Baccalaureate Core Course Articulations for Treasure Valley Community College
- For OSU General Education requirements, visit OSU's Core Education or Baccalaureate Core pages.
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- 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
Writing I Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WR 121 ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I WR 121-Z COMPOSITION I WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I WR 121Z COMPOSITION I WR 121Z +*COMPOSITION I --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing II Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WR 122 ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR 222 *ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR 122-Z COMPOSITION II WR LDT *W2: COMPOSITION II WR 122Z COMPOSITION II WR LDT *W2: COMPOSITION II WR 123 ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR LDT *W2: ENGLISH COMPOSITION WR 227 TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING WR LDT *W2: TECHNICAL REPORT WRITING WR 227-Z TECHNICAL WRITING WR 227Z *TECHNICAL WRITING WR 227Z TECHNICAL WRITING WR 227Z +*TECHNICAL WRITING WR 243 IMAGINATIVE WRITING WR 241 *INTRO TO POETRY WRITING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing III Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COM 111-Z PUBLIC SPEAKING COMM 111Z +*PUBLIC SPEAKING COM 111Z PUBLIC SPEAKING COMM 111Z +*PUBLIC SPEAKING COM 218-Z INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION COMM 218Z +*INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION COM 218Z INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION COMM 218Z +*INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION SP 111 FUNDAMENTALS OF SPEECH COMM 111 *PUBLIC SPEAKING SP 112 PERSUASIVE SPEECH COMM LDT +AH*W3: PERSUASIVE SPEECH SP 219 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION COMM LDT +AH*W3: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mathematics Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATH 105 MATH IN SOCIETY MTH 105 *INTRO TO CONTEMPORARY MATH MATH 105-Z MATH IN SOCIETY MTH 105Z *MATH IN SOCIETY MATH 105Z MATH IN SOCIETY MTH 105Z +*MATH IN SOCIETY MATH 111 COLLEGE ALGEBRA MTH 111 *COLLEGE ALGEBRA MATH 111-Z PRECALCULUS I: FUNCTIONS MTH 111Z *PRECALCULUS I: FUNCTIONS MATH 111Z PRECALCULUS I: FUNCTIONS MTH 111Z +*PRECALCULUS I: FUNCTIONS MATH 112 ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS MTH 112 *ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS MATH 112-Z PRECALCULUS II: TRIGONOMETRY MTH 112Z *PRECALCULUS II: TRIGONOMETRY MATH 112Z PRECALCULUS II: FUNCTIONS MTH 112Z +*PRECALCULUS II: TRIGONOMETRY MATH 113 ANALYSIS/GEOMETRY/PRECALCULUS MTH LDT +QL*MA: ANALY/GEOM/PRECALCULUS MATH 211 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELEM MATH I MTH 211 *FOUNDATIONS OF ELEM MATH MATH 251 CALCULUS I MTH 251 +*DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS MATH 251-Z DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS MTH 251Z +*DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS MATH 251Z DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS MTH 251Z +*DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS MTH 241 CALCULUS FOR MGMT, LIFE AND SO MTH 241 +*CALC FOR MGT & SOCIAL SCI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fitness Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HPE 231 LIFETIME FITNESS HHS 241 *LIFETIME FITNESS HPE 295 HEALTH AND FITNESS FOR LIFE HHS 231 *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Perspectives Courses Physical Science Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHEM 104 SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CH LDT +SA*PS: SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CHEM 105 SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CH LDT *PS: SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CHEM 106 SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CH LDT *PS: SURV CHEM (HEALTH) CHEM 121 GENERAL CHEMISTRY CH LDT *PS: GENERAL CHEMISTRY CHEM 122 GENERAL CHEMISTRY CH 122 *GENERAL CHEMISTRY CHEM 123 GENERAL CHEMISTRY CH 123 *GENERAL CHEMISTRY CHEM 227-Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB CH 227Z +*GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB CHEM 227Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB CH 227Z +*GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB CHEM 228-Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB CH 228Z *GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB CHEM 228Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB CH 228Z *GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB CHEM 229-Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY III LAB CH 229Z *GENERAL CHEMISTRY III LAB CHEM 229Z GENERAL CHEMISTRY III LAB CH 229Z *GENERAL CHEMISTRY III LAB G 201 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEO 202 *EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE G 202 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEO 201 +*PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEOL 201 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEO 202 *EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE GEOL 202 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEO LDT *PS: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEOL 203 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GEO LDT *PS: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY GSCI 104 PHYSICAL SCIENCE - PHYSICS PH LDT *PS: PHYS SCI - PHYSICS GSCI 105 PHYSICAL SCIENCE-CHEMISTRY CH LDT *PS: PHYS SCIENCE-CHEMISTRY GSCI 106 PHYSICAL SCIENCE-GEOLOGY GEO LDT *PS: PHYSICAL SCIENCE-GEOLOGY GSCI 107 PHYSICAL SCI-ASTROMOMY PH 104 +*DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY GSCI 108 PHYSICAL SCIENCE-OCEANOGRAPHY OC LDT *PS: PHYS SCI-OCEANOGRAPHY GSCI 109 PHYSICAL SCI METEOROLOGY & LAB ATS LDT +SA*PS: PHYS SCI METEOROLOGY GSCI 110 PHYSICAL SCIENCE-ENERGY/LAB PH LDT *PS: PHYS SCI-ENERGY/LAB PHYS 101 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS PH LDT *PS: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS PHYS 102 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II PH LDT *PS: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS PHYS 103 FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS III PH LDT *PS: FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS PHYS 203 GENERAL PHYSICS PH 203 *GENERAL PHYSICS PHYS 211 CLASSICAL PHYSICS PH 211 *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS PHYS 212 CLASSICAL PHYSICS II PH 212 *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS PHYS 213 CLASSICAL PHYSICS PH 213 *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biological Science Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIOL 101 GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BI LDT +SA*BS: GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BIOL 102 GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BI LD1 +SA*BS: GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BIOL 103 GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BI LD1 +SA*BS: GENERAL BIOLOGY & LAB BIOL 221-Z PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: CELLS BI 221Z +*PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: CELLS BIOL 221Z PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: CELLS BI 221Z +*PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY: CELLS BIOL 222-Z PRINCIPLES OF BIOL: ORGANISMS BI 222Z *PRINCIPLES OF BIO: ORGANISMS BIOL 222Z PRINCIPLES OF BIOL: ORGANISMS BI 222Z *PRINCIPLES OF BIO: ORGANISMS BIOL 223-Z ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION BI 223Z *ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION BIOL 223Z ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION BI 223Z *ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION BIOL 234 MICROBIOLOGY MB 230 +*INTRODUCTORY MICROBIOLOGY ENVI 100 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & LAB SUS LDT +SA*BS: ENVIRO SCIENCE & LAB --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Culture Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART 204 HIST WESTERN ART ART 204 +*WSTRN ART: PREHIST-11TH CENT ART 205 HIST WESTERN ART ART 205 +*WESTERN ART: 12TH-17TH CENT ENG 108 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*WC: INTRO WORLD LITERATURE ENG 195 FILM STUDIES FILM LDT +AH*WC: FILM STUDIES ENG 202 SHAKESPEARE ENG LDT +AH*LA: SHAKESPEARE ENG 204 SURVEY OF ENG LIT ENG 204 *SURV BRIT LIT: BEGIN TO 1660 ENG 205 SURVEY OF ENG LIT ENG 205 *SURV BRIT LIT: REST/ROMANTIC ENG 206 SURVEY OF ENG LIT ENG 206 *VICTORIAN ERA TO 20TH CENTURY ENG 254 AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*LA: AMERICAN LITERATURE GEOG 105 INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY GEOG LDT *CD: INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOG HIST 101 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATN HST 101 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HIST 102 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATN HST 102 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HIST 103 HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATN HST 103 *HISTORY WESTERN CIVILIZATION HIST 202 HISTORY OF US HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 202 HISTORY OF UNITED STATES HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US PHL 203 INTRO TO PHIL (HONOR) PHL LDT *WC: INTRO TO PHIL (HONOR) R 203 AMERICAN RELIGIONS PHL LDT +AH*WC: AMERICAN RELIGIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cultural Diversity Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENG 107 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*CD: INTRO WORLD LITERATURE ETHN 101 ETHNIC STUDIES ES 101 *INTRO TO ETHNIC STUDIES ETHN 102 ETHNIC STUDIES ES LDT +SO*CD: ETHNIC STUDIES ETHN 103 ETHNIC STUDIES ES LDT *CD: ETHNIC STUDIES GEOG 105 INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY GEOG LDT *CD: INTRO TO CULTURAL GEOG R 201 WORLD RELIGIONS PHL LDT +GH*CD: WORLD RELIGIONS R 202 WESTERN RELIGIONS PHL 160 +*RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Literature and the Arts Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ART 101 INTRO VISUAL ARTS ART 101 +*INTRO TO THE VISUAL ARTS ART 206 HIST WESTERN ART ART 206 +*WESTERN ART: 18TH-21ST CENT ART 265 BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY ART LDT +AH: BEGINNING DIGITAL PHOTOG ENG 104 INTRO TO LITERATURE ENG 104 *INTRO TO LITERATURE: FICTION ENG 104-Z INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 104Z *INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 104Z INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 104Z +*INTRODUCTION TO FICTION ENG 105 INTRO TO LITERATURE ENG 105 *INTRO TO LITERATURE: DRAMA ENG 105-Z INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA ENG LDT +AH*LA: INTRO TO DRAMA ENG 105Z INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA ENG LDT +AH*LA: INTRO TO DRAMA ENG 106 INTRO TO LITERATURE ENG 106 *INTRO TO LITERATURE: POETRY ENG 106-Z INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 106Z *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 106Z INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 106Z *INTRODUCTION TO POETRY ENG 107 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*CD: INTRO WORLD LITERATURE ENG 108 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*WC: INTRO WORLD LITERATURE ENG 201 SHAKESPEARE ENG 201 *SHAKESPEARE ENG 202 SHAKESPEARE ENG LDT +AH*LA: SHAKESPEARE ENG 203 SHAKESPEARE ENG 202 *SHAKESPEARE ENG 207 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*LA: INTRO TO WORLD LIT ENG 208 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*LA: INTRO TO WORLD LIT ENG 209 INTRO TO WORLD LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*LA: INTRO WORLD LITERATR ENG 253 AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG 253 *SURV AMER LIT: COLONIAL-1900 ENG 254 AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG LDT +AH*LA: AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG 255 AMERICAN LITERATURE ENG 254 *SURVEY OF AMER LIT: 1900-PRES ENG 260 INTRO TO WOMEN WRITERS ENG 362 *LD: AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS HUM 148 HUMANITIES THR ARTS PHL LDT +AH*LA: HUMANITIES THR ARTS HUM 149 HUMANITIES THR ARTS PHL LDT *LA: HUMANITIES THR ARTS HUM 150 HUMANITIES THR ARTS PHL LDT +AH*LA: HUMANITIES THR ARTS HUMN 148 INTRO TO HUMANITIES ELEC LDT +AH*LA: INTRO TO HUMANITIES HUMN 150 INTRODUCTION TO HUMANITIES ELEC LDT *LA: INTRODUCTN TO HUMANITIES MUS 105 MUSIC APPRECIATION MUS 101 *MUSIC APPRECIATION I: SURVEY MUS 201 MUSIC & LITERATURE MUS 102 *MUS APPR II: PERIODS & GENRES MUS 202 MUSIC & LITERATURE MUS 102 *MUS APPR II: PERIODS & GENRES MUS 203 MUSIC & LITERATURE MUS 102 *MUS APPR II: PERIODS & GENRES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social Processes and Institutions Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANTH 110 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTH LDT +SO*SI:CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY ECON 201 PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS ECON 201 +*INTRO TO MICROECONOMICS ECON 201-Z INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS ECON 201Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS ECON 201Z INTRODUCTION TO MICROECONOMICS ECON 201Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS ECON 202 PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS ECON 202 +*INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202-Z INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS ECON 202A PRIN OF ECON: MACRO ECON 202 +*INTRO TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202Z INTRODUCTION TO MACROECONOMICS ECON 202Z +*PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS EDUC 200 INTRO TO EDUCATION ED LDT +SO*SI: INTRO TO EDUCATION PHL 202 INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY PHL 201 *INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY POSC 201 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PS LDT +SO*SI: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT POSC 202 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PS LDT +SO*SI: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT POSC 203 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PS LDT +SO*SI: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT PSYC 201-Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSY 201Z +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSYC 201Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSY 201Z +*INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY I PSYC 202-Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSY 202Z +*INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSYC 202Z INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSY 202Z +*INTRO TO PSYCHOLOGY II PSYC 231 HUMAN SEXUALITY HDFS 240 +*HUMAN SEXUALITY SOC 204 GENERAL SOCIOLOGY SOC 204 +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204-Z INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204Z +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204Z INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 204Z +*INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY SOC 205 GENERAL SOCIOLOGY SOC LDT +SO*SI: GENERAL SOCIOLOGY SOC 205-Z SOCIAL CHANGE AND INSTITUTIONS SOC 205Z *SOCIAL CHANGE & INSTITUTIONS SOC 205Z SOCIAL CHANGE AND INSTITUTIONS SOC 205Z *SOCIAL CHANGE & INSTITUTIONS SOC 206 GENERAL SOCIOLOGY SOC 205 *INSTITUTIONS & SOCIAL CHANGE SOC 231 HUMAN SEXUALITY HDFS 240 +*HUMAN SEXUALITY --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difference Power and Discrimination Transfer Course OSU Articulations --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HST 201 HISTORY OF UNITED STATES HST 201 +EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY HST 202 HISTORY OF UNITED STATES HST 202 +*HISTORY OF 19TH-CEN US HST 203 HISTORY OF UNITED STATES HST 203 +MODERN US HISTORY SOC 206-Z SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 206Z *SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 206Z SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOC 206Z *SOCIAL PROBLEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------