Transfer Credit
College of San Mateo Articulation Agreement
How to read this agreement:
Transferable courses are listed below by Core Curriculum area. In each area, a transferable course is listed one of two ways:
- A transfer course will appear in the list of courses paired with its direct USF equivalent.
- A transfer course with no direct equivalent at USF will display a placeholder course number of 1XX. These courses may be used to fulfill Core requirements where applicable.
- Students only need to complete one course to fulfill each individual Core requirement.
- If the transfer course does not meet a specific requirement, it may be used as elective credit.
- USF makes every attempt to maintain the following equivalencies to ensure that the information is current for prospective transfer students.
This agreement is a menu of course options for planning purposes; you do not need to fulfill each area to be eligible for transfer to USF.
Last updated 6/2/22.
Public Speaking (A1)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| COMM 110 | Public Speaking | RHET 103 | Public Speaking |
| COMM 115 | Survey of Human Communication | COMS 1XX | Survey of Human Communication |
Rhetoric & Composition (A2)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Must be completed at USF Students who have completed ENGL 100 will be eligible to register for this Core Curriculum requirement at USF. Those who have not completed ENGL 100 will be required to contact the Rhetoric and Language department for placement after admission. |
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Math (B1)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| CIS 110 | Introduction to CIS | CS 110 | Intro to Computer Science I |
| MATH 125 | Elementary Finite Mathematics | MATH 1XX | Elementary Finite Mathematics |
| MATH 145 | Liberal Arts Mathematics | MATH 1XX | Liberal Arts Mathematics |
| MATH 200 | Elem. Probability and Stats | MATH 101 or PSYC 260 | Elem Statistics or Psych Statistics |
| MATH 241 | Applied Calculus I | MATH 109 | Calculus & Analytic Geom I |
| MATH 251 | Calculus w/ Analytic Geo I | MATH 109 | Calculus & Analytic Geom I |
| MATH 268 | Discrete Mathematics | MATH 1XX | Discrete Mathematics |
| MATH 275 | Ordinary Differential Equa | MATH 1XX | Ordinary Differential Equa |
| PSYC 121 | Basic Statistical Concepts | PSYC 260 | Psychological Statistics |
Laboratory Science (B2)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| ASTR 100 & 103 | Intro to Astronomy & Observ Lab | ASTR 1XX | Intro to Astronomy & Observ Lab |
| BIOL 100 & 195 | Introduction to Life Science & Lab | BIOL 1XX | Introduction to Life Science & Lab |
| BIOL 102 & 195 | Environmental Conservation & Lab | BIOL 1XX | Environmental Conservation & Lab |
| BIOL 110 | General Princ of Bio | BIOL 105 & 105L | General Biology I & Lab |
| BIOL 145 & 195 | Plants, People, and Environ & Lab | BIOL 1XX | Plants, People, and Environ & Lab |
| BIOL 184 & 195 | Wildlife Biology & Lab | BIOL 1XX | Wildlife Biology & Lab |
| BIOL 210 + 220 | General Zoology & General Botany | BIOL 106 & 106L | General Biology II & Lab |
| BIOL 260 | Human Physiology | BIOL 115 & 116 | Human Physiology & Laboratory |
| CHEM 192 | Elementary Chemistry | CHEM 1XX | Elementary Chemistry |
| CHEM 210 | General Chemistry I | CHEM 111 & 112 | General Chemistry I & Lab |
| CHEM 250 | Analytical Chem Quant Analysis | CHEM 1XX | Analytical Chem Quant Analysis |
| CHEM 410 | Health Science Chem I | CHEM 1XX | Health Science Chem I |
| GEOL 100 & 101 | Survey of Geology & Lab | TRNS 1XX | Survey of Geology & Lab |
| PHYS 210 | General Physics I | PHYS 100 & 100L | Introductory Physics I & Lab |
| PHYS 250 | Physics w/ Calculus I | PHYS 110 & 110L | General Physics I & Lab |
