Santa Monica College (SMC)
Course Equivalency Guide
| FIDM Course | Santa Monica College (SMC) Course |
|---|---|
| BUAD 2000 Organizational Behavior & Management* | BUS 72 Organizational Management and Leadership (+) BUS 76 Human Resources Management |
| BUAD 2850 Entrepreneurship | BUS 63 Principles of Entrepreneurship |
| BUMT 3300A Financial Accounting I | ACCTG 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting |
| BUMT 3820 Business Law | BUS 5 Business Law and the Legal Environment |
| BUMT 3950 Managerial Accounting* | ACCTG 2 Corporate Financial and Managerial Accounting |
| DESN 1150 Fashion Sketching for Design I*** | FASHN 9A - Illustration & Advertising |
| DESN 1250 Industry Sewing*** | FASHN 3- Apparel Construction |
| DESN 1550 Fashion Sketching for Design II*** | FASHN 9B - Advanced Fashion Illustration |
| GNST 1040 English Composition | ENGL 1 Reading and Composition I |
| GNST 1080 Drawing Fundamentals* | ART 20A, Drawing I (OR) ART 21A, Figure Drawing I |
| GNST 1170 History of Costume* | FASHN 8 History of Fashion Design (or) TH ART 26 Introduction to Stage Costuming |
| GNST 1230 Color & Design Theory | FASHION 2 - Color Analysis (or) ART 10A, Design I (or) INTDSN 34 Applied Color and Design Theory |
| GNST 1450 College Mathematics* | Any ONE of the following Math courses from: MATH 2, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 21, 22 (or Higher) |
| GNST 1600 Effective Speaking | COM ST 11 Elements of Public Speaking |
| GNST 1650 Critical Thinking* | ENGL 2 Critical Analysis and Intermediate Composition (OR) ENGL 31 Advanced Composition (OR) PHILOS 7 Logic and Critical Thinking |
| GNST 2020 Survey of Western Art I* | AHIS 1 Western Art History I |
| GNST 2120 Ethics | PHILOS 2 Ethics |
| GNST 2420 Survey of Western Art II* | AHIS 2 Western Art History II |
| GNST 2470 Principles of Biology** | BIOL 2 Human Biology (OR) BIOL 3 Fundamentals of Biology |
| GNST 2530 Principles of Kinesiology | PRO CR 10 Introduction to Kinesiology |
| GNST 2570 Microeconomics** | ECON 1 Principles of Microeconomics |
| GNST 2630 Principles of Chemistry** | CHEM 9 Everyday Chemistry (OR) CHEM 10 Introductory General Chemistry (OR) CHEM 11 General Chemistry I |
| GNST 2750 Seminar in the Arts* | AHIS 11 Art Appreciation: Introduction to Global Visual Culture |
| GNST 2780 Major Art Movements* | AHIS 3 Western Art History III |
| GNST 2870 Macroeconomics** | ECON 2 Principles of Macroeconomics |
| GNST 2960 American Political & Economic History | HIST 12 the united States History through Reconstruction (OR) HIST 13, History of the U.S. after 1945 |
| GNST 3020 Statistics | MATH 54 Elementary Statistics |
| GNST 3050 Writing for Business Professionals | BUS 32 Business Communications |
| GNST 3400 Social Psychology* | PSYCH 13 Social Psychology |
| GNST 3900 Issues in Contemporary Society | SOCIOL 2 Social Problems |
| INTD 1090B Technical Drawing II | INTDSN 35 Computer-Aided Design and Drafting |
| INTD 1350 Survey of Architecture & Interior Design I | I |
| MMKT 1650 Consumer Behavior and Research | BUS 26, Marketing Research and Consumer Behavior |
| MMKT 2640 International Business* | BUS 52 International Marketing |
| MMKT 2880 Marketing Essentials* | BUS 20 Principles of Marketing (OR) FASHN 19 Fashion Marketing |
| MRCH 1550 The Retail Environment | BUS 21 Merchandising Principles |
| MRCH 2200 Merchandise Buying* | FASHN 5 Fashion Buying |
| PermaLink | Approved: 01/01/2021 |
NOTES:
*Indicates courses that may not be a requirement in all majors. Such courses will be
transferred in if they are a requirement or an elective choice in the transferring students program’s curriculum. ALSO: Major specific course may be accepted by the Department Chair with review of class projects / exams and course description.
**Indicates courses only offered in FIDM’s Business Management Bachelor of Science Degree to complete student’s lower division general education requirements.
***Indicates courses that may transfer after additional evaluation by FIDM’s Fashion Design Department regarding the review of specific projects, stated learning objectives and inquiries regarding the type of equipment and/or programs used. Evaluations could be minimized significantly pending the submission of a course outline and or syllabus.