Highline College
Course Equivalency Guide
| FIDM Course | Highline College Course |
|---|---|
| BUAD 2850 Entrepreneurship | BUSN 155 Entrepreneurship |
| BUMT 3820 Business Law | BUS&201 Business Law |
| GNST 1040 English Composition | ENGL&101 English Composition I |
| GNST 1080 Drawing Fundamentals* | ART 110 Drawing I: Beginning Drawing (or) ART 112 Figure Drawing (or) ART 228 Design Drawing |
| GNST 1230 Color & Design Theory | ART 105 Introduction to Color |
| GNST 1450 College Mathematics* | MATH 111 College Algebra (or Higher) |
| GNST 1600 Effective Speaking | CMST&220 Public Speaking |
| GNST 1650 Critical Thinking* | ENGL&102 English Composition II |
| GNST 2000 Film: History & Development* | FS 103 American Film History 2: 1967 to Present |
| GNST 2020 Survey of Western Art I* | ART 120 Introduction to Art History |
| GNST 2120 Ethics | PHIL 110 Introduction to Ethics (or) BUSN 190 Business Ethics and Sustainability |
| GNST 2470 Principles of Biology** | BIOL&100 Survey of Biology (or) BIOL&160 General Biology with lab (or) BIOL&170 Human Biology (or) BIOL&175 Human Biology with lab |
| GNST 2470L Principles of Biology Lab | Any Highline College Biology Lab course |
| GNST 2570 Microeconomics** | ECON&201 Microeconomics |
| GNST 2630 Principles of Chemistry** | CHEM 110 Chemical Concepts (or Higher) |
| GNST 2750 Seminar in the Arts* | ART&100 Art Appreciation |
| GNST 2870 Macroeconomics** | ECON&202 Macroeconomics |
| GNST 2960 American Political & Economic History | HIST 147 US History II (+) HIST 148 US History III |
| GNST 2980 Professional Practices | INTD 222 Interior Design Business |
| GNST 3020 Statistics | MATH&146 Introduction to Statistics |
| GNST 3400 Social Psychology* | PSYCH 320 Social Psychology |
| GNST 3900 Issues in Contemporary Society | SOC&201 Social Problems |
| GRPH 1150 Type & Layout | VICOM 165 InDesign Layout |
| GRPH 1300 Computer Illustration* | VICOM 250 Designing with Illustrator |
| GRPH 1420 2-D Design* | ART 101 Design I: Two Dimensional |
| GRPH 1720 Typography | VICOM 152 Typography |
| GRPH 2630 Website Design* | VICOM 100 Introduction to Web Design |
| GRPH 2680 Graphic Design Portfolio | VICOM 236 Portfolio Presentation |
| GRPH 2930 Introduction to Digital Photography | VICOM 200 Web Design II |
| INTD 1090A Technical Drawing I | INTD 186 Manual Drafting |
| INTD 1090B Technical Drawing II | INTD 196 CADD/Delineations II |
| INTD 1090C Technical Drawing III* | INTD 280 CADD/Delineations III |
| INTD 1220 Design Process | INTD 122 Interior Design I* |
| INTD 1350 Survey of Architecture & Interior Design I | INTD 128 Furniture History I |
| INTD 1450 Residential Design Concepts | INTD 125 Interior Design II |
| INTD 1520 Digital Modeling | INTD 168 Sketch-Up |
| INTD 1650 Survey of Architecture & Interior Design II | INTD 150 Furniture History II |
| INTD 1750 Digital Presentation | INTD 169 3-D Model Rendering |
| INTD 1850 Commercial Design Concepts | INTD 226 Interior Design III |
| INTD 2050 Materials for Interior Design | INTD 161 Materials and Resources |
| MMKT 2640 International Business* | BUSN 205 International Business |
| MMKT 2880 Marketing Essentials* | BUSN 138 Principles of Marketing |
| MRCH 1550 The Retail Environment | BUSN 175 Retailing |
| 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.