Grand Valley State University equivalency guide
The list below offers commonly transferred courses as well as courses that will fill Calvin's core requirements. Courses not listed here may also transfer.
Contact the Transfer Evaluator for more information about Calvin course equivalencies.
| Grand Valley State University | Calvin Equivalent | |||
| AAA 232 | Modern African American Lit | ENGL 283 | African-American Lit | |
| ACC 212 | Financial Accounting | BUS 204 | Financial Accounting | |
| ACC 213 | Managerial Accounting | BUS 203 | Intro to Managerial Accounting | |
| ACC 310 | Interm Accounting I | BUS 301 | Interm Accounting I | |
| ACC 311 | Interm Accounting II | BUS 302 | Interm Accounting II | |
| ACC 321 | Cost Accounting | BUS 305 | Cost Accounting | |
| ACC 322 | Adv Managerial Accounting | BUS 310 | Advanced Accounting | |
| ACC 340 | Accounting Systems | BUS 315 | Accounting Systems | |
| ANT 204 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | SOC 153 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | Global/Hist core |
| ANT 220 | Intro to Archaeology | IDIS 240 | Intro to Archaeology | |
| ART 155 | Intro to Drawing 1 | ARTS 250 | Intro to Drawing | |
| ART 221 | Survey of Art History I | ARTH 101 | Intro to History of Art I | Arts core |
| ART 222 | Survey of Art History II | ARTH 102 | Intro to History of Art II | Arts core |
| ART 230 | Art for Classroom Teacher | ARTE 215 | Intro to Elem Art Ed | Arts core |
| ART 258 | Interm Drawing | ARTS 300 | Interm Drawing | |
| ART 260 | Intro to Painting | ARTS 251 | Intro to Painting | |
| ART 270 | Intro to Sculpture | ARTS 257 | Intro to Sculpture | |
| ART 275 | Intro to Ceramics | ARTS 258 | Intro to Ceramics | |
| ART 325 | 19th Century Art | ARTH 238 | 19th Century Art | Arts core |
| ART 326 | 20th Century Art | ARTH 239 | Modernism & Arts | Arts core |
| ART 361 | Interm Painting | ARTS 301 | Interm Painting | |
| ART 371 | Interm Sculpture | ARTS 307 | Interm Sculpture | |
| ART 376 | Interm Ceramics | ARTS 308 | Interm Ceramics | |
| BIO 103 | Biology of People | Core | Living World core | |
| BIO 120 | General Biology I | BIOL 141 | Cell Biology & Genetics | Living World core |
| BIO 121 | General Biology II | BIOL 111 | Biological Science | Living World core |
| BIO 302 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | BIOL 323 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | |
| BIO 303 | Plants & Fungi | BIOL 243 | Plant Biology | |
| BUS 101 | Introduction to Business | BUS 160 | Bus & Organization Mgt | |
| CHEM 109 | Intro Chemistry | CHEM 101 | Molecular World | Physical World core |
| CHI 101 | Elem Chinese I | CHIN 101 | Elem Chinese | |
| CHI 102 | Elem Chinese II | CHIN 102 | Elem Chinese | |
| CHI 201 | Interm Chinese I | CHIN 201 | Interm Chinese | |
| CHI 202 | Interm Chinese II | CHIN 202 | Interm Chinese | Foreign Lang core |
| CHM 115 | Principles of Chemistry I | CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I | Physical World core |
| CHM 116 | Principles of Chemistry II | CHEM 104 | General Chemistry II | Physical World core |
| CHM 222 | Quantitative Analysis | CHEM 201 | Quantitative Analysis | |
| CHM 231 | Intro to Organic Chemistry | CHEM 253 | Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry | |
| CHM 232 | Biological Chemistry | CHEM 323 | Biochemistry | |
| CHM 241 | Organic Chemistry I | CHEM 261 | Organic Chemistry I | |
| CHM 242 | Organic Chemistry II | CHEM 262 | Organic Chemistry II | |
| CJ 101 | Justice & Society | SOC 210 | Criminal Justice System | Societal core |
| COM 201 | Speech | CAS 101 | Oral Rhetoric | Rhetoric/Culture core |
| COM 301 | Interpersonal Communication | CAS 260 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| COM 371 | Media & Society | CAS 230 | Media & Public | |
| CPH 171 | Photography I | ARTS 256 | Intro to Photography | |
| CPH 172 | Photography II | ARTS 356 | Interm Photography | |
| CTH 101 | Intro theatre | CAS 217 | Principles of Theatre | Arts core |
| ECO 210 | Intro Macroeconomics | ECON 222 | Princ of Macroeconomics | |
