Transfer Students

Recommended Courses for Admission

To find the course equivalencies at an Illinois community college, please review our Course Articulation Guides.

Recommended for all Middle Level Teacher Education Majors:

• Composition I (ENG 101)
• Writing in the Disciplines (ENG 145)
• Fundamentals of Speech (COM 110)

English Language Arts Endorsement

Take two of the following:

• English Literature (ENG 110)
• Survey of American Literature (ENG 130)
• Children’s Literature (ENG 170)
• Literary Narrative (ENG 125)
• Introduction to African-American Literature & Culture (ENG 165)
• Multimodal Composition (ENG 239)

Mathematics Endorsement

• Geometric Reasoning (MAT 131)
• Algebraic Reasoning for Middle Schoolers (MAT 202)

Science Endorsement

• Fundamentals of Biology (BIO 101)
• Fundamentals of Chemistry (CHE 110)
• Fundamentals of Physics (PHY 105)
• Origin of the Universe (PHY 205) or Energy and the Environment (PHY 207)
• Principles of Geology (GEO 102)
• Natural Disasters (GEO 207) or Earth’s Dynamic Weather (GEO 211)

English Language Learner (ESL) Endorsement

• Cross Cultural Teaching and Learning (TCH 110)
• Unity and Diversity in Language (ENG 143)

Take one of the following: 

• Culture Power and Civic Life (ANT 176)
• Cultures of the World: Introduction to Cultural and Linguistic Anthropology (ANT 185)
• Contemporary Social Problems in Global Perspectives (SOC 108)
• American Diversity (SOC 111)

Social Science Endorsement

• World Geography (GEO 135)
• United States Government and Civic Practices (POL 106)
• Macroeconomics (ECO 101) or Microeconomics (ECO 102)
• Western Civilization to 1500 (HIS 101) or Western Civilization after 1500 (HIS 102) or Non-Western History (HIS 104)
• History of the US to 1865 (HIS 135) or History of the US after 1856 (HIS 136)