Transfer Guide

Mira Costa College to BYU

 

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

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

American Heritage

(A HTG)

 

Complete one of the following course combinations:


ECON 101 Principles of Economics: Macro* + HIST 110 United States History


ECON 101 Principles of Economics: Macro* + PLSC 102 American Institutions and History

 

HIST 110 United States History + PLSC 102 American Institutions and History


HIST 111 United States History + PLSC 102 American Institutions and History


*ECON 100 or 102 can substitute for ECON 101

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

 

ECON 110 Economic Principles and Problems (a BYU course) + HIST 110 United States History

 

ECON 110 Economic Principles and Problems (a BYU course) + PLSC 102 American Institutions and History

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Global and Cultural Awareness

(GCA)

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 

  
ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology SOCSCI
ANTH 104 Native American CUltures  
ART 158 Traditional Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas  
ASIA 105 Asian Philosophy and Religion  
ASIA 107 East Asian Societies  
DANCE 105 Dance Cultures of the World  
FREN 202 Intermediate French II (Fourth Semester) LANG
GEOG 102 Cultural Geography  
GEOG 104 World Geography  
GERM 202 Intermediate German (Fourth Semester) LANG
HIST 101 World History Since 1500 CIV2
HIST 104 Western Civilization CIV2
HIST 105 History of England  
HIST 107 East Asian Societies  
HIST 108 History of Africa  
HIST 109 History of the Middle East  
HIST 117 History of the Americas  
HIST 141 History of the Mexican-American in the United States  
HIST 145 History of African-Americans in the United States  
HIST 146 History of African-Americans in the United States  
HIST 150 History of Mexico  
ITAL 202 Intermediate Italian (Fourth Semester) LANG
JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II (Fourth Semester) LANG
MUS 116 A Survey of World Music Cultures ARTS
MUS 113 Musics in Multicultural America  
PHIL 105 Asian Philosophy and Religion  
PHIL 122 World Religions  
PLSC 103 Comparative Government  
PLSC 150 Introduction to International Relations  
SOC 110 Comparative Cultures  
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish (Fourth Semester) LANG

 

 
BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

First Year Writing

 

Complete the following course:


ENGL 100 Composition and Reading

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Advanced Written and Oral Communication

 

No equivalent course found at Mira Costa College. To be taken as a junior at BYU.

 

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa 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

 
MATH 103 Statistics
MATH 125 College Algebra
MATH 130 Trigonometry
MATH 135 Pre-Calculus Mathematics
PHIL 100 Informal Logic and Critical Thinking

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Languages of Learning

(LANG)

 

 

Complete one course from either group:

 

  
Group 1: Math Options  
MATH 115 Calculus with Applications  
MATH 150 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I  
Group 2: Foreign Language Options  
FREN 202 Intermediate French II (Fourth Semester) GCA
GERM 202 Intermediate German (Fourth Semester) GCA
ITAL 202 Intermediate Italian (Fourth Semester) GCA
JAPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II (Fourth Semester) GCA
SPAN 202 Intermediate Spanish (Fourth Semester) GCA

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

 

Civilization 1

 

(CIV1)

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 
ART 258 Ancient to Gothic Art
DRAM 120 Dramatic Literature (Ancient Greeks to Shakespeare)
HIST 100 History to 1500
HIST 103 Western Civilization
HUMN 201 Humanities of the Western World: Pre-History Through the Middle Ages
LIT 270 World Literature

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

 

Civilization 2

 

(CIV2)

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 

  
ART 259 History of Renaissance to Modern Art ARTS
DRAM 121 Dramatic Literature (Restoration to Present) LTRS
HIST 101 World History Since 1500 GCA
HIST 104 Western Civilization GCA
HUMN 202 Humanities of the Western World: The Renaissance to the Twentieth Century ARTS or LTRS
LIT 271 World Literature LTRS

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Arts

 

(ARTS)

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 

  
ART 100 Drawing and Compostion  
ART 101 Design and Color  
ART 103 Beginning Sculpture  
ART 157 Art Orientation  
ART 158 Traditional Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas  
ART 201 Objects and Ideas in Contemporary Art  
ART 259 History of Renaissance to Modern Art CIV2
ART 260 History of Modern Art  
ART 290 Landmarks of Art  
DNCE 101 Dance History  
DRAM 121 Dramatic Literature (Restoration to Present) CIV2
FILM 101 Introduction to Film  
FILM 110 Film History  
HUMN 101 Introduction to the Arts  
MUS 116 A Survey of World Music Cultures GCA
MUS 113 Musics in Multicultural America  
MUS 114 Hisory of Rock and Roll  
MUS 115 Introduction to Music  
MUS 117 Music Appreciation  
MUS 118 Music Appreciation  
MUS 119 History of Jazz  

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Letters

(LTRS)

 

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 

  
DRAM 111 Oral Interpretation of Literature  
DRAM 120 Dramatic Literature  
HUMN 205 Women in Western Art and Literature  
LIT 120 Introduction to Literature  
LIT 250 American Literature  
LIT 251 American Literature  
LIT 260 English Literature  
LIT 261 English Literature  
LIT 265 Shakespeare Studies  
LIT 271 World Literature CIV2
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality  
PHIL 221 Philosophy of Religion  

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Biological Science

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 
BIO 101 General Biology
BIO 102 Ecology and Environmental Biology
BIO 230 Fundamentals of Microbiology

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement

Physical Science

 

 

Complete the following course:

 
PHSN 101 Fundamentals of Physical Science

 

OR

Complete one course from two of the following groups:

 
Group 1: Chemistry Options
CHEM 100 Introductory Chemistry
CHEM 108 Preparatory Chemistry
CHEM 110 General Chemistry
Group 2: Geology Options
GEOL 101 Physical Geology
Group 3: Physics Options
ASTR 101 Descriptive Astronomy
ASTR 120 Life in the Universe
ASTR 201 Introductory Astronomy
PHYS 111 Introductory Physics I

 

 

BYU Core Requirement Mira Costa Classes that fill BYU Core Requirement Double Counts

Social Science

 

(SOCSCI)

 

 

Complete one of the following courses:

 

  
ANTH 102 Cultural Anthropology GCA
ANTH 103 Introduction to Archaeology  
CHLD 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development  
PSYC 101 General Psychology  
PSYC 113 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development  
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology  
SOC 102 Contemporary 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.