Understanding the Course Listings
- When an equivalent SPU course exists, the subject and number of the SPU course are listed. All courses from a community college are considered lower division, regardless of equivalency; they will not count toward upper-division requirements for the major or for the degree.
- Sometimes more than one community college course must be taken to cover all of the material in a particular SPU course (e.g., both ACC 210 and 220, combined, may transfer as an equivalent to SPU's ACCT 2361) These courses may be accepted individually; however, the individual courses are not equivalent to any particular SPU courses.
- The "attributes" column denotes any Exploratory or Common Curriculum sub-category (as noted below) into which the course transfers at SPU (e.g., "AHA" refers to Arts and Humanities, Category A).
- SPU's degree requirements can be found in the university catalog. For a checklist of these requirements, click here: 2009 - 10 Grad Checklist [pdf]
Note: students who transfer to SPU having completed a Direct Transfer Associate's degree (DTA) are exempt from certain curriculum requirements. For an example of how the DTA (with 90 credits) applies to SPU's Degree requirements, click here: 2009 - 10 Grad Checklist General DTA [pdf]
Common Curriculum (35 credits)
University Seminar (5 credits)Transfer students are exempt from this requirement.
University Core (15 credits required)
COR1 - UCOR 1000 Arts & Christian Community (5 credits)
COR2 - UCOR 2000 The West and the World (5 credits)
COR3 - UCOR 3000 Belief, Morality & the Modern Mind (5 credits)
Transfer students who enter SPU with an approved Direct Transfer Agreement associate degree are exempt from all UCOR classes. Other students must complete these requirements with transfer work or with courses at SPU.
University Foundation (15 credits required)
FDN1 - UFDN 1000 Christian Formation (5 credits)
FDN2 - UFDN 2000/3001 Christian Scriptures (5 credits)
FDN3 - UFDN 3100 Christian Theology (5 credits)
Students who enter SPU as freshmen or sophomores (with fewer than 90 transferable credits) must complete UFDN 1000, 2000 and 3100.
Students who enter SPU with 90 or more transfer credits must complete UFDN 3001 and 3100.
EXPLORATORY CURRICULUM (40 credits)
Transfer students who enter SPU with an approved Direct Transfer Agreement associate degree are exempt from all Exploratory Curriculum requirements and from the foreign language competency requirement. (Please note, however, that some majors, particularly those in the humanities areas, require proficiency in a modern foreign language.) AH Arts and Humanities (10-15 credits, depending on pursuit of a BA or a BS)
If pursuing a BA: 15 credits in at least three distinct disciplines, including at least 3 from the AHA list and at least 3 from the AHB list.
If pursuing a BS, 10 credits in at least two distinct disciplines, including at least 3 from the AHA list and at least 3 from AHB list.
AHA - Arts, Music, Theatre (3 credits minimum in approved courses)
AHB - Classics, Communication, English Literature, European Studies, Philosophy (3 credits minimum in approved courses)
AHC - (If pursuing a BA, choose at least three more credits—enough to bring total to 15—in an arts or humanities discipline not used to fulfill AHA or AHB above.)
SS Social Sciences (10 credits)
SSA - Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology (5 credits in approved courses)
SSB - Economics, Geography, History (5 credits in approved courses)
NS Natural Sciences (10 credits required if pursuing a BA; 15 credits required if pursuing a BS)
NSA - Biology (5 credits in approved courses)
NSB - Physical Sciences (5 credits in approved courses)
MAT - Mathematics (5 credits in approved courses)