Ridgewater to MSU

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO

Table of Semester Course Equivalents for
RIDGEWATER COLLEGE

Note 1: This equivalency guide is for the 2002-2003 catalog for Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU) and the 2003-2004 catalog for Ridgewater College.

Note 2: This equivalency table is a general guide to transfer of coursework to MSU. It is recommended that students refer to a copy of the 2002-2003 MSU catalog for the specific program requirements. Our catalog is available online at http://www.mnsu.edu/dept/ugbull

Note 3: Students transferring with an Associate in Arts Degree or a completed Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) will satisfy the MSU general education requirements.

Note 4: Students transferring with an Associate in Science or an Associate in Applied Science and with less than a completed MnTC will have to complete additional general education requirements.

Note 5: Students transferring without a degree or a completed MnTC will have their already completed general education coursework applied to the MSU general education, but will have to complete the remainder of the MSU general education requirements.

Note 6: Some majors and minors at MSU require specific general education courses. Please review the MSU catalog to determine the appropriate general education requirements for your selected major.

Note 7: Courses noted as elective credit will not satisfy general education or major or minor requirements, but will transfer and count toward the total credits needed for graduation.

Note 8: "No credit" courses will not transfer.

Note 9: Courses do not have a direct equivalent course at MSU, but will be used in the MnTC goal noted in the right column.

Note 10: These courses are technical in nature and will be limited to 16 semester (24 quarter) hours of transfer credit.

Note 11: Science courses equated to MnTC Area 3A satisfy the lab science requirement. Courses equated to MnTC Area 3B meet the non-lab science requirement.

Updated: January 15, 2003

Any questions pertaining to this guide or to other transfer issues may be directed to your community college transfer specialist or counselor. Questions may also be directed to the MSU Admissions Office. Phone: 507-389-1822 or toll free: 800-722-0544 or by email to transfer@mnsu.edu

RIDGEWATER NUMBER	RIDGEWATER COURSE 2003-2004	MSU EQUIVALENT COURSE 2002-2003	MnTC Goal

COMMUNITY COLLEGE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

AGRICULTURE
111 - 126		Elective credit

ANTHROPOLOGY
101	Intro to Anthropology	ANTH 101	5, 8

ART
104	Survey in Art	ART 160	6, 7
106	History of Modern Art	See Note 9	6, 7
107	Women in Art	See Note 9	6, 7
120	Art Structure	ART 100	6
140	Drawing	ART 110	6
226 (old 126)	Elementary Art Education	See Note 9	6
230	Visual Design I	ART 101	6
231	Visual Design II	See Note 9	6
235	Visual Design	See Note 9	6
260	Ceramics	ART 250	6
261	Painting	ART 240	6

AVIATION
110	Private Pilot Ground School	AVIA 150
111	Private Pilot Flight	AVIA 151

BIOLOGY
100	Intro to Biology	See note 9	3A , 10
108	Human Biology	BIOL 100	3A
131	Conservation of Nat Resources	BIOL 201	3A, 10
141	Environmental Science	BIOL 215	3A, 10
200, 201	General Biology I & II	BIOL 105 & 106 if both taken	BIOL 200-3A BIOL 201-3A, 10
205	Applied Microbiology	See Note 9	3B
212, 213	Human Anat and Physiology I & II	BIOL 220 & 230 if both taken	3A
215	Microbiology	BIOL 270	3B
220	Field Biology	See Note 9	3B, 10
247	International Study	See Note 9	8, 10

BUSINESS
101	Business & the American Economy	MRKT 100
106	Records Management	BED 201
107	Beginning Keyboarding	BED 161
112 - 130		Elective credit
140	Intro to Computers	COMS 101
170	Word Processing, Concepts & App	BED 162
172 - 190		Elective credit
195	Intro to Economics	ECON 100
200	Management Principles	Elective credit
201	Legal Environment of Business	BLAW 200
202	Electronic Spreadsheets	Elective credit
207	Statistics and Its Application	ECON 207	4
208	Intro to Int’l Business/Economics	See note 9	5, 8
210	Intro to Marketing	Elective credit
224	Financial Accounting	ACCT 200
225	Managerial Accounting	ACCT 210
295	Topics in Business	Elective credit

CAREER ORIENTATION (CAOR)
101	Career Exploration & Planning	Elective credit

CHEMISTRY
100	Intro to Chemistry	CHEM 100	3A, 10
101	Survey of Chemistry	CHEM 100	3A, 10
102	General Chemistry I	CHEM 105	3A, 10
103	General Chemistry II	CHEM 111	3A
151	Principles of Chemistry I	CHEM 201	3A, 10
152	Principles of Chemistry II	CHEM 202	3A
261, 262	Intro to Organic Chemistry I & II	CHEM 320, 321

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION (CBE)
101	Prior Learning Orientation	Elective credit

