IUP Crimson Core Guide - Bucks County Community College

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This information is provided as a guide for students at Bucks County Community College who are planning to transfer to IUP.

Questions? Reach out to your transfer counselor using the alphabetic breakdown in parentheses:

Bill Sands (Last Name A–L) - wsands@iup.edu or 724-357-4839
Lori Roles (Last Name M–Z) - lroles@iup.edu or 724-357-4897

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IUP Crimson Core Competency Area

Lifelong Learning Career and Self Development (4 credits)
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
UNIV 101	No Equivalent	UNIV 101 is 3 credits. Students with less than 30 credits of transfer work will need to take this course. Students who come to IUP as freshmen with dual enrollment credits from Bucks will still be expected to take the course.
Department Sophomore Readiness	No Equivalent	Sophomore Readiness (1 credit) will be waived with 60 credits or completion of an AS or AA degree.

Written Communication (3 credits) - Choose 1
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ENGL 101 Composition I	COMP 110 English Composition I
ENGL 202 Composition II	COMP 111 English Composition II

Quantitative (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
MATH 101 Foundations of Mathematics	MATH 101 Mathematical Concepts I
MATH 105 College Algebra	MATH 120 College Algebra
MATH 114 Probability and Statistics for Business	MATH 115 Elementary Statistics
MATH 117 Probability and Statistics	MATH 115 Elementary Statistics
MATH 120 Applied Business Mathematics	MATH 118 Business Calculus
MATH 121 Calculus I for Nat and Soc Sci	MATH 140 Calculus I
MATH 125 Calculus I/ Physics, Chem and Math	MATH 140 Calculus I
MATH 126 Calculus II/ Physics, Chem and Math	MATH 141 Calculus II
MATH 151 Elements of Mathematics I	MATH 102 Mathematics for Educators I
MATH 152 Elements of Mathematics II	MATH 105 Mathematics for Educators II
MATH 216 Prob and Stats for Natural Science	MATH 115 Elementary Statistics

Oral Communication (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ENGL 110 Public Speaking	COMM 110 Effective Speaking
FORL 101 Arabic I	ARBC 110 Elementary Arabic I
FORL 102 Arabic II	ARBC 111 Elementary Arabic II
CHIN 101 Beginning Chinese Lang and Cult I	CHNS 111 Elementary Chinese I
CHIN 102 Beginning Chinese Lang and Cult II	CHNS 111 Elementary Chinese II
CHIN 201 Intermediate Chinese Lang & Cult	CHNS 201 Intermediate Chinese I
FREN 101 Beginning French Lang and Cult I	FREN 110 Elementary French I
FREN 102 Beginning French Lang and Cult II	FREN 111 Elementary French II
FREN 201 Intermediate French Lang & Cult	FREN 201 Intermediate French I
GERM 101 Beginning German Lang and Cult I	GRMN 110 Elementary German I
GERM 102 Beginning German Lang and Cult II	GRMN 111 Elementary German II
GERM 201 Intermediate German Lang & Cult	GRMN 201 Intermediate German I
FORL 1xx - Elementary Italian I	ITAL 110 Elementary Italian I
FORL 1xx - Elementary Italian II	ITAL 111 Elementary Italian II
FORL 2xx - Intermediate Italian I	ITAL 201 Intermediate Italian II
JAPN 101 Elementary Japanese I	JPNS 101 Elementary Japanese I
JAPN 102 Elementary Japanese II	JPNS 102 Elementary Japanese II
JAPN 201 Intermediate Japanese	JPNS 201 Intermediate Japanese I
SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish Lang and Cult I	SPAN 110 Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish Lang and Cult II	SPAN 111 Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish Lang & Cult	SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I

Human and Creative Inquiry (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ARHI 101 Introduction to Art	VAFA 194 American Art History OR VAFA 195 Non-Western Art History
DANC 102 Introduction to Dance	DANC 204 Dance History
MUHI 101 Introduction to Music	MUSC 101 Introduction to Music
LITT 121 Humanities Literature	LITT 254 World Literature I OR LITT 255 World Literature II
THEA 101 Introduction to Theatre	COMT 101 Introduction to Theater

Scientific Reasoning (3–4 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
BIOL 103 Life on Earth (3 credits)	BIOL 102 Biological Science II OR BIOL 122 Biological Principles II
BIOL 104/114- How the Human Body Works & lab	BIOL 101 Biological Science I OR BIOL 121 Biological Principles I
CHEM 101 College Chemistry I	CHEM 101 Chemistry A
CHEM 102 College Chemistry II	CHEM 102 Chemistry B
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I	CHEM 121 Chemistry I
CHEM 112 General Chemistry II	CHEM 122 Chemistry II
GEOS 101 & 102 The Dynamic Earth/w lab	SCIE 103 Physical Geology
GEOS 105 Exploring the Universe	SCIE 102 Astronomy
PSYC 101 General Psychology	PSYC 110 Introduction to Psychology	Not a natural science at Bucks

Values and Ethics (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ECON 122 Principles of Microeconomics	ECON 112 Principles of Economics- Micro
SPSY 102 Educational Psychology	PSYC 190 Educational Psychology
FONU 145 Personal Nutrition	HLTH 120 Nutrition
FONU 212 Foundations of Nutrition	HLTH 120 Nutrition
PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy	PHIL 125 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 122 Contemporary Moral Issues	PHIL 111 Ethics

Civic Readiness (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ANTH 211 Cultural Anthropology	SOCI 120 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
HIST 196 Explorations in US History	HIST 151 Young America OR HIST 152 Modern America
POLI 111 American Government	POLI 111 American National Government
SOCI 151 Principles of Sociology	SOCI 110 Introduction to Sociology

Global Learning (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Bucks Equivalent	Notes
ECON 121 Principles of Macroeconomics	ECON 111 Principles of Economics - Macro
GEOG 104 World Geography: Global Context	GEOG 110 World Geography
HIST 198 Explorations in Global History	HIST 113 Global History: Ancient and Medieval World OR HIST 114 Global History: Modern World
RELI 110 World Religions	HUMN 120 Survey of World Religions

Leadership (3 credits) - Take at IUP. This is a specific IUP course.

If you have military credit for basic training, then that will transfer as MLSC 101 and MLSC 102 and meet this requirement. Will be waived with an AS or AA degree.

Crimson Core Electives (6–9 credits) - Major-specific, check catalog.

Students can take 6–9 credits from the courses above. No more than three courses can be taken from each competency, and a course prefix can be repeated twice.