| PHYS 270 | Physics w/ Calculus III | PHYS 1XX | Physics w/ Calculus III |
| PALN 110 & 111 | General Paleontology & Lab | TRNS 1XX | General Paleontology & Lab |
Literature (C1)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| LIT 101 | Twentieth Century Literature | ENGL 192 | Intro to Literary Study |
| LIT 105 | The Bible as Literature | ENGL 1XX | The Bible as Literature |
| LIT 113 | The Novel | ENGL 1XX | The Novel |
| LIT 115 | Short Poem in English Survey | ENGL 1XX | Short Poem in English Survey |
| LIT 154 | Intro to LGBT Literature | ENGL 230 | Lit, Gender & Sexualities |
| LIT 201 | American Literature I | ENGL 1XX | American Literature I |
| LIT 202 | American Literature II | ENGL 1XX | American Literature II |
| LIT 220 | Intro to World Literature | ENGL 1XX | Intro to World Literature |
| LIT 251 | Women in Literature | ENGL 208 | Survey of Women's Literature I |
| LIT 266 | African American Literature | ENGL 203 | African Amer Lit Survey I |
| LIT 430 | Mythology and Folklore | ENGL 1XX | Mythology and Folklore |
History (C2)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| HIST 100 | History of Western Civ | HIST 1XX | History of Western Civ |
| HIST 101 | History of Western Civ II | HIST 110 | European Civilization |
| HIST 201 | United States History I | HIST 120 | History of the U.S. |
| HIST 202 | United States History II | HIST 120 | History of the U.S. |
| HIST 260 | Women in American Hist. | HIST 127 | Women in US History |
| HIST 261 | Women in American Hist. I | HIST 1XX | Women in American Hist. I |
| HIST 262 | Women in American Hist. II | HIST 1XX | Women in American Hist. II |
Philosophy (D1)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| PHIL 100 | Intro to Philosophy | PHIL 110 | Great Philosophical Questions |
| PHIL 160 | History of Ancient Philosophy | PHIL 1XX | History of Ancient Philosophy |
| PHIL 175 | History of Modern Philosophy | PHIL 1XX | History of Modern Philosophy |
Religion (D2)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| PHIL 300 | Intro to World Religions | PHIL 1XX | Intro to World Religions |
Ethics (D3)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| DGME 102 | Media Law and Ethics | PHIL 240 | Ethics |
| PHIL 244 | Intro Ethics:Soci/Moral Issues | PHIL 240 | Ethics |
Social & Behavioral Sciences (E)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| ANTH 110 | Cultural Anthropology | ANTH 1XX | Cultural Anthropology |
| DGME 100 | Media in Society | MS 100 | Intro to Media Studies |
| ECON 100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 112 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 111 | Principles of Microeconomics |
| ETHN 101 | Latin American and Indigenous | TRNS 1XX | Latin American and Indigenous |
| ETHN 103 | Asian Pacific American Hist | TRNS 1XX | Asian Pacific American Hist |
| ETHN 104 | Asian Pacific Islander US Hist | TRNS 1XX | Asian Pacific Islander US Hist |
| ETHN 105 | African Amer Hist & Cul | SOC 238 | Afri-American Culture & Soc |
| ETHN 106 | Oceania & The Arts | TRNS 1XX | Oceania & The Arts |
| ETHN 300 | Intro to La Raza Studies | TRNS 1XX | Intro to La Raza Studies |
| GEOG 110 | Cultural Geography | TRNS 1XX | Cultural Geography |
| GEOG 150 | World Regional Geography | TRNS 1XX | World Regional Geography |
| PLSC 100 | Intro to Political Science | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflicte |
| PLSC 110 | Contemporary Foreign Governmen | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflicte |
| PLSC 130 | International Relations | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflicte |
| PLSC 150 | Intro to Political Thought | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 200 | National State and Local Govts | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 210 | American Politics | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PSYC 100 | General Psychology | PSYC 101 | General Psychology |
| PSYC 110 | Courtship, Marr, and the Fam | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| SOCI 100 | Introduction to Sociology | SOC 150 | Intro to Sociology |
| SOCI 105 | Social Problems | SOC 226 | Social Problems |
| SOCI 110 | Courtship Marriage and Family | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| SOCI 141 | Race and Ethnic Relations | SOC 325 | Critical Approach to Race/Ethn |
| SOCI 160 | Sociology of Sex and Gender | SOC 260 | Sociology of Gender |
Visual & Performing Arts (F)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| ARCH 100 | Survey of Modern Architecture | ARCD 1XX | Survey of Modern Architecture |
| ART 100 | Art of the Western World | ART 1XX | Art of the Western World |
| ART 101 | Art/Arc from Anc Wor to Medie | ART 101 | Survey of Western Art Hx |
| ART 102 | Art/Arc of Rena and Bar | ART 102 | Survey of Western Art History II |
| ART 103 | Art of Eu/Am from Roc to Pre | ART 1XX | Art of Eu/Am from Roc to Pre |
| ART 104 | Art of the 20th Century | ART 390 | Special Topics |
| ART 105 | Art of Asia and Near East | ART 1XX | Art of Asia and Near East |
| ART 124 | Old Masters Aesth and Tech | ART 1XX | Old Masters Aesth and Tech |
| DANC 100 | Dance Appreciation | DANC 1XX | Dance Appreciation |
| ETHN 288 | African-American Cinema | TRNS 1XX | African-American Cinema |
| ETHN 585 | Ethnicity in Cinema | TRNS 1XX | Ethnicity in Cinema |
| FILM 100 | Introduction to Film | MS 1XX | Introduction to Film |
| FILM 120 | Film History I | MS 1XX | Film History I |
| FILM 121 | Film History II | MS 1XX | Film History II |
| FILM 200 | Film in Focus | MS 1XX | Film in Focus |
| FILM 215 | Film and New Digital Media | MS 1XX | Film and New Digital Media |
| MUS 202 | Music Appreciation | MUS 1XX | Music Appreciation |
| MUS 250 | World Music | MUS 1XX | World Music |
| MUS 275 | History of Jazz | MUS 1XX | History of Jazz |
Cultural Diversity (CD)
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| ANTH 110 | Cultural Anthropology | ANTH 1XX | Cultural Anthropology |
| ETHN 101 | Latin American and Indigenous | TRNS 1XX | Latin American and Indigenous |
| ETHN 103 | Asian Pacific American Hist | TRNS 1XX | Asian Pacific American Hist |
| ETHN 104 | Asian Pacific Islander US Hist | TRNS 1XX | Asian Pacific Islander US Hist |
| ETHN 105 | African Amer Hist & Cul | SOC 238 | Afri-American Culture & Soc |
| ETHN 106 | Oceania & The Arts | TRNS 1XX | Oceania & The Arts |
| ETHN 288 | African-American Cinema | TRNS 1XX | African-American Cinema |
| ETHN 300 | Intro to La Raza Studies | TRNS 1XX | Intro to La Raza Studies |
| ETHN 585 | Ethnicity in Cinema | TRNS 1XX | Ethnicity in Cinema |
| GEOG 110 | Cultural Geography | TRNS 1XX | Cultural Geography |
| GEOG 150 | World Regional Geography | TRNS 1XX | World Regional Geography |
| HIST 260 | Women in American Hist. | HIST 1XX | Women in American Hist. |
| HIST 261 | Women in American Hist. I | HIST 1XX | Women in American Hist. I |
| HIST 262 | Women in American Hist. II | HIST 1XX | Women in American Hist. II |
| LIT 154 | Intro to LGBT Literature | ENGL 230 | Lit, Gender & Sexualities |
| LIT 251 | Women in Literature | ENGL 208 | Survey of Women's Literature I |
| LIT 266 | African American Literature | ENGL 203 | African Amer Lit Survey I |
| PSYC 110 | Courtship, Marr, and the Fam | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| SOCI 110 | Courtship Marriage and Family | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| SOCI 141 | Race and Ethnic Relations | SOC 325 | Critical Approach to Race/Ethn |
