Computer Science Transfer to Briar Cliff
- This plan may be laid out using a Third Semester as a summer semester based on course availability.
- Your financial aid may be affected by your summer course load. Meet with Student Financial Services for advice.
These are the recommended courses for transfer into a specific major at Briar Cliff University, but other courses may be accepted. Pathways are based on a four-semester, 16-17 credit per semester layout (more depending on Briar Cliff’s requirements) - reducing the number of credits taken per semester increases the number of semesters enrolled.
Term 1
ACC-131
Principles of Accounting I
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the basic accounting concepts applicable to the operation of a service oriented or retailing sole proprietorship.
CSC-116
Information Computing
FA
SP
SU
3
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course presents the basic concepts of information systems and computer literacy. The course incorporates theory as well as hands-on practice, which focuses on spreadsheets and database management systems (DBMS).
ECN-120
Principles of Macroeconomics
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
Sioux City
This course addresses the essential concern of macroeconomics; understanding and improving the performance of the economy as a whole by studying topics such as the effect of fiscal policy and monetary policy on inflation, unemployment and economic growth in a global economy.
ENG-105
Composition I
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is an exploration of writing as a process with attention to audience, purpose and patterns of exposition.
Pre-requisite: Recommended ACT Composite of 22. Students may complete aýwriting sample to gauge preparedness for the course and thenýaccess instructional staff and resources in the CometýLearning Center both before and during the course to beýsuccessful.
Pre-requisite: Recommended ACT Composite of 22. Students may complete aýwriting sample to gauge preparedness for the course and thenýaccess instructional staff and resources in the CometýLearning Center both before and during the course to beýsuccessful.
PSY-111
Introduction to Psychology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the scientific study of mental processes and behavior with emphasis on psychological theories. This course explains the importance of evidence-based approaches in practice and literature. Students apply critical thinking in relation to research methods and ethics in the field of psychology.
SDV-108
The College Experience
FA
SP
SU
1
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the College's expectations, environment, and resources so that students may become more competent participants in the learning process.
17
Term 2
ACC-132
Principles of Accounting II
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a continuation of Principles of Accounting I with the emphasis on partnership, corporation, cost, and management accounting.
Pre-requisite: Take ACC-131 Princ of Acct I
Pre-requisite: Take ACC-131 Princ of Acct I
ECN-130
Principles of Microeconomics
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
Sioux City
This course provides tools to analyze the choices made by households, firms and governments, and how these choices affect various domestic market structures and international markets.
ENG-106
Composition II
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a continuation of ENG 105 with emphasis on developing more complex, sophisticated forms of exposition. It includes a research paper requiring library research, documentation, and bibliography.
Pre-requisite: Take ENG-105 Composition I
Pre-requisite: Take ENG-105 Composition I
MAT-157
Statistics
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course addresses theory, techniques, and applications of statistical analyses; descriptive statistics, probability, sampling, estimation, test of hypotheses, ANOVA, linear regression, and nonparametric procedures. Computer skills and use is needed throughout.
Pre-requisite: MAT-102 or Higher An ACT Math score of 22 or an ALEKSýassessment score of 33 may be used in lieu of theýpre-requisite course.
Pre-requisite: MAT-102 or Higher An ACT Math score of 22 or an ALEKSýassessment score of 33 may be used in lieu of theýpre-requisite course.
SOC-110
Introduction to Sociology
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course is a survey of the fundamental concepts used in the study of human social interaction with emphasis on group aspects of social behavior. Subject areas include research methods, theory, culture and social structure, socialization, groups and formal organizations, deviance and social control, stratification, race and ethnicity (including whiteness), major social institutions, and social change.
17
Term 3
BIO-105
Introductory Biology
FA
SP
SU
4
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This is a combined lecture and lab course that is a biological concepts survey for non-science majors. Topics covered include biochemistry, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, evolution, diversity of life, and ecology.
GEO-121
World Regional Geography
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is a geographic survey of nations and continents with an emphasis on important physical characteristics of the major regions of the world. Attention is devoted to demographic, economic, political, and cultural development and the consequent contemporary relationship with each other.
MUS-100
Music Appreciation
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
A general course designed to make the student more aware of musical form, media, genres, musical periods, and the essential role of music in life and culture. Emphasizes the development of tools for intelligent listening and appreciation.
SOC-212
Diversity
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course utilizes an interdisciplinary and intersectional approach to studying gender, race, class, sexuality and other markers of diversity. The curriculum highlights the duality of oppression and privilege and the ways in which race, gender, class and sexuality shape daily life. Special focus is on learning how to demonstrate course concepts as social action. Social justice is practiced as students become educated in these concepts of diversity and engage in diversity conscious social action.
SPC-112
Public Speaking
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
The course combines theory of speech communication with public speech performance skills. Emphasis is on speech delivery, preparation, organization, support, and audience analysis. Practice of skills is through presentation and exercise.
16
Term 4
ART-203
Art History I
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
This course is a survey of the visual arts from prehistoric times through the Middle Ages with an emphasis on the relationship between art and social, economic, religious and geographical conditions. It discusses the historical context of contemporary forms of expression when relevant.
HIS-152
U.S. History Since 1877
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Surveys the basic forces and events that shaped American life from the Reconstruction era to the present.
MGT-101
Principles of Management
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces students to the role of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling in formal and informal organizations of all sizes. This course presents theoretical bases and real world examples of implementation.
PHI-101
Introduction to Philosophy
FA
SP
SU
3
Internet Course
Sioux City
Sioux City
This course introduces a broad spectrum of philosophical questions and perspectives, with an emphasis on the systematic questioning of basic assumptions about reality, knowledge, meaning, and values.
PHI-105
Introduction to Ethics
FA
SP
SU
3
Cherokee
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
Denison
Internet Course
Sioux City
This course introduces fundamental theories of moral behavior, examines important concepts and arguments used in moral reasoning, and applies ethical theories to contemporary personal and social issues.
15
Briar Cliff University
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Last Updated on January 21, 2024