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 CSULB.  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 CSULB.

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

  • 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 Course Equivalency Request One Drive Upload.

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 Course Equivalency Request One Drive. 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

CSULB 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