Azusa Pacific University Recommended Transfer Guidelines with San Diego Mesa College

This is not an articulation agreement, but a recommended guideline of courses that Azusa Pacific University will accept from San Diego Mesa College 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)
San Diego Mesa College Equivalent Courses APU General Studies Requirement Courses
ENG 101 Reading and Composition Ia (CAN ENGL 2) 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
SPEE 101 Voice and Diction (CAN SPCH 4) COMM 111 Public Communication
HEAL 101 Health and Life Style 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)

ARTF 100 Art Orientation
ARTF 109 Art History-Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Art
ARTF 110 Art History: Prehistoric to Gothic
ARTF 111 Art History: Renaissance to Modern
MUSI 100 Introduction to Music
MUSI 101 Music History I: Middle Ages to Mid 18th Century
MUSI 102 Music History II
MUSI 150A Basic Musicianship
MUSI 158A Music Theory

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

Philosophy Core
PHIL 102A Introduction to Philosophy: Reality and Knowledge ( CAN PHIL 2)

History / Political Science Core
HIST 105 Introduction to Western Civilization I ( CAN HIST 2)
HIST 106 Introduction to Western Civilization II ( CAN HIST 4)
HIST 109 History of The United States I ( CAN HIST 8)
HIST 110 History of The United States II
POLI 102 The American Political System ( CAN GOVT 2)

Identity and Relationships (3 core units required)

PSYC 101 General Psychology ( CAN PSY 2)
PSYC 135 Marriage and Family
PSYC 230 Lifespan Development Psychology
SOCO 101 Principles of Sociology ( CAN SOC 2)

Language and Literature (3 core units required)

ENGL 105 Composition and Literature I b ( CAN ENGL 4)
ENGL 208 Introduction to Literature
ENGL 210 American Literature I
ENGL 211 American Literature II
ENGL 220 Masterpieces of World Literature I
ENGL 221 Masterpieces of World Literature II
Nature (minimum of 4 units required, lab included)

BIOL 107 General Biology-Lecture and Laboratory ( CAN BIOL 2)
CHEM 200 General Chemistry I and CHEM 200L General Chemistry I Laboratory
PHYS 195A Mechanics Electricity and Magnetism, Waves, Light, and Modern Physics ( CAN PHYS 8)
ASTR 101 Descriptive Astronomy and ASTR 109 Practice in Observing
For admission information contact:
Azusa Pacific University Office of Undergraduate Admissions
(626) 812-3016 or (800) TALK-APU
www.apu.edu