A.A./A.S. Degree Programs Offered at CSM for International Students
College of San Mateo offers a wide range of Associate Degree programs. An Associate of Arts (A.A.) or an Associate of Science
(A.S.) degree is based upon completion of 60 units of coursework. Coursework requirements vary by program. Please consult
with a counselor or see the CSM Catalog for detailed A.A./A.S and Certificate requirements.
ACCOUNTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
ARCHITECTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
ART: COMMERCIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
ART: ART HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
ART: FINE ARTS
Drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
General Studio Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Printmaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
BIOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Biological . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Medical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Pre-Nursing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
BROADCAST AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Broadcast Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Television Producing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Television Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
BUILDING INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
BUSINESS
Business Administration, Option 1 (non-transfer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Business Administration, Option 2 (transfer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Insurance – Property and Casualty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Merchandising (Management) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AA
Microcomputer/Database & Spreadsheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Microcomputer/Office Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
CHEMISTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
COMMUNICATION STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA/AA-T*
COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Computer & Network Forensics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Computer Science Applications & Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Computer Support Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
COSMETOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
DENTAL ASSISTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
DIGITAL MEDIA*
Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Digital Video Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Television Producing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Graphic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Journalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Web/Multimedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Web Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Web Developer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
*Pending approval
DRAFTING/CAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
Industrial Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
ENGLISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
ETHNIC STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
FILM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
FIRE TECHNOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
GRAPHICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
HORTICULTURE
Floristry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Landscape/Construction Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Landscape Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
Nursery Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
Intercultural Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Contemporary Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Science & Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
JOURNALISM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
KINESIOLOGY* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
MANAGEMENT
Business Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Marketing Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Retail Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
MATHEMATICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS/AS-T*
MULTIMEDIA
Digital Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Digital Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Web Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
MUSIC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
Electronic Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
NURSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
PHYSICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
SOCIAL SCIENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
SOCIOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA-T*
SPANISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AA
SPRINKLER FITTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AS
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Transfer Opportunities: Subject Areas and Majors
College of San Mateo enables students to complete lower-division preparation (i.e., the first two years of the baccalaureate degree) in the following
subject areas and majors offered at California’s public and private universities, including all campuses of the University of California (UC) and the
California State University (CSU). Upon completion of lower division requirements, CSM students are eligible for transfer admission to colleges
and universities that offer these programs and majors. The following is only a partial list. For more information about transfer majors, please visit
collegeofsanmateo.edu/transfer or www.cpec.ca.gov/CollegeGuide/CollegeGuide.asp or www.assist.org.
Biological & Life Sciences
Aquatic Biology
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Ecosystems
Entomology
Genetics & Plant Biology
Horticulture
Integrative Biology
Kinesiology
Marine Biology
Microbiology
Molecular & Cell Biology
Neurobiology & Physiology
Neuroscience
Plant Sciences
Zoology
Business & Public Administration
Accounting
Agricultural Business
Business Administration
Business Economics
Healthcare Management
Hotel & Restaurant Management
Information Systems
Management
Marketing
Marketing & Wine Business Strategies
Public Administration
Recreation Administration
Taxation
Communication
Broadcast and Electronic Media
Communication Studies
Film
Interpersonal Communication
Journalism
Mass Communication
Public Relations
Radio-Television
Technical & Professional Writing
TV, Film & Media Production
Computer Science,
Engineering & Technology
Aeronautical Science & Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Architecture
Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Computer Engineering
Construction Management
Electrical Engineering
Fire Protection Administration
Industrial Design
Manufacturing Technology
Marine Transportation
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Software Systems
Environmental Studies &
Agriculture
Animal Science
Botany & Plant Sciences
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Fisheries
Forestry
Horticulture
Resource Management
Soil & Water Science
Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Ethnic & Area Studies
African American Studies
American Studies
Asian American Studies
Asian Studies
Celtic Studies
Chicano Studies
Chinese Studies
Global Cultures
Japanese Studies
Jewish Studies
Latin American Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
Native American Studies
Russian Studies
World Cultures
Health Professions,
Education & Counseling
Alcohol & Drug Studies
Child Development
Counseling
Dental Hygiene
Education
Gerontology
Nursing
Nutritional Sciences
Rehabilitation Counseling
Special Education
Speech Pathology
Teaching ESL
Humanities, Art &
Foreign Languages
Art
Art History
Arts Management
Classical Civilizations
Comparative Literature
Dance
Design/Media Arts
Dramatic Art
English
Ethnomusicology
Film & Digital Media
Humanities
Linguistics
Medieval Studies
Music
Music History
Philosophy
Photography
Religious Studies
Renaissance Studies
Rhetoric
Sculpture
Studio Art
Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish
Mathematics & Physical Sciences
Astrophysics
Chemistry
Earth & Planetary Science
Earth Systems Science
Fiber & Polymer Science
Financial Mathematics & Statistics
Geology/Geological Sciences
Geophysics
Mathematics
Paleobiology
Pharmacological Chemistry
Physics
Statistics
Pre-Professional
Pre-Chiropractic
Pre-Dentistry
Pre-Law
Pre-Medicine
Pre-Optometry
Pre-Pharmacy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre-Veterinary
Social Sciences
Administration of Justice/Criminology
Anthropology
Archeology
Cognitive Science
Economics
Geography
History
Human Development
Human Sexuality
Law & Society
Liberal Studies
Multicultural Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Political Science
Psychology
Public Policy
Social Welfare
Sociology/Social Science
Women’s Studies
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