, provide the following documentation:

Submit your completed packet to the Teacher Preparation Advising Center (EED, Room 67) or upload your documents to the . Please allow 4-6 weeks for the evaluation processing.  You will be notified via email of the results.

The following courses have been pre-approved as a course equivalency. If you take or have taken one of the following courses, you will need to submit a Course Equivalency Petition Form along with a copy of your transcripts showing when you took and passed the course to the Teacher Preparation Advising Center to have the course waived. Keep in mind that only 9 units of course equivalency may be applied to SSCP. If you have more than 9 units of pre-approved coursework, you may petition to have additional units accepted.

*These courses cannot be used for post-bac credit since they are lower division courses. They will waive the required course, however they will not contribute to post-bac units.

Pre-Approved Course Equivalencies

Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Course Equivalency from Other Institution

EDP 301/302/305

CSU Long Beach

  • PSY 361- Psychology of Child and Adolescent Development
  • HDEV 307 - Approached to Childhood Through Adolescence

CSU Fullerton

  • EDSC 320 - Adolescence and Education
  • ​PSYC 361 - Developmental Psychology

UC Irvine

  • EDUC 173 - Cognition and Learning In Education Settings*

Cerritos College

  • CD - 110*

Coastline College / Golden West College

  • PSYCH 116*

Cypress College / Fullerton College

  • PSY 145*
  • CDES 120*

East LA College

  • CHDEV 1*
  • PSYCH 11*

El Camino College

  • CDEV 103 (formerly 3)*

Long Beach City College

  • CDECE 45*
  • CDECE 47*

Orange Coast College

  • HD or HMDV 180 or A180*

Rio Hondo College

  • CD 106*

Santa Monica College

  • PSYCH 11*

H SC 411B

CSU Long Beach

  • H SC 430 - School Health Program (for Health Sci only)

Level I Technology

  

UCLA Extension

  • EDUC 333.8 - Educational Technology in the Classroom

CSU Fullerton

  • EDSC 304 - Personal Proficiency in Educational Technology for Secondary Teachers

UC San Diego

EDSE 435

UC Irvine

  • EDUC 124 - Multi Cultural Education in K-12 Schools*

CSU Fullerton

  • EDSC 340 - Diversity In Secondary Schools

EDSE 436

None