IUP Crimson Core Guide - Lehigh Carbon Community College

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This information is provided as a guide for students at Lehigh Carbon 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	Lehigh Carbon 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 Lehigh Carbon 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	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ENGL 101 Composition I	ENG 105 Research and Composition
ENGL 202 Composition II	No Equivalent

Quantitative (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
MATH 101 Foundations of Mathematics	MAT 120 Survey of Mathematics
MATH 105 College Algebra	MAT 160 College Algebra
MATH 114 Probability and Statistics for Business	BUS 150 Business Statistics OR MAT 150 Intro Probability and Statistics
MATH 117 Probability and Statistics	MAT 150 Intro Probability and Statistics
MATH 120 Applied Business Mathematics	MAT 188 Business Calculus
MATH 121 Calculus I for Nat and Soc Sci	MTH 172 Analytical Geometry and Calculus I
MATH 125 Calculus I/ Physics, Chem and Math	MAT 191 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
MATH 126 Calculus II/ Physics, Chem and Math	MAT 192 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
MATH 151 Elements of Mathematics I	MAT 125 Fundamentals of Math I
MATH 152 Elements of Mathematics II	MAT 126 Fundamentals of Math II
MATH 216 Prob and Stats for Natural Science	MAT 150 Intro Probability and Statistics

Oral Communication (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ENGL 110 Public Speaking	ENG 111 Speech OR CMN 112 Oral Communication and Presentation
FREN 101 Beginning French Lang and Cult I	FRN 105 College French I
FREN 102 Beginning French Lang and Cult II	FRN 106 College French II
GERM 101 Beginning German Lang and Cult I	GRM 105 College German I
GERM 102 Beginning German Lang and Cult II	GRM 106 College German II
GERM 201 Intermediate German Lang and Cult	GRM 205 College German III
SPAN 101 Beginning Spanish Lang and Cult I	SPN 105 Elementary Spanish I
SPAN 102 Beginning Spanish Lang and Cult II	SPN 106 Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish Lang and Cult	SPN 205 Intermediate Spanish I

Human and Creative Inquiry (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ARHI 101 Introduction to Art	ART 101 Introduction to Art
DANC 102 Introduction to Dance	ART 190 Dance
MUHI 101 Introduction to Music	MUS 101 Introduction to Music
LITT 121 Humanities Literature	ENG 106 Intro to Literature OR ENG 201 World Literature I OR ENG 202 World Literature II
THEA 101 Introduction to Theatre	CMN 125 Intro to Theatre Arts

Scientific Reasoning (3–4 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
BIOL 103 Life on Earth (3 credits)	BIO 101 Introductory Biology OR BIO 110 General Biology I
BIOL 104/114- How the Human Body Works & lab	BIO 105 Fundamentals of Biology OR BIO 111 General Biology II
CHEM 101 College Chemistry I	CHE 108 Essentials of Chemistry & Lab
CHEM 102 College Chemistry II	CHE 106 Physiological Chemistry & Lab
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I	CHE 111 General Chemistry 1 & Lab
CHEM 112 General Chemistry II	CHE 112 General Chemistry II & Lab
PSYC 101 General Psychology	PSY 140 Introduction to Psychology	Not a natural science at Lehigh Carbon

Values and Ethics (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ECON 122 Principles of Microeconomics	ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics
SPSY 102 Educational Psychology	PSY 240 Educational Psychology
FONU 145 Personal Nutrition	BIO 124 Nutrition
PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy	PHI 201 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 122 Contemporary Moral Issues	PHI 205 Introduction to Ethics

Civic Readiness (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ANTH 211 Cultural Anthropology	SOC 258 Cultural Anthropology
HIST 196 Explorations in US History	HIS 123 US to Reconstruction OR HIS 124 US since Reconstruction
POLI 111 American Government	PSC 141 American Federal Government
SOCI 151 Principles of Sociology	SOC 150 Introduction to Sociology

Global Learning (3 credits) - Choose 1 - Major specific, check catalog
IUP Course	Lehigh Carbon Equivalent	Notes
ECON 121 Principles of Macroeconomics	ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
GEOG 104 World Geography: Global Context	GEO 115 World Geography
HIST 198 Explorations in Global History	HIS 220 20th Century World History
RELI 110 World Religions	PHI 210 Comparative Religion

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.