Liberal Arts Core Course Articulations for Western Oregon University
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This requirement is for students with majors in the College of Liberal Arts only. For more information on Liberal Arts Core, please visit the OSU Catalog.
- For OSU General Education requirements, visit OSU's Core Education or Baccalaureate Core pages.
- If you attend an Oregon or Hawaii community college or university, check the detailed course list for your school.
- For admission info or general transfer student information, visit our Transfer Student page.
Course Designations:
- LDT/LDU/UDT/UDU: Lower/Upper Division Transfer with no direct OSU course number
- NAT/NAT 000/NAT DEV/NAT CTE: Not Accepted in Transfer
Up to 12 credits of CTE courses may transfer and will appear on an Advanced Standing Report as “0000 PROF”. Some courses may require completion of additional courses to fulfill specific articulations for Core Education or Baccalaureate categories. Science courses will only apply toward Core Education/Baccalaureate Core if they include both lecture and lab.
Core Education Requirement
A plus sign (+) preceding the OSU evaluation title indicates the course meets a Core Education requirement.
For students starting Summer 2025 and later.
Foundational Core:
+WF = Writing Foundations
+AH = Arts & Humanities: General
+GH = Arts & Humanities: Global
+CM = Communication, Media, and Society
+DF = Difference, Power and Oppression: Foundations
+QL = Quantitative Literacy and Analysis
+SA = Scientific Inquiry and Analysis
+SO = Social Science
Signature Core:
+DA = Difference, Power and Oppression: Advanced
+C1 = Beyond OSU I (Prepare)
+C2 = Beyond OSU II (Engage)
+SE = Seeking Solutions
+WE = Writing Elevation
^ = Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Baccalaureate Core Requirement
An asterisk (*) preceding the OSU evaluation title indicates the course meets a Baccalaureate Core requirement.
For students admitted Spring 2025 and earlier only.
Skills:
*W1 = Writing I
*W2 = Writing II
*W3 = Speech
*MA = Mathematics
*FT = Fitness
Perspectives:
*PS = Physical Science
*BS = Biological Science
*WC = Western Culture
*CD = Cultural Diversity
*LA = Literature & Arts
*SI = Social Processes & Institutions
*DP = Difference, Power & Discrimination
Synthesis:
*GI = Contemporary Global Issues
*ST = Science, Technology and Society
^ = Writing Intensive Course (WIC)
Skill Courses
Fine Arts Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A 100 ART TOPICS: ART LDT ART TOPICS: A 100D INTRO TO THE VISUAL ARTS ART 101 +*INTRO TO THE VISUAL ARTS A 115 BEGINNING DESIGN: 2-D ART 115 2-D CORE STUDIO A 131 BEGINNING DRAWING SYSTEMS ART 131 DRAWING CORE STUDIO A 280 INTRODUCTION TO PAINTING ART 281 PAINTING I MUEN 311 WESTERN OREGON SYMPHONY MUS 360 UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TA 110 INTRO TO THEATRE TA 147 +*INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE TA 110D INTRO TO THEATRE TA 147 +*INTRODUCTION TO THE THEATRE TA 265 ACTING I TA 248 FUNDAMENTALS OF ACTING I WR 260 CREATIVE WRITING FICTION WR 224 *INTRO TO FICTION WRITING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humanities Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A 204 ART HIST: PREHIST-LATE ANTIQ ART 204 +*WSTRN ART: PREHIST-11TH CENT A 205 ART HIST: MIDDLE AGES-RENAISS ART 205 +*WESTERN ART: 12TH-17TH CENT A 206 ART HIST: BAROQUE-CONTEMPORARY ART 206 +*WESTERN ART: 18TH-21ST CENT COM 321 INFLUENCE THROUGH ARGUMENT COMM 314 ARGUMENTATION ENG 104 INTRO TO LIT: FICTION ENG 104 *INTRO TO LITERATURE: FICTION ENG 104Z INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 104Z +*INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 106 INTRO TO LIT: POETRY ENG 106 *INTRO TO LITERATURE ENG 106Z INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 106Z *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 204 SURVEY BRITISH LIT ENG 204 *SURV BRIT LIT: BEGIN TO 1660 ENG 205 SURVEY BRITISH LIT ENG 205 *SURV BRIT LIT: REST/ROMANTIC ENG 206 SURVEY BRITISH LIT ENG 206 *VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY ENG 253 SURVEY AMERICAN LIT ENG 253 *SURV AMER LIT: COLONIAL-1900 ENG 387 STUDIES IN MYTHOLOGY ENG 215 UD: +*CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY HST 101D HIST OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS HST 101 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HST 103D HIST OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS HST 103 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HST 104 WORLD HISTORY HST 104 *WORLD HIST I: ANCIENT CIVIL HST 104D WORLD HISTORY HST 104 *WORLD HST I: ANCIENT CIV HST 105D WORLD HISTORY HST 105 *WORLD HST II: MID/EARLY MOD HST 106 WORLD HISTORY: MODERN WORLD HST 106 +*WORLD HIST III: MDRN & CNTMP HST 106D WORLD HISTORY HST 106 +*WORLD HIST III: MDRN & CNTMP HST 201 HISTORY OF US HST 201 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HST 201D HISTORY OF US HST 201 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HST 202 HISTORY OF US HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 202D HISTORY OF US HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 203 HISTORY OF US HST 203 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HST 330 EARLY MIDDLE AGES HST 327 HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL EUROPE HST 351 MEX/CARIB SINCE INDE HST 350 *MODERN LATIN AMERICA HST 352 S AMER SINCE INDEP HST 351 *MODERN LATIN AMERICA HST 391 HST OF EAST ASISA/TRAD CHINA HST UDT HST OF EAST ASISA/TRAD CHINA HST 424D THE REFORMATION HST 