Monterey Peninsula College (MPC)
Course Equivalency Guide
| FIDM Course | Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) Course |
|---|---|
| BUAD 1800 Leadership Development | BUSI 22 Effective Leadership in Business |
| BUAD 2850 Entrepreneurship | BUSI 68 Entrepreneurial Start-Up Ventures |
| BUMT 3300A Financial Accounting I | BUSI 1A Financial Accounting |
| BUMT 3820 Business Law | BUSI 18 Business Law |
| BUMT 3950 Managerial Accounting* | BUSI 1B Managerial Accounting |
| DESN 1250 Industry Sewing*** | FASH 61 Garment Construction I |
| DESN 1760 Pattern Drafting I (6 hours)** | FASH 68 Flat Pattern Design I |
| DESN 1850 The Business of Fashion | FASH 81 Business and Marketing Practices |
| DESN 2160 Pattern Drafting II (6 hours)** | FASH 71 Flat Pattern Design II |
| DESN 2280 Creative Design Applications* | FASH 86 Apparel Design |
| GNST 1040 English Composition | ENGL 1A College Composition (or) ENGL 1AE College Composition: Enhanced |
| GNST 1080 Drawing Fundamentals* | ART 10A Drawing and Composition I (or) ART 12A Figure Drawing I (or) ART 28A Drawing and Composition I |
| GNST 1170 History of Costume* | FASH 52 History of Fashion |
| GNST 1230 Color & Design Theory | ARTB 4 Color Fundamentals (or) ARTB 2 Visual Fundamentals: Two-Dimensional Design (or) INTD 53 Color Theory and Application |
| GNST 1450 College Mathematics* | MATH 10 Mathematics for General Education (or higher) ANY MPC Math course certified for either Academic Breadth AREA B4 or IGETC AREA 2 |
| GNST 1600 Effective Speaking | SPCH 1 Public Speaking |
| GNST 1650 Critical Thinking* | ENGL 2 Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking (or) PHIL 6 Introduction to Logic (or) PHIL 10 Introduction to Critical Thinking |
| GNST 2020 Survey of Western Art I* | ARTH 3 Western Art I |
| GNST 2120 Ethics | BUSI 24 Business Issues and Ethics |
| GNST 2370 Applied Statistics | MATH 16 Elementary Statistics (or) PSYC 19 Introduction to Statistics for Social Sciences |
| GNST 2420 Survey of Western Art II* | ARTH 4 Western Art II |
| GNST 2430 Perspectives in Diversity | BUSI 38 Managing Diversity and Inclusion |
| GNST 2470 Principles of Biology** | BIOL 10 Principles of Biology (or higher) |
| GNST 2470L Principles of Biology Lab | Any MPC Biology Lab course |
| GNST 2530 Principles of Kinesiology | KINS 40 Introduction to Kinesiology |
| GNST 2570 Microeconomics** | ECON 4 Principles of Economics: Micro |
| GNST 2630 Principles of Chemistry** | CHEM 1A General Chemistry I (or) CHEM 2 Fundamental Chemistry (or) CHEM 10 Everyday Chemistry (or higher) |
| GNST 2750 Seminar in the Arts* | ARTH 1 Art Appreciation (or) ARTB 10 Survey of the Arts |
| GNST 2870 Macroeconomics** | ECON 2 Principles of Economics: Macro |
| GNST 2960 American Political & Economic History | HIST 18 U.S. History from 1865 |
| GNST 3020 Statistics | MATH 16 Elementary Statistics (or) PSYC 19 Introduction to Statistics for Social Sciences |
| GNST 3050 Writing for Business Professionals | BUSI 70 Business Communications |
| GNST 3400 Social Psychology* | PSYC 3 Introduction to Social Psychology |
| GNST 3900 Issues in Contemporary Society | SOCI 2 Contemporary Social Issues |
| GRPH 1000 Beginning Adobe | ARTG 10 Introduction to Computers for Graphic Arts |
| GRPH 1050 Digital Imaging* | ARTG 11 Introduction to Photoshop |
| GRPH 1150 Type & Layout | ARTG 12 Page Layout and Typography |
| GRPH 2120 Publication Design | ARTG 16 Graphic Arts Production and Pre-Press |
| INTD 1220 Design Process | INTD 50A Introduction to Interior Design |
| INTD 1350 Survey of Architecture & Interior Design I | INTD 56 History of Interior Architecture and Furniture I |
| INTD 2000 Lighting Design | INTD 52 Fundamentals of Lighting |
| INTD 2050 Materials for Interior Design | INTD 54 Interior Materials and Finishes |
| MMKT 2880 Marketing Essentials* | BUSI 50 Introduction to Marketing |
| MRCH 1550 The Retail Environment | BUSI 52 Retail Store Management (or) FASH 85 Fashion Merchandising |
| TSCI 1750 Textile Science for Interior Design* | INTD 15 Textiles |
| PermaLink | Approved: 10/04/2021 |
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.