Transfer Students

Prairie State College

Transfer Course Equivalencies for Students
Enrolling Fall 2011 and Beyond

Integrated Curriculum (General Education)
Proficiency Course Information
Business
Nursing
Psychology
Teacher Certification Guidelines (pdf)

INTEGRATED CURRICULUM
Following is a listing of equivalent courses in general education offered at Prairie State College, which will be accepted in transfer in each area. Students complete one course in each category below.  In addition to completing the Integrated Curriculum Areas of Knowledge and major requirements, students will be required to fulfill certain skill sets and proficiencies.  Learn more about skill sets and proficiencies.

Elmhurst College	Prairie State College
Inquiry Into Ethics and Justice	Philosophy 202
Religious Studies in Context	Humanities 101
Literature	English 211, 212, 215, 221, 231, 232, 240, 243, 252, 261,262, 271
Fine Arts	Art 101, 102, 104, 129, 131, 201, 205 Music 100, 101, 130, 132 Photography 171 Theater 101, 111
Historical Analysis	Art 121, 122 History 111, 112, 115, 116, 140, 151, 152, 201, 202
Social and Political Analysis	Anthropology 222 Geography 101 Political Science 101, 140, 152, 230, 240 Sociology 111, 215, 220
Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences	Psychology 101 Sociology 101
Physical Science	Astronomy 104 Chemistry 105, 110, 130 Geology 101 Physical Science 111, 112 Physics 101, 120, 130, 210, 220
Life Science	Biology 100, 111, 112, 211

 
PROFICIENCY COURSE INFORMATION
In addition to completing a course within each of the categories listed in the above Areas of Knowledge section, each student is also required to complete proficiencies in four areas. These may be fulfilled through completion of the courses listed below, or in some cases, through ACT scores, AP credits, or proficiency exams at Elmhurst College. Please contact the Office of Admission for more information.

Elmhurst College	Prairie State College
Writing Proficiency	English 101 and English 102
Computer Technology Proficiency	ITAPP 101
**Math Proficiency	MATH 112, 115, 151, 155, 157, 165, 171, 172, 173, 200, 206, 210, 216, 220

**Bolded course numbers can only meet the proficiency for early childhood, elementary or special education majors.  All other majors should not take the bolded courses.

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BUSINESS
Following are course equivalencies for the business core at Elmhurst College:

Elmhurst College	Prairie State College
BUS 230	BUS 251
BUS 250	BUS 241
BUS 261	BUS 131
BUS 262	BUS 132
BUS 271	BUS 140
BUS 340	None
ECO 210	ECON 201
ECO 211	ECON 202
MTH 151 or MTH 162	MATH 171 or MATH 157
MTH 345	BUS 240* or MATH 153

*Although this course satisfies the business statistics requirement, it does not apply toward the two math courses which are required for the Bachelor of Science degree.

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NURSING
Following are course equivalencies for the nursing core at Elmhurst College:

Elmhurst College	Prairie State Com. College
BIO 107	BIOL 221
BIO 108	BIOL 222
BIO 216	BIOL 211
CHM 101	CHEM 105 or 110
CHM 103	CHEM 203
PSY 210	PSYCH 101
PSY 315	PSYCH 102
BIO 419	N/A
PSY327	PSYCH 203
MTH 345 or 346 or PSY 355 (Statistics)	MATH 115 or 153
Additional Math Courses	MATH 112 or Above 151

 

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PSYCHOLOGY
Following are course equivalencies for the psychology major at Elmhurst College:

Elmhurst College	Prairie State
PSY 210	PSYCH 101
PSY 355 or MTH 345 or MTH 346	MATH 153
One course from the following:
PSY 315	PSYCH 102
PSY 316	None
PSY 317	None
PSY 318	None
PSY 319	None
Two courses from the following:
PSY 303	PSYCH 215
PSY 312	PSYCH 212
PSY 313	None
PSY 327	PSYCH 203
PSY 421	None
PSY 424	None
One course from the following:
PSY 411	None
PSY 423	None
PSY 430	None
PSY 435	None
One course from the following:
PSY 326	PSYCH 204
PSY 328	None
PSY 334	None
PSY 422	None