Baccalaureate Core Course Articulations for Art Institute of Portland
- 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)
Writing I Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GS 121 ENGLISH COMPOSITION I WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I GS 121A ENGLISH COMPOSITION I WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I WR 121 ENG COMP I WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing II Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BA 227 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS WR 214 *WRITING IN BUSINESS DMP 252 FUND SCRIPTWRITING WR LDT *W2: FUND SCRIPTWRITING GS 121B ENGLISH COMPOSITION II WR LDT *W2: ENGLISH COMPOSITION II GS 121C ENGLISH COMPOSITION III WR LDT *W2: ENGLISH COMPOSITION III GS 125 ARGUMENTATION & RESEARCH WR LDT *W2: ARGUMENTATION & RESEARCH GS 126 WRITING & THE LITERARY ARTS WR LDT *W2: WRITING & LITERARY ARTS WR 125 ARGUMENTATION & RESEARCH WR 222 *ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR 126 WRITING AND LITERARY ARTS WR LDT *W2: WRITING AND LITERARY ARTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mathematics Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FN 111 COLLEGE ALGEBRA MTH 111 *COLLEGE ALGEBRA FN 112 GEOMETRY MTH LDT +QL*MA: GEOMETRY GS 161 COLLEGE MATHEMATICS MTH LDT +QL*MA: COLLEGE MATHEMATICS MTH 104 COLLEGE MATHEMATICS MTH LDT +QL: COLLEGE MATHEMATICS MTH 116 ALGEBRA & TRIGONOMETRY MTH LDT +QL*MA: ALGEBRA & TRIGONOMETRY MTH 251 CALCULUS I MTH LDT +QL*MA: CALCULUS I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perspectives Courses Physical Science Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GEOL 111 INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE GEO LDT *PS: INTRO TO EARTH SCIENCE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biological Science Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ECOL 201 ECOLOGY BI LDT *BS: ECOLOGY EVS 111 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BI LDT *BS: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Culture Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GS 158A HISTORY OF WESTERN CIV I HST LDT +AH*WC: HST OF WESTERN CIV I GS 158B HISTORY OF WESTERN CIV II HST LDT +AH*WC: HST OF WESTERN CIV II GS 158C HISTORY WESTERN CIV III HST LDT +AH*WC: HST WESTERN CIV III GS 256A ART HISTORY I ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY I GS 256B ART HISTORY II ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY II GS 256C ART HISTORY III ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY III PHL 102 INTRO TO ETHICS PHL 205 *ETHICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cultural Diversity Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GS 158A HISTORY OF WESTERN CIV I HST LDT +AH*WC: HST OF WESTERN CIV I GS 158B HISTORY OF WESTERN CIV II HST LDT +AH*WC: HST OF WESTERN CIV II GS 158C HISTORY WESTERN CIV III HST LDT +AH*WC: HST WESTERN CIV III --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Literature and the Arts Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART 101 PRIN VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS ART LDT +AH*LA: PRIN VISUAL COMMUN ART 204 ANCIENT GOTHIC HIST: OB, ART ART LDT +AH*LA: ANC. GOTH HST: OB, ART ART 206 REVOLUTION: 19TH & 20TH C ART ART LDT +AH*LA: REVOLUTION 19&20 C ART ART 255 ART HIS: ART & IDEAS ART LDT +AH*LA: ART HIS: ART & IDEAS GS 256A ART HISTORY I ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY I GS 256B ART HISTORY II ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY II GS 256C ART HISTORY III ART LDT *LA: ART HISTORY III ICOR 120 DESIGN, MEDIA, COMM & CULTURE ART LDT *LA:DESIGN, MEDIA, COM &CULTRE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Processes and Institutions Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTH 103 INTRO CULTURE ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH LDT +SO*SI: INTRO CUL ANTHRO GS 206 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY LDT +SO*SI: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PS 101 POL SCI: MOD WORLD GOVT PS LDT +SO*SI: POL SCI: MOD WRLD GOVT PS 105 AMER POLITICS & POWER STRUCT PS LDT +SO*SI: AMER POL & POWR STRUCT PSY 204 GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY PSY LDT +SO*SI: GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY SOC 204 GENERAL SOCIOLOGY SOC 204 +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------