| ECO 211 | Intro Microeconomics | ECON 221 | Princ of Microeconomics | Societal core |
| ECO 313 | Business Cycles & Growth | ECON 326 | Business Cycles & Forecasting | |
| ECO 369 | Intern' Economics Issues | ECON 338 | International Economics | |
| ECO 414 | Money & Banking | ECON 331 | Money & Banking | |
| ENG 201 | Classical Lit | CLAS 211 | Classical Lit | Literature core |
| ENG 204 | World Mythology | CLAS 231 | Classical Mythology | Arts core |
| ENG 212 | Intro to Shakespeare | ENGL 346 | Shakespeare | |
| ENG 220 | British Lit I | ENGL 215 | Survey of British Lit I | Literature core |
| ENG 221 | British Lit II | ENGL 216 | Survey of British Lit II | Literature core |
| ENG 225 | American Lit I: to 1860 | ENGL 217 | Survey of American Lit I | Literature core |
| ENG 226 | American Lit II: from 1860 | ENGL 218 | Survey of American Lit II | Literature core |
| ENG 231 | Early African-American Lit | ENGL 283 | African-American Literature | |
| ENG 313 | British Literature: Shakespeare | ENGL 346 | Shakespeare | |
| ENG 321 | British Lit: Medieval | ENGL 302 | British Lit Middle Ages | |
| ENG 322 | British Lit: Renaissance | ENGL 304 | British Lit 16th Century | |
| ENG 323 | Brit Lit: 18th Romantic | ENGL 307 | British Lit 18th Century | |
| ENG 324 | British Lit Victorian-Present | ENGL 308 | Brit Lit Middle & Late 19th C | |
| ENG 325 | American Lit to 1800 | ENGL 310 | Lit I: Settlement to Civil War | |
| ENG 326 | 19th Century American Lit | ENGL 311 | Lit II: Civil War-Great Depress. | |
| ENG 328 | Contemporary American Lit | ENGL 312 | Lit III: World War II to Present | |
| ENG 362 | History of English Language | ENGL 337 | History of English Language | |
| ENG 436 | Women & Lit | ENGL 290 | Lit & Women | |
| FRE 101 | Elem French I | FREN 101 | Elem French | |
| FRE 102 | Elem French II | FREN 102 | Elem French | |
| FRE 201 | Interm French I | FREN 201 | Interm French | |
| FRE 202 | Interm French II | FREN 202 | Interm French | Foreign Lang core |
| FRE 300 | Survey of French Lit I | FREN 217 | Intro to French Lit | |
| GEO 111 | Exploring Earth | GEOL 151 | Intro to Geology | Physical World core |
| GEO 112 | Earth History | GEOL 120 | Earth System | Physical World core |
| GEO 211 | Mineralogy | GEOL 201 | Mineralogy | |
| GEO 311 | Structural Geology | GEOL 212 | Structural Geology | |
| GER 101 | Elem German I | GERM 101 | Elem German | |
| GER 102 | Elem German II | GERM 102 | Elem German | |
| GER 201 | Interm German I | GERM 201 | Interm German | |
| GER 202 | Interm German II | GERM 202 | Interm German | Foreign Lang core |
| GK 102 | Elem Ancient Greek II | GREE 102 | Elem Greek | |
| GPY 235 | World Regional | GEOG 110 | World Regional Geography | Global/Hist core |
| GPY 351 | Geography of Africa | GEOG 242 | Geography of Africa | |
| GPY 352 | Geography of Latin America | GEOG 240 | Geography of Latin American | |
| GPY 353 | Geography of Canada & US | GEOG 241 | Geography of US & Canada | |
| GRK 101 | Elem Ancient Greek I | GREE 101 | Elem Greek | |
| GRK 201 | Interm Ancient Greek I | GREE 201 | Interm Greek | |
| GRK 202 | Interm Greek II | GREE 202 | Intermediate Greek | Foreign Lang core |
| HS 208/309 | Human Anatomy/Lab | BIOL 205 | Mammalian Anatomy | |
| HS 212/213 | Intro Microbiology/Lab | BIOL 207 | Intro Microbiology | |
| HS 290/291 | Human Physiology/Lab | BIOL 206 | Mammalian Physiology | |
| HST 101 | Intro to World Civilizations | HIST 151 | History of West & World | History core |
| HST 102 | Intro to European Civilization | HIST 152 | History of Wes t& World | History core |
| HST 205 | American History to 1877 | HIST 229 | U.S.A. | |
| HST 206 | American History Since 1877 | HIST 253 | Industrial America 1877-1945 | |
| HST 303 | Era of Sectional Conflict & Civil War | HIST 252 | American Republic 1763-1877 | |
| HST 305 | US Transformed | HIST 253 | Industrial America 1877-1945 | |
| HST 306 | U.S. History 1930 to Present | HIST 254 | Recent America 1945-Present | |
| HST 330 | Early Latin America | HIST 238 | Latin American History | Global/Hist core |
