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Transfer Agreement - Santa Monica College (SMC)

Whittier College / Santa Monica Transfer Agreement
Updated 2021 - 2022
 
Whittier College and Santa Monica College
2021 - 2022 Transfer Agreement


Whittier College may accept a maximum of 90 semester credits in transfer, 70 of which may be from the community college level. To be eligible for transfer, courses must be completed with a final grade of C- or higher. Courses accepted in transfer will be accepted with a "TR" indicating transfer credit. Grades will not transfer.
 
 
           
Whittier CollegeCreditsSanta Monica College
Liberal Education Program
I. Community 
Community 1: FWS (Freshman Writing Seminar) + Linked Course (taken first semester of freshman year)3ENGL 1; (Credit will only be awarded to students transferring at least 21 semester units to Whittier College)
3No transferable equivalent
II. Communication
COM1: Quantitative Literacy3ASTRON 9; CHEM 11, 12;  MATH 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 (formerly same as CS 10), 11, 13, 15, 21, 26, 28, 29, 54; PHYSCS 8, 9.
COM2: Writing Intensive Course3ENGL 2; HIST 47.
COM3: Creative and Performing Arts2ANIM 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 32; ART 10A, 10B, 10C, 20A, 20B, 20C, 21A, 21B, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 40A, 41A, 43A, 52A, 60B, 61A; DANCE 31, 41; DMPOST 2, 20, 22; ENGL 30A; FILM 31, 33, 34, 40, 50; GAME 10, 20, 30; GR DES 33, 43, 65, 71; MUSIC 40, 40S, 45, 64, 77, 78, 84A; PHOTO 1, 2; TH ART 32, 41, 45, 46. (May be satisfied by a single course of two or more units or by two courses of one unit each).
COM4: Senior Presentation1No transferable equivalent
III. Cultural Perspectives - One course from four of the following seven areas
CUL1: African3AHIS 18, 71; ANTHRO 20; DANCE 25, 29; ENGL 32, 34; HIST 38, 39.
CUL2: Asian3AHIS 17; CHNESE 9; DANCE 21; ENGL 40, 41, 45, 49; HIST 24, 25, 26, 27; HUMAN 9A, 28SJAPAN 9; PHILO 22; POLSC 8.
CUL3: Latin American3AHIS 5, 6, 15; ANTHRO 21; DANCE 22; ENGL 53, 57, 58; HIST 5, 6, 19; SPAN 9, 20.
CUL4: North American3AHIS 72; ENGL 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 54; HIST 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 41, 42, 43, 52, 62; NUTR 7; POLSC 1.
CUL5: European3AHIS 1, 2; ENGL 15, 17, 56; HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 21, 28, 29.
CUL6: Cross-Cultural3AHIS 11, 21, 22; ANTHRO 2, 3, 14, 19, 22; DANCE 20; ENGL 3, 4, 10, 59; FILM 7; GLOBAL 11; HIST 22, 32, 33, 34, 53; HUMAN 26; PHILOS 23; POLSC 2, 8, 14.
CUL7: Language3A S L 1, 2; ARABIC 1; CHINESE 1, 2, 3, 4; FRENCH 1, 2, 3, 4; GERMAN 1, 2, 3, 4; HEBREW 1, 2, 3, 4; ITALIAN 1, 2, 3, 4; JAPAN 1, 2, 3, 4; KOREAN 1, 2, 3, 4; PERSIAN 1, 2; PORTGS 1, 2; RUSSIAN 1, 2; SPANISH 1, 2, 3, 4; TURKISH 1.
IV: Connections
CON1: Pair Course #13No transferable equivalent
CON1: Pair Course #23No transferable equivalent
CON2: Science and Math (methods/ideas with analysis of cultural or societal issues)4Two IGETC science courses with labs from two different subject areas will satisfy this requirement. Courses may not also satisfy Natural Science Breadth.
Breadth
Two 3-credit courses from each of the three divisions below
Humanities/Fine Arts (two courses from different disciplines)3AHIS 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 52 71, 72; CHINESE 9; COMST 11, 12; DANCE 2, 5; ENGL 2 (if completed Fall 2015 or later), 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 26, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61; ENVRN 20; FILM 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11;  HIST 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 46, 48 , 52, 53, 55, 62; HUM 26; JAPAN 9; MUSIC 1, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39; PHILOS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 20, 22, 23, 24, 48, 52;  PHOTO 52; REL ST 51, 52; TH ART 2, 5, 7.
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Natural Science (two courses from different disciplines)3ANTHRO 1, 5, 9; ASTRON 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5, 7 (satisfies area if completed Fall 2014 or later), 8, 9, 10; ANATMY 1, 2; BIOL 2, 3, 9, 10, 15, 15N, 21, 22, 23; BOTANY 1, 3; CHEM 10 , 11, 12, 19, 21, 22 , 24 (both 22 and 24 must be taken to fulfill lab requirement), 31; CS 3, 20A, 20B; GEOG 1 , 3, 5; GEOL 1 , 3, 4 , 5, 10, 31; MCRBIO 1; PHYS 3;  PHYSCS 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 12 , 14, 21 , 22 , 23; PSYCH 2; ZOOL 5.
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Social Science (two courses from different disciplines)3ANTHRO 2, 3 , 4, 7, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22; BUS 1, 20; COMST 9, 30, 31, 35, 36, 37; ECE 11, 19, 32; ECON 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 15; ENVRN 7, 14, 22, 32, 40; GEOG 2, 7, 8, 11, 14; GLOBAL 3, 5, 10, 11; MEDIA 1, 3, 4, 10; PHILOS 48; POLSC 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 47, 51, 52; PROCR 10, 15;  PSYCH 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 25, 40;  SOCIOL 1, 1s, 2, 2s, 4, 12, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34; URBAN 8; WGS 10, 20, 30.
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Whittier College, Office of the Registrar 3/3/2021