Azusa Pacific University Recommended Transfer Guidelines with College of the Canyons

This is not an articulation agreement, but a recommended guideline of courses that Azusa Pacific University will accept from College of the Canyons to fulfill Azusa Pacific University's General Studies requirements. Courses that do not meet the General Studies requirements may meet lower division units towards the major or count as units towards graduation.

IGETC: Azusa Pacific University honors the CSU/IGETC certification. The certification must be completed before enrolling to APU. Students are also required to take: Health Education, Cardio Respiratory Course, College Algebra, Foreign Language, and the appropriate number of units from "God's Word and the Christian Response" core category. Upper division GS units will be required.

ADVANCED PLACEMENT/CLEP EXAMS: Azusa Pacific University accepts official test scores from the College Board for AP exam credit and CLEP exams to meet some General Studies requirements.

Honors equivalent courses are also accepted.

Skills and University Requirements (18-20 semester units required)

College of the Canyons Equivalent Courses		APU General Studies Requirement Courses

ENGL 101 English Composition and Literature		ENGL 110 Freshman Writing Seminar
Two (2) semesters of the same Foreign Language OR American Sign Language		Two (2) semesters of the same Foreign Language OR American Sign Language
Any math course from the math department that has a prerequisite of intermediate algebra.		MATH 110 College Algebra
COMS 105 Speech Fundamentals		COMM 111 Public Communication
PHYSED 100 Health Education		PE 240 Health Science
Any Cardio-respiratory course		PE Fitness for Life/Varsity Sport

Aesthetics and the Creative Arts (3 units of ART or MUSIC core required)

ART 111 History of Art
ART 113 Contemporary American Artists
MUSIC 100 Fundamentals of Music
MUSIC 101 Musicianship Skills I
MUSIC 105 Understanding Music

Heritage and Institutions (3 units Philosophy and 3 units of History or Political Science core required)

Philosophy Core
PHILOS 101 Introduction to Philosophy

History / Political Science Core
HIST 101 History of Western Civilization
HIST 102 History of Western Civilization
HIST 111 United States History I
HIST 112 United States History II
HIST 245 History of The Americas
POLISC 150 American Government and Politics
POLISC 250 Comparative Government and Politics

Identity and Relationships (3 core units required)

PSYCH 101 Introduction to Psychology
PSYCH 105 Personal Growth and Adjustment
PSYCH 172 Developmental Psychology
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 103 The Changing Family

Language and Literature (3 core units required)

ENGL 102 Intermediate Composition, Literature and Critical Thinking
ENGL 260 American Literature I
ENGL 261 American Literature II
ENGL 273 World Literature I
ENGL 274 World Literature II

Nature (minimum of 4 units required, lab included)

BIOSCI 100 General Biology
BIOSCI 106 Organismal and Environmental Biology
BIOSCI 215 General Zoology
BIOSCI 219 Marine Biology
CHEM 151 Preparatory General Chemistry
CHEM 201 General Chemistry I
CHEM 202 General Chemistry II
PHYSIC 101 Introduction to Physics
PHYSIC 110 General Physics I
PHYSIC 111 General Physics II
GEOL 100 Physical Geology Laboratory and GEOL 101 Physical Geology

For admission information contact:
Azusa Pacific University Office of Undergraduate Admissions
(626) 812-3016 or (800) TALK-APU
www.apu.edu