| HST 331 | Modern Latin America | HST 238 | Latin American History | Global/Hist core |
| HST 340 | History of East Asia to 1800 | HIST 235 | Early South Asia | Global/Hist core |
| HST 341 | History of East Asia Since 1800 | HIST 236 | Modern South Asia | Global/Hist core |
| HST 350 | Classical Greece & Rome | HIST 261 | Ancient Greece & Rome | Global/Hist core |
| HST 364 | Renaissance & Reformation Europe | HIST 264 | Reformation Europe | |
| HST 365 | Early Modern Europe | HIST 265 | Early Modern Europe | |
| LAT 101 | Elem Latin | LATN 101 | Elem Latin | |
| LAT 102 | Intensive Elem Latin | LATN 102 | Elem Latin | |
| LAT 201 | Interm Latin I | LATN 201 | Interm Latin | |
| LAT 202 | Interm Latin II | LATN 202 | Interm Latin | Foreign Lang core |
| MTH 125 | Survey of Calculus | MATH 160 | Elem Functions & Calculus II | Math core |
| MTH 131 | Intro to Math | MATH 100 | Math in Contemporary World | Math core |
| MTH 201 | Calc & Analytic Geometry I | MATH 161 | Calculus I | Math core |
| MTH 225 | Discrete Structures: Computer Science | MATH 156 | Discrete Math for Computer Science | |
| MTH 227 | Linear Algebra I | MATH 255 | Applied Linear Algebra | |
| MTH 302 | Linear Algebra & Differential Equations | MATH 231 | Differential Equations/ Linear Algebra | |
| MTH 405 | Numerical Analysis | MATH 335 | Numerical Analysis | |
| MUS 100 | Intro to Music Lit | Arts | Arts core | |
| MUS 119 | Survey of Music Lit I | Arts | Arts core | |
| MUS 120 | Survey of Music Lit II | Arts | Arts core | |
| MUS 130 | Music Theory I | MUSC 108 | Music Theory I | |
| MUS 131 | Music Theory II | MUSC 207 | Music Theory II | Arts core |
| PED 120 | Bowling | PER 137 | Bowling | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 121 | Golf | PER 132 | Golf I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 122 | Weigh Training | PER 107 | Weight Training | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 124 | Cycling | PER 103 | Cycling | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 125 | Cross Country Skiing | PER 178 | Cross-Country Skiing | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 128 | Rock Climbing | PER 142 | Rock Climbing | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 131 | Basketball | PER 173 | Basketball | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 133 | Softball | PER 141 | Slo-Pitch Softball | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 140 | Beginning Racquetball | PER 134 | Racquetball I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 142 | Beginning Tennis | PER 133 | Tennis I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 143 | Interm Tennis | PER 183 | Tennis II | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 144 | Badminton | PER 131 | Badminton I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 150 | Beginning Swimming | PER 140 | Swimming I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 151 | Interm Swimming | PER 170 | Swimming II | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 160 | Beginning Jazz | PER 152 | Jazz Dance I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 161 | Interm Jazz | PER 162 | Jazz Dance II | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 164 | Beginning Modern Dance | PER 153 | Modern Dance I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 165 | Interm Modern Dance | PER 163 | Modern Dance II | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 166 | Beginning Ballet | PER 155 | Ballet Dance I | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 167 | Interm Ballet | PER 165 | Ballet II | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 168 | Aerobic Dance | PER 105 | Aerobic Dance | Health/Fitness core |
| PED 169 | Folk,Square & Social Dance | PER 158 | Social Dance | Health/Fitness core |
| PER 130 | Volleyball | PER 135 | Volleyball I | Health/Fitness core |
| PHI 101 | Intro to Philosophy | PHIL 153 | Introduction to Philosophy | Philosophy core |
| PHI 102 | Ethics | PHIL 205 | Ethics | |
| PHI 210 | Logic | PHIL 171 | Intro to Logic | |
| PHI 220 | Aesthetics | PHIL 208 | Aesthetics | |
| PