Transfer Guide

Riverside Community College District to BYU

 

Classes must be completed with a C- grade or better to fill requirements

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

American Heritage

(A HTG)

Complete one of the following course combinations:

 

HIS 6 Political and Social History of the United States + POL 1 American Politics

 

HIS 7 Political and Social History of the United States + POL 1 American Politics

 

HIS 6 Political and Social History of the United States + ECO 7 Principles of Macroeconomics*

 

POL 1 American Politics + ECO 7 Principles of Macroeconomics*

 

*ECO 8 can substitute for ECO 7

Course combinations listed below are recommended for students intending to pursue a Business degree

 

ECON 110 Economic Principles and Problems (a BYU course) + HIS 6 Political and Social History of the United States

 

ECON 110 Economic Principles and Problems (a BYU course) + POL 1 American Politics

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Global and Cultural Awareness

(GCA)

Complete one of the following courses:

  
ANT 2 Cultural Anthropology SOCSCI
ANT 4 Native American Cultures  
ANT 7 Anthropology of Religion  
ARA 11 Culture and Civilization  
ART 8 Mexican Art History  
ART 9 African Art History  
ART 12 Asian Art History  
CHI 11 Culture and Civilization  
FRE 4

French 4

 LANG
FRE 11 Culture and Civilization  
GEG 2 Human Geography  
GEG 3 World Regional Geography  
GER 4  German 4 LANG
GER 11 Culture and Civilization  
HIS 2 History of World Civilizations II CIV2
HIS 5 History of Western Civilization CIV2
HIS 15 African American History II  
HIS 19 Modern Russia: An Introduction  
HIS 23 History of the Middle East  
HIS 25 History of Mexico  
HIS 29 Native American History: Contemporary Society  
HIS 31 Introduction to Chicano Studies  
HIS 35 History of England  
HUM 10 World Religions  
HUM 11 Religion in America  
ITA 11   Culture and Civilization  
JPN 4 Japanese 4 LANG
JPN 11 Culture and Civilization  
KOR 11 Culture and Civilization  
POL 2 Comparative Politics  
POL 4 Introduction to World Politics  
RUS 11 Culture and Civilization  
SPA 4 Spanish 4 LANG
SPA 11 Spanish Culture and Civilization  
SPA 12 Latin American Culture and Civilization  

 

 
BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement
First Year Writing

Meet the following test score requirement or complete one of the following courses:

 

AP English Language score 4 or above

OR

ENG 1A       English Composition

ENG 1B     Critical Thinking and Writing

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement
Advanced Written and Oral Communication

Complete one of the following courses:

 

To be taken as a junior at BYU. No equivalent course found at Riverside.

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Quantitative Reasoning

 

Meet one test score requirement or complete one of the following courses:

 

ACT math subscore 22 or higher

SAT math subscore 500 or higher

 

OR
MAT 10 Precalculus
MAT 11 College Algebra
MAT 12 Statistics
MAT 32/PHI 32 Introduction to Symbolic Logic
MAT 36 Trigonometry
PHI 11 Critical Thinking

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Languages of Learning

(LANG)

 

Complete one course from either group:

  
Group 1: Math Options  
MAT 1A

Calculus I

  
MAT 5  Calculus, A Short Course  
Group 2: Foreign Language Options  
AML 4

American Sign Language 4

  
FRE 4 French 4 GCA
GER 4 German 4 GCA
JPN 4

Japanese 4

 GCA
SPA 4 Spanish 4 GCA

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

 

Civilization 1

 

      (CIV1)

 

Complete one of the following courses:
ART 1 History of Western Art: Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval
ENG 40 World Literature I: From Ancient Literatures through 1650 C.E.
HIS 1 History of World Civilizations I
HIS 4 History of Western Civilization
HUM 4 Arts and Ideas: Ancient World through the Late Medieval Period
PHI 20 History of Western Philosophy I: Greek, Roman, and Medieval

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

 

Civilization 2

 

     (CIV2)

 

Complete one of the following courses:

  
ART 2 History of Western Art: Renaissance -- Contemporary ARTS
ENG 41 World Literature II: 1650 C.E. Through the Present LTRS
HIS 2 History of World Civilizations II GCA
HIS 5 History of Western Civilization GCA
HUM 5 Arts and Ideas: The Renaissance through the Modern Era ARTS
PHI 21 History of Western Philosophy II: Modern and Contemporary LTRS

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Arts

 

(ARTS)

 

Complete one of the following courses:

  
ART 2 History of Western Art: Renaissance through Contemporary CIV2
ART 5 History of Non-Western Art  
ART 6 Art Appreciation  
ART 7 Women Artists in History  
ART 10 Modern and Contemporary Art History  
DAN 6 Dance Appreciation  
ENG 36 Introduction to Film Studies  
ENG 37 Introduction to Film  
ENG 45 Modern Drama  
HUM 3

Creativity and the Imagination

  
HUM 5 Arts and Ideas: The Renaissance through the Modern Era CIV2
HUM 16 Arts & Ideas: American Culture  
HUM 36

Introduction to Film Studies

  
MUS 19 Music Appreciation  
MUS 20 Great Composers and Music Masterpieces to 1820  
MUS 21 Great Composers and Music Masterpieces After 1820  
MUS 25 Jazz Appreciation  
MUS 26 Film Music Appreciation  
THE 3 Introduction to the Theater  
THE 29 Musical Theater Appreciation  

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Letters

(LTRS)

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

  
ENG 6 British Literature I: Anglo-Saxon through Eighteenth Century  
ENG 7 British Literature II: Romanticism through Postmodernism  
ENG 8

Introduction to Mythology

  
ENG 9 Introduction to Shakespeare  
ENG 14 American Literature I: Pre-Contact through Civil War  
ENG 15 American Literature II: 1860 to the Present  
ENG 18 Survey of Native American Literature  
ENG 21 African American Literature I: Early Oral Traditions through Harlem Renaissance  
ENG 22 African American Literature II:  From the Harlem Renaissance to the Present  
ENG 23 The Bible as Literature  
ENG 25

Latino Literature of the United States

  
ENG 26 The Literature of Mysticism, Meditation and Madness  
ENG 30 Children’s Literature  
ENG 35 Images of Women in Literature  
ENG 41 World Literature II: 1650 C.E. Through the Present CIV2
ENG 44 Twentieth Century Poetry in English  
ENG 48 Twentieth Century Short Story and Novel in English  
HUM 8  Introduction to Mythology  
HUM 9 American Voices  
HUM 23 The Bible as Literature  
HUM 35 Philosophy of Religion  
PHI 10 Introduction to Philosophy  
PHI 12  Introduction to Ethics: Contemporary Moral Issues  
PHI 13 Philosophy of Art  
PHI 14 Survey of Black Thought  
PHI 19 Native American Thought  
PHI 21 History of Western Philosophy II: Modern and Contemporary CIV2
PHI 33 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy  
PHI 35 Philosophy of Religion  

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Biological Science

 

Complete one of the following courses:
BIO 1 General Biology
BIO 10 Principles of Life Science
BIO 11  Intro Molec and Cell Biology
MIC 1 Microbiology

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Physical Science

 
 Complete the following course:
PHS 1 Introduction to Physical Science
OR

Complete one course from two of the following groups:
Group 1: Chemistry Options
CHE 1A

General Chemistry I
CHE 2A Intro Chemistry I
CHE 10 Chemistry for Everyone
CHE 12A Organic Chemistry I
Group 2: Geology Options
GEO 1 Physical Geology
GEO 1B Historical Geology
Group 3: Physics Options
AST 1A Intro to Astronomy
PHY 2A

General Physics, I
PHY 10 Introductory General Physics

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Riverside Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Social Science

 

    (SOCSCI)

 

Complete one of the following courses:

  
ANT 2 Cultural Anthropology GCA
ANT 6 Introduction to Archaeology  
EAR 20 Child Development  
ECON 8 Principles of Microeconomics  
PSY 1 General Psychology  
SOC 1 Introduction to Sociology  
SOC 2 American Social Problems  

 

 

BYU Core Requirement  
Doctrinal Foundations

Religion requirements may be completed through coursework from BYU,

LDS Institutes of Religion, and other CES schools. Visit BYU's Religion

website to learn more about these requirements.