330 HISTORY OF EARLY MODERN EUROPE HST 431 ENGLAND UNDER TUDORS & STUARTS HST 433 ENGLISH HISTORY HST 432 IMPERIAL RUSSIA HST 340 HISTORY OF RUSSIA R 202 INTRODUCTION TO WORLD RELIGION PHL 160 +*RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD SPAN 338 HISP CULT/CIV: SPAIN SPAN 331 *CULTS SPAIN & PORTUGAL SPAN 338D HISP CULT/CIV: SPAIN SPAN 331 *CULTURES OF SPAIN & PORTUGAL SPAN 339 HISP CULT/CIV: LATIN AMERICA SPAN 336 *LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE SPAN 339D HISP CULT/CIV: LATIN AMERICA SPAN 336 *LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE TA 381 THEATRE HISTORY I TA 330 *HISTORY OF THE THEATRE WPHS 201D WP: HISTORY OF US HST 101 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-Western Culture Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTH 216 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH 210 +*INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOL ANTH 216D CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH 210 +*INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOL ANTH 313 NORTH AMERICAN PREHISTORY ANTH 311 *PEOPLES OF WORLD-NORTH AMER ANTH 380C AFRICA ANTH 315 *PEOPLES OF THE WORLD-AFRICA HST 351 MEX/CARIB SINCE INDE HST 350 *MODERN LATIN AMERICA HST 352 S AMER SINCE INDEP HST 351 *MODERN LATIN AMERICA HST 391 HST OF EAST ASISA/TRAD CHINA HST UDT HST OF EAST ASISA/TRAD CHINA MUS 204D MUSIC OF THE WORLD MUS 108 *MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD PS 463 GOVT/POLI DEV NATS PS 345 *POLITICS DEVELOPING NATIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Sciences Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTH 215 ARCHAEOLOGY ANTH 230 TIME TRAVELERS COM 325 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMM 326 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COM 325D INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COMM 326 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION COM 331 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION COMM 328 NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION EC 201 INTRO TO MICROECONOMICS ECON 201 +*INTRO TO MICROECONOMICS EC 201Z PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS ECON 201Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS EC 202 INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202 +*INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS EC 202D INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202 +*INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS EC 202Z PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS ECON 202Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS EC 318 MONEY & BANKING ECON 330 MONEY AND BANKING EC 441 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECON ECON 340 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS GS 411 HISTORY OF SCIENCE HSTS 411 *HISTORY OF SCIENCE HST 101D HIST OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS HST 101 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HST 103D HIST OF WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS HST 103 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HST 201 HISTORY OF US HST 201 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HST 201D HISTORY OF US HST 201 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES HST 202 HISTORY OF US HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 202D HISTORY OF US HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 203 HISTORY OF US HST 203 *HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES PS 201 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PS 201 +*INTRO TO US GOVT & POLITICS PS 203C INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PS 205 *INTRO TO INTERNATL RELATIONS PS 203D INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS PS 205 *INTRO TO INTERNATL RELATIONS PSY 201 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 201Z +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSY 201Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSY 201Z +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSY 202 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 202 *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 202Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSY 202Z +*INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSY 334D SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 360 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 435 THEORIES PERSONALITY PSY 370 PERSONALITY SOC 204 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204 +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204Z INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204Z +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 205Z SOCIAL CHANGE AND INSTITUTIONS SOC 205Z *SOCIAL CHANGE & INSTITUTIONS SOC 206Z SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 206Z *SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 223D THEOR FOUND/SOCIOL SOC 204 +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 225D SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 206 *SOCIAL PROBLEMS & ISSUES SP 211W INTRO MASS COMM COMM 280 MEDIA COMMUN:INFORMATION AGE WPHS 201D WP: HISTORY OF US HST 101 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION WPPS 201 WP: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 201 *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY WPPS 202 WP: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY 202 *GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 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