COMPUTER SCIENCE
112	Intro to the Internet	Elective credit
140, 157	Intro to Computers, Computer Science I	COMS 110 if both taken
160	Computer Science II	COMS 111
	* MSU teaches the two semester introductory computer science sequence, COMS 111 & 112, using the JAVA language. Computer Science majors transferring from Ridgewater, who have not had a JAVA programming course, will need to take a JAVA short course their first term at MSU.
190	Microcomputer Applications	COMS 200
202	Electronic Spreadsheets	Elective credit
257	Data Structures	COMS 112
260	Assembly Language Programming	COMS 260
265	Computer Architechture	Elective credit
295	Topics in Computer Science	COMS 210

EARTH SCIENCE
110	Intro to Geology	GEOL 100	3A, 10
112	Intro to Meteorology	GEOG 317	3A, 10
113	Intro to Astronomy	AST 101	3A

ECONOMICS
190	Personal Finance	See Note 9	9
195	Intro to Economics	ECON 100	5, 9
206	Principles of Micro-Economics	ECON 202	5, 10
207	Principles of Macro-Economics	ECON 201	5, 8
208	Intro to Int'l Business/Economics	See Note 9	5, 8
288	Entrepreneurial Economics	See Note 9	5

EDUCATION
290	Cooperative Education - Education Internship	Elective credit

ENGINEERING
235	Statics	ME 212	3B
236	Dynamics	ME 214	3B
250	Circuit Analysis	EE 230

ENGLISH
92	English as a Second Language	No credit
94	Pre-College Composition	No credit
107	Using Computers for College Writing	Elective credit
121	College Composition I	ENG 101	1A
122	College Composition II	See Note 9	1C
200	Intro to Literature	See Note 9	6, 7
210	Native American Literature	ENG 211	6, 7
220	Creative Writing	ENG 242	6
224	Advanced Composition	ENG 270	6
230	The Short Story	ENG 135	6, 8
232	Fantasy, Fable, & Science Fiction	ENG 215	6, 8
235	Women in Literature	ENG 215	6, 7
243	Survey of American Literature	Credit in American Literature	6, 7
244	Survey of American Literature	Credit in American Literature	6, 7
247	International Study of Literature	Elective credit
250	Minnesota Writers	ENG 214	6, 7
295	Special Topics in Literature	ENG 215	6

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
131	Conservation of Natural Resources	BIOL 201	3A, 10
141	Environmental Science	BIOL 215	3A, 10
247	International Travel	See Note 9	8, 10

GEOGRAPHY
140	Intro to Geography	GEOG 100	5, 8
141	World Regional Geography	GEOG 341	5, 8
247	International Travel	See Note 9	6, 8

GERMAN
101, 102	Beginning German I & II	GER 101, 102
201, 202	Intermediate German III & IV	GER 201, 202	6

HISTORY
101, 102	World History I & II	HIST 170, 171	5, 8
111, 112	U.S. History I & II	HIST 190, 191	5, 7
210	East Asian History	See Note 9	6, 8
222	Modern European History	See Note 9	6, 8
247	International Study	See Note 9	6, 8
250	Minnesota History	HIST 154	5, 7
295	Selected Topics in History	See Note 9	5

HUMAN SERVICES
101 - 290		Elective credit

LAW ENFORCEMENT
103	Intro to Criminal Justice	LAWE 131
113	Criminal Law	LAWE 231
151-152		Elective credit
201	Criminal Evidence & Procedure	LAWE 233
223 - 296		Elective credit

MASS COMMUNICATIONS
150	Intro to Mass Communications	MASS 110	5, 9
151	News Reporting	Elective credit
153	Beginning Photography	MASS 351
180, 181	College Newspaper	Elective credit
255	Visual Communications	See Note 9	6, 7
256	Broadcast Journalism	Elective credit

MATHEMATICS
93 - 98		No credit
109	Elements of Algebra & Trig	See Note 9	4
110	Contemporary Concepts in Math	MATH 110	4
112	College Algebra	MATH 112	4
116	Trigonometry	MATH 113	4
119	Accelerated Pre-Calculus	MATH 115	4
120	Intro to Calculus	MATH 181	4
121, 122, 223	Calculus I, II & III	MATH 121, 122, 223	4
201	Elementary Statistics	MATH 154 or SOC 202 or PSYC 201	4
207	Statistics and Its Applications		4
210	Intro to Modern Mathematics I		4
211	Intro to Modern Mathematics II		4
215	Discrete Mathematics		4
223	Calculus III: Calculus, and Analytic Geometry		4
233	Linear Algebra & Differential Equations	MATH 247	4

MUSIC
100	Concert Choir	MUS 101
101	Chamber Singers	MUS 103
106, 107, 108	Community Chorus, Band, Orchestra	Elective credit
121	Survey of Western Music	No equivalent	6, 8
122	Music of the U.S.	No equivalent	6, 7
123	Fundamentals of Music	MUS 230	6
124, 127	Music Theory, Sightsing & Eartraining	MUS 131 if both taken	6
125, 128	Music Theory, Sightsing & Eartraining	MUS 132 if both taken	6
151, 152	Applied Music	Credit in either Private Voice, Piano, or Guitar

NURSING
220 - 282		Elective credit

PHILOSOPHY
101	Intro to Philosophy	PHIL 100	6, 9
102	Intro to Ethics		6, 9
110	Logic & Critical Thinking	PHIL 110	4
201	Topics in Philosophy	See note 9	6

PHYSICAL EDUCATION
102 - 140		Physical Education Activity Credit
199	Cooperative Education	Elective credit
200	Intro to Physical Education	HP 160
205 - 214		Elective credit
220	First Aid/CPR	HLTH 210
230	Intro to Sport Psychology	Elective credit

PHYSICS
100	Concepts in Physics	PHYS 101
101, 102	College Physics	PHYS 211, 212	3A
121, 122	General Physics	PHYS 221, 222	3A

POLITICAL SCIENCE
131	Intro to Political Science	POLS 100	5, 9
132	American National Gov't	POLS 111	5, 9
133	State & Local Gov't	See Note 9	5, 9
135	International Relations	POLS 231	5, 8

PSYCHOLOGY
131	Intro to Psychology	PSYC 101	5, 7
132	Laboratory in Introductory Psychology	See Note 9	5
165	Psychology of Women	See Note 9	7, 9
212	Psychology of Aging	See Note 9	5, 7
263	Developmental Psychology	EDFN 235	5, 9
275	Abnormal Psychology	Satisfies Nursing Requirement	5, 10
280	Psychology of Adjustment	PSYC 240	5, 9

PUBLIC HEALTH
105	Personal & Community Health	HLTH 101
110	Drug Ed in Contemporary Society	HLTH 310
	*Completion of Public Health 105 & 106 will satisfy the MSU Elementary Education Requirement for Health & Drug Education.

RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
120	Patient Care for Radiography	See Note 10

REAL ESTATE
121 - 122		Elective credit

SCIENCE
105	Physical Science	See Note 9	3A

SOCIOLOGY
105	Intro to Sociology	SOC 101	5, 7
106	General Social Problems	SOC 100	5, 7
107	Marriage & Family Living	SOC 208	5, 7
120	Intro to Gerontology	See Note 9	5, 7
200	Red Road Workshop	See Note 9	5, 7
240	Juvenile Delinquency	LAWE 332	5
241	Criminology	See Note 9	5, 9
242	Racial & Cultural Minorities	ETHN 100	5, 8
243	Sociology of Aging	See Note 9	5, 7
244	Sociology of Death & Dying	See Note 9	5, 7
247	Cultural Immersion	See Note 9	5, 9
248	Cultural Observation	Elective credit
251	Intro to Native American Studies	See Note 9	5, 10
282	Social Inequality	See Note 9	5, 9
283	Social Theory	See Note 9	5
295	Topics in Sociology	See Note 9	5, 7

SPANISH
107, 108	Beginning Spanish I & II	SPAN 101, 102
207, 208	Intermediate Spanish III & IV	SPAN 201, 202	6

SPEECH
121	Intro to Communication	SPEE 100	1B
220	Public Speaking	SPEE 102	9
223	Effective Listening	See Note 9	6, 7
225	Small Group Communication	SPEE 201	6, 9
226	Interpersonal Communication	SPEE 101	6, 7
227	Intercultural Communication	SPEE 203	6, 7
228	Communication & Reasoning	See Note 9	6, 9
230	Oral Interpretation	See Note 9	6, 7

THEATRE
140	Intro to Theatre	THEA 100	6
141	Intro to Film	ENG 114	6
142	Stagecraft	Theatre Activity Credit	6
145	Participation in Theatre	THEA 102
150	Beginning Acting	THEA 101	6
250	Intermediate Acting		6

STUDY SKILLS
93	College Reading Skills	No credit
100	Speed Reading	Elective credit
101	Student Success Seminar	Elective credit

WOMEN'S STUDIES
101	Intro to Women's Studies	WOST 110	5, 7
107	Women in Art	See Note 9	6, 7
165	Psychology of Women	See Note 9	5, 9

*TECHNICAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS*

ABOD 1111 - 2909		See note 10

ACCT 1800 - 2870		See note 10

ADS 1001 - 2390		See note 10

AGRI 1021 - 2800		See note 10

AUTO 1102 - 2782		See note 10

AVT 1111 - 2591		See note 10

CART 1100 – 2701		See note 10

CF 1690 - 2718		See note 10

CNEL 1800 - 2930		See note 10

COS 1403 - 1456		See note 10

CR 1070 – 1204		See note 10

CST 1601 - 2895		See note 10

DRFT 1500 - 3500		See note 10

ELEC 1211 - 2731		See note 10

ELWC 2611 - 2631		See note 10

FBM 1812 - 2963		See note 10

GS.. 71 - 88		No credit
GS.. 1102-1601		See note 10

HIMC 1100 - 2260		See note 10