| SOCI 160 | Sociology of Sex and Gender | SOC 260 | Sociology of Gender |
Community Engaged Learning
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Must be completed at USF Community-Engaged Learning requirement may be met by completing course sections designated as “CEL”. Starting Fall 2019 the Community-Engaged Learning requirement replaced the Service Learning (SL) graduation requirement. The Community-Engaged Learning requirement should guide students to develop civic competencies while addressing some issue of the public good. |
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Common Course Equivalencies
| COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO | UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Course/Number | Course Title | Course/Number | Course Title |
| ACTG 121 | Financial Accounting | BUS 201 | Principles of Financial Acct |
| ACTG 131 | Managerial Accounting | BUS 202 | Principles of Managerial Acct |
| ADMJ 100 | Intro to Admin of Justice | SOC 357 | Criminology |
| ADMJ 125 | Juvenile Procedures | SOC 356 | Juvenile Justice |
| ARCH 120 | Arch & Design Drawing I | ARCD 150 | Architectronics 1 |
| ARCH 140 | Arch & Design Drawing II | ARCD 151 | Architectronics 2 |
| ARCH 210 | Design I: Intro to Arch/Env De | ARCD 120 | Architecture Studio 2 |
| ARCH 220 | Design II: Arch, Form & Env | ARCD 110 | Architecture Studio 1 |
| ART 101 | Art/Arc from Anc Wor to Medie | ART 101 | Survey Western Art History I |
| ART 102 | Art/Arc of Rena and Bar | ART 102 | Survey Western Art History II |
| ART 381 | Beginning Digital Photography | ART 280 | Digital Photography I |
| ASL 111 | American Sign Lang I | ASL 101 | First Semester ASL |
| ASL 112 | American Sign Language II | ASL 102 | Second Semester ASL |
| BIOL 110 | General Princ of Bio | BIOL 105 & 105L | General Biology I & Lab |
| BIOL 210 + 220 | General Zoology & General Botany | BIOL 106 & 106L | General Biology II & Lab |
| BIOL 230 | Intro Cell Biology | BIOL 212 | Cell Physiology |
| BIOL 240 | General Microbiology | BIOL 134 & 135 | Microbiology & Lab |
| BIOL 250 | Human Anatomy | BIOL 113 & 114 | Human Anatomy & Lab |
| BIOL 260 | Human Physiology | BIOL 115 & 116 | Survey of Human Physiology & Lab |
| BUS 100 | Introduction to Business | BUS 100 | Launch into Business |
| BUS 201 | Business Law | BUS 301 | Business Law |
| CIS 110 | Introduction to CIS | CS 110 | Intro to Computer Science I |
| CIS 254 | Intro Object Oriented Prg Dsgn | CS 112 | Intro to Comp Science II |
| CIS 256 | (CS2) Data Structures Java | CS 245 | Data Struct & Algorithms |
| CHEM 210 | General Chemistry I | CHEM 111 + 112 | General Chemistry I & Lab |
| CHEM 220 | General Chemistry II | CHEM 113 + 114 | General Chemistry II & Lab |
| COMM 110 | Public Speaking | RHET 103 | Public Speaking |
| COMM 130 | Interpersonal Communication | COMS 203 | Communication & Everyday Life |
| DGME 100 | Media in Society | MS 100 | Intro to Media Studies |
| DGME 102 | Media in Law and Ethics | PHIL 240 | Ethics |
| DRAF 121 | Computer Aided Drafting | ARCD 250 | CADD 1 |
| ECON 100 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 112 | Principles of Macroeconomics |
| ECON 102 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 111 | Principles of Microeconomics |
| ENGL 162 | Creative Writing II | ENGL 361 or 362 | Intro to Writ. Fict. or Intro to Writ. Poetry |
| ENGL 163 | Creative Writing III | ENGL 361 or 362 | Intro to Writ. Fict. or Intro to Writ. Poetry |
| GERM 111 | Elementary German I | GERM 101 | First Semester German |
| HIST 101 | History of Western Civ II | HIST 110 | European Civilization |
| HIST 201 | United States History I | HIST 120 | History of the U.S. |
| HIST 202 | United States History II | HIST 120 | History of the U.S. |
| HIST 260 | Women in American Hist. | HIST 127 | Women in US History |
| JAPN 111 | Elementary Japanese I | JAPN 101 | First Semester Japanese |
| KINE 103 | Social Issues in Sports | SOC 324 | Sport, Culture & Society |
| LIT 151 | Shakespeare | ENGL 340 | Shakespeare |
| LIT 154 | Intro to LGBT Literature | ENGL 230 | Lit, Gender & Sexualities |
| LIT 231 | Survey of English Lit I | ENGL 310 | Literature 1 |
| LIT 232 | Survey of English Lit II | ENGL 320 | Literature 2 |
| LIT 251 | Women in Literature | ENGL 208 | Survey of Women's Literature I |
| LIT 266 | African American Literature | ENGL 203 | African Amer Lit Survey I |
| MATH 200 | Elem. Probability and Stats | MATH 101 or PSYC 260 | Elem Statistics or Psych Statistics |
| MATH 200 & CIS 110 | Elem. Probability and Stats & Intro to Comp & Inf | MATH 106 | Business Statistics |
| MATH 241 | Applied Calculus I | MATH 109 | Calculus & Analytic Geom I |
| MATH 242 | Applied Calculus II | MATH 110 | Calculus & Analytic Geom II |
| MATH 251 | Calculus w/ Analytic Geo I | MATH 109 | Calculus & Analytic Geom I |
| MATH 252 | Calculus w/ Analytic Geo II | MATH 110 | Calculus & Analytic Geom II |
| MATH 253 | Calculus w/ Analytic Geo III | MATH 211 | Calculus & Analytic Geom III |
| MATH 268 | Discrete Mathematics | MATH 201 | Discrete Mathematics |
| MATH 270 | Linear Algebra | MATH 202 | Linear Algebra & Probability |
| PHIL 100 | Intro to Philosophy | PHIL 110 | Great Philosophical Questions |
| PHYS 210 | General Physics I | PHYS 100 & 100L | Introductory Physics I & Lab |
| PHYS 220 | General Physics II | PHYS 101 & 101L | Introductory Physics II & Lab |
| PHYS 260 | Physics w/ Calculus I | PHYS 110 & 110L | General Physics I & Lab |
| PHYS 270 | Physics w/ Calculus II | PHYS 210 & 210L | General Physics II & Lab |
| PLSC 100 | Intro to Political Science | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 110 | Contemporary Foreign Government | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 120 | Intro to Research Methods | POLS 222 | Approaches/ Political Research |
| PLSC 130 | International Relations | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 150 | Intro to Political Thought | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 200 | National State and Local Govts | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 210 | American Politics | POLS 100 or 110 | Ideas & Institutions or Change & Conflict |
| PLSC 215 | Contemp Issues in American Politics | POLS 292 | Special Topics in Politics |
| PLSC 310 | California State & Local Government | POLS 364 | California Politics |
| PSYC 100 | General Psychology | PSYC 101 | General Psychology |
| PSYC 110 | Courtship, Marr, and the Fam | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| PSYC 120 | Intro to Research Methods | PSYC 265 | Research Design |
| PSYC 121 | Basic Statistical Concepts | PSYC 260 | Psychological Statistics |
| PSYC 200 | Developmental Psychology | PSYC 210 | Life Span Development |
| PSYC 201 | Child Development | PSYC 312 | Child Development |
| PSYC 220 | Introduction to Psychobiology | PSYC 270 | Biological Psychology |
| PSYC 225 | Theories of Personality | PSYC 318 | Theories of Personality |
| PSYC 300 | Social Psychology | PSYC 310 or SOC 231 | Social Psychology |
| PSYC 410 | Abnormal Psychology | PSYC 313 | Abnormal Psychology |
| SOCI 105 | Social Problems | SOC 226 | Social Problems |
| SOCI 110 | Courtship Marriage and Family | SOC 229 | Diversity/Amer Families |
| SOCI 121 | Intro to Research Methods | SOC 308 | Research Methods |
| SOCI 141 | Race and Ethnic Relations | SOC 325 | Critical Approach to Race/Ethn |
| SOCI 160 | Sociology of Sex and Gender | SOC 260 | Sociology of Gender |
Transfer Admission
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