El Camino College
Course Equivalency Guide
| FIDM Course | El Camino College Course |
|---|---|
| BUAD 2850 Entrepreneurship | Business 24 Small Business Entrepreneurship (if not already given credit for MPDV 2820) |
| BUMT 3300A Financial Accounting I | BUS 1A Financial Accounting |
| BUMT 3950 Managerial Accounting* | BUS 1B Managerial Accounting |
| DESN 1150 Fashion Sketching for Design I*** | Fashion 15 Beginning Fashion Illustration |
| DESN 1250 Industry Sewing*** | Fashion 10 Clothing Construction I |
| DESN 1420 Applied Draping Techniques (6 hours) * | Fashion 26B Basic Dress Design through Draping Process |
| DESN 1760 Pattern Drafting I (6 hours)** | Fashion 26A Basic Design and Patternmaking |
| DESN 2530 Computer-Aided Fashion Design I*** | Fashion 4 Computer Fashion Illustration |
| DESN 2540 Computer Pattern Drafting I | Fashion 29 Computer Pattern Design/Patternmaking |
| GNST 1040 English Composition | English 1A (or 1AH) Reading and Composition |
| GNST 1080 Drawing Fundamentals* | Art 110 Drawing Fundamentals I (or) ART 217 Life Drawing I |
| GNST 1170 History of Costume* | Fashion 31 History of Costume |
| GNST 1180 Technology for Business Applications* | CIS 2 Computer Information Systems 2 Office Applications |
| GNST 1230 Color & Design Theory | ART 129 Fundamentals of Colors or Fashion 35 Applied Color Theory |
| GNST 1450 College Mathematics* | Any El Camino College Math course certified for IGETC AREA 2 or CSUGE AREA B4 |
| GNST 1600 Effective Speaking | COMS I00 Public Speaking |
| GNST 1650 Critical Thinking* | English 1C (or 1CH) Critical Thinking and Composition (or) Philosophy 105 (or 105H) Critical Thinking and Discourse |
| GNST 2020 Survey of Western Art I* | AHIS 102A (or 102AH) History of Western Art - Prehistoric to Gothic |
| GNST 2120 Ethics | PHIL 120 Ethics, Law and Society |
| GNST 2380 World Art* | ART 101 Art and Visual Culture: A Global Perspective |
| GNST 2420 Survey of Western Art II* | Art 102B History of Western Art - Proto - Renaissance to 19th Century |
| GNST 2470 Principles of Biology** | Biology 10 (or 10H) Fundamentals of Biology (or Higher) for course equivalency. For upper division transfer any Life Science course certified for either CSUGE AREA B2 or IGETC AREA 5B |
| GNST 2470L Principles of Biology Lab | Any El Camino College Biology Lab course |
| GNST 2570 Microeconomics** | Economics 2 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics Theory |
| GNST 2630 Principles of Chemistry** | Chemistry 1A General Chemistry I (or Higher) for course equivalency. For upper division transfer any Physical Science course certified for either CSUGE AREA B1 or IGETC AREA 5A |
| GNST 2750 Seminar in the Arts* | Art 101 Art and Visual Culture: A Global Prospective |
| GNST 2780 Major Art Movements* | Art 102C History of Western Art - 19th Century to Contemporary Times |
| GNST 2870 Macroeconomics** | Economics 1 (or 1H) Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics |
| GNST 2960 American Political & Economic History | History 102 (or 102H) United States History from 1877 to Present |
| GNST 2980 Professional Practices | Business 40 Career Planning |
| GNST 3020 Statistics | MATH 150 Elementary Statistics with Probability |
| GNST 3050 Writing for Business Professionals | BUSINESS 27 Effective English for Business (or) BUSINESS 28 Written Business Communication |
| GNST 3400 Social Psychology* | PSYC 8 Social Psychology |
| GNST 3900 Issues in Contemporary Society | SOCI 104 Social Problems |
| MMKT 2880 Marketing Essentials* | BUS 14 Marketing |
| MPDV 1750 Trends and Fashion Forecasting | Business 19 Principles of Retailing Management |
| PermaLink | Approved: 10/07/2021 |
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.