TCU/Saddleback Equivalency Guide
q Natural Sciences with Lab (8 units)
Bolded courses fulfill other CORE requirements
q
English Composition (6 units)
ENGL 1A
ENGL 1B
q
Mathematics (3 units)
MATH 10
Introduction to Statistics
MATH 11
A Brief Course Calculus
MATH 3A
Analytical Geometry & Calculus
MATH 3B
Analytical Geometry & Calculus q
Fine Arts (3 units)
ARCH 12
History of Architecture
ART 120
Tour Art Hist/Appreciation
ART 20
Art Appreciation
ART 21
Women and Art
ART 22
Survey of Asian Art
ART 23
African and Oceanic Art
ART 24
Indigenous Arts of the Americas
ART 25
Survey of Art Hist: Ancient W
ART 26
Art His: Ren-Modern
ART 28
History of Modern Art
ART 29
Intro to World Art
ART 4
Fundamentals of Art
CA 20
History and Appreciation of Film
CTVR 3
History Apprec to American Cinema
CTVR 5
History Apprec International Cinema
CTVR 7
Cross Cultural Cinema
CTVR 9
Women in Cinema and Television
DANC 64
History of Dance
FA 27
Intro to Fine Arts
MUS 20
Music Appreciation
MUS 23
Intro to World Music
MUS 24
Music of the 20th Century
MUS 25
Music History: To Mozart
MUS 26
Music History: Since Mozart
MUS 27
History of Jazz
MUS 28
History of Rock
MUS 29
Women, Music and Society
PHOT 25
History of Photography
TA 20
Theatre Appreciation
TA 22
Music Theatre History and Appreciation
Principles of Composition I
Principles of Composition II
q Historical Traditions (3 units) HIST 16 HIST 17
HIST 19
HIST 22
HIST 25
HIST 4
HIST 5
HIST 62
HIST 63
Except for nursing majors, sciences must be from different course subject areas,
(ex. GEOL 20 and BIOL 15)
ASTR 25
Observational Astronomy
BIO 11
Human Anatomy
BIO 15
Basic Microbiology BIO 19
Marine Biology
BIO 20
Intro to Biology
BIO 31
Biology of Plants
BIO 3A
General Biology
BIO 3B
General Biology
BIO 3C
Biochemistry and Molecular Bio
CHEM 1A
General Chemistry
CHEM 1B
General Chemistry
CHEM 3
Fundamental Chemistry
ENV 18
Intro to Ecology ENV 19
Marine Biology
ENV 23
Environmental Geology
GEOG 1
Physical Geography
GEOG 1L
Physical Geography Lab GEOL 1
Intro to Physical Geography
GEOL 20
Intro to Earth Science
GEOL 23
Environmental Geology
GEOL 5
Marine Geology
PHYS 20
The Ideas and Events of Physics
PHYS 2A
Intro to Physics I
PHYS 2B
Intro to Physics II
PHYS 4A
General Physics I
PHYS 4B
General Physics II
PSYC 3
Biological Psychology History of the US to 1876
History of the US since 1876
US Since 1945
Basic United States History
History of American West
World History to 1750
World History from 1750
European Hist to 1650
European Hist since 1650
CORE NURSING PREREQUISITES
CORE BUSINESS LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS
q
Social Sciences (9 units)
HIST 16
HIST 17
HIST 22
ANTH 14
ANTH 2
ANTH 4
ANTH 5
CCS 1
CCS 10
CCS 2
ECON 2
ECON 4
GEOG 2
GEOG 3
HS 120
PS 1
PS 11
PS 12
PS 14
PS 4
SOC 1
SOC 10
SOCI 2 SOCI 20
History of the US to 1876
History of the US since 1876
Basic United States History
Intro to Visual Culture
Cultural Anthropology
Native American Indian Culture
Anthropology of Latin America
Multicultural Exp in US
Margins and Borders
Multicultural Identities in US
Principles of Macro Economics
Principles of Micro Economics
Cultural Geography
World Regional Geography
Human Dev in Social Environment
American Government
International Political Economic
Comparative Pol & Government
International Relations
Introduction to Political Science
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Marriage & Family
Social Problems
Ethnic Cultures of the US
q Oral Communication (3 units)
BUS 102
SP 1
Oral Business Communication
Communication Fundamentals
TCU/Saddleback Equivalency Guide
q Humanities (9 units) includes three units each of Literary and Religious Traditions
HIST 15
HIST 20
HIST 21
HIST 27
HIST 28
HIST 33
HIST 4
HIST 5
HIST 40
HIST 41
HIST 61
HIST 62
HIST 63
HIST 7
HIST 70
HIST 71
HIST 72
HIST 74
HIST 75
HIST 80
HIST 81
HIST 80
HIST 81
HUMA 1
HUMA 10A
HUMA 10B
HUMA 21
HUMA 22
HUMA 25
HUMA 3
PHIL 1
PS 10
PS 80
q Literary Traditions (3 units)
ENG 142
ENG 15A
ENG 15B
ENG 17A
ENG 17B
ENG 18
ENG 19
ENG 20
ENG 21A
ENG 23A
ENG 24
ENG 25
ENG 27A
ENG 27E
ENG 44
ENG 50
ENG 52
The Vietnam War
Ethnic Cultures of the US
Women in US History
Latin America: Pre-Europe to Indep
Latin America: 1800 to Present
Political/Social History of the Chican
World History to 1750
World History from 1750
English History to 1688
English History since 1688
Hist/Pol of Russ Soviet to Present
European History to 1650
European History since 1650
Social/Economic History of US to 1876
History of Asia to 1800
History of Asia since 1800
History of China
History of the Middle East to 1800
Intro to Contemp Middle East
Intro to Contemp Africa
African American History
Intro to Contemp Africa
African American History
Introduction to Humanities
Culture, Science and Society I
Culture, Science and Society II
Search for Meaning: Ideas Self
Gods, Clocks and Visions
Planet Earth: Contemp ISS Cont
Culture of Medieval & Ren Euro
Introduction to Philosophy
Introduction to Political Theory
Introduction to Contemporary Africa
Children’s Literature
American Literature 1620-1860
Amer Literature 1860-Contemp
Engl Lit/Beowulf-Roman
Survey English Lit: Rom to Pre
Shakespeare: The Tragedies
Shakespeare: The Comedies
Shakespeare: The Histories
World Literature: Ancient-17th
American Ethnic Writ: Afric Am
Ethnic Voices in Literature
Intro to Literature
Intro to the Novel
Intro to the Short Story
Classical Mythology
Women Authors
The Film as Literature
q Religious Traditions (3 units)
PHIL 10
World Religions
Non-CORE Nursing Pre-Requisites FN 50
Fundamentals of Nutrition
BIO 12
Human Physiology
PSYC 1
Introduction to Psychology
N 161
Lifecycle 2: Growth & Development
N 165
Lifecyle 1: Fundamentals of Aging
It is not required that you complete the TCU Core Curriculum before you
transfer to TCU, only before you graduate. All courses are individually
assessed for application to the TCU Core Curriculum. Course equivalency is
subject to change. Updated December 2014.
PLEASE NOTE
• Other transferable classes will be considered elective credit unless
approved for a major requirement by your academic department
• The nine Humanities units includes three units from Literary Traditions,
and three units from Religious Traditions.
• History courses in BOLD can also fulfill CORE requirements in either Social
Science or Humanities.
DEADLINES
December 1 Nursing – Accelerated BSN Clinical Program
February 1 Nursing – Traditional BSN Clinical Program
December 1 Final Deadline for Spring Semester
April 15 Fall Early Action Deadline
August 1 Final Deadline for Fall Semester
Students must complete their application and submit A2 (HESI) test scores by this date for
admission to TCU and for Summer Accelerated Nursing Clinical consideration. Decisions will be
sent mid-March. The Accelerated Nursing Program requires that all prerequisites are complete
prior to the start of the program, and that the applicant have a bachelor degree.
Students must complete their application and submit A2 (HESI) test scores by this date for
admission to TCU and for Fall Clinical Nursing consideration. Decisions will be sent mid-April.
The Traditional Nursing Program requires that all prerequisites are complete prior to the
start of the program. Important Note: The Accelerated Nursing Program and the Standard
Nursing Program require that all prerequisites are complete prior to the start of the program.
If your prerequisites are not complete but you wish to pursue a degree in nursing, please
select a different deadline below and then select the Nursing Prerequisite major later in the
application.
Students whose applications are complete by December 1 will receive an admission decision
by December 15. Applications completed after December 1 will be considered on a spaceavailable basis.
Students whose applications are complete by April 15 will receive an admission decision by
June 1; academic scholarship recipients will receive award notification by July 1.
Students whose applications are complete by August 1 will receive an admission decision by
August 15; All students who apply by the Final Deadline will be considered for scholarship until
funds are depleted.
2014-2015 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS
Deans
Faculty
Phi Theta Kappa (TCU Sponsored)
TCU Scholarship
Sandra Brown Excellence in Literary Fiction
$18,000 per year for 3 years
$15,000 per year for 3 years
$12,500 per year for 3 years
$12,000 per year for 3 years
Full Tuition for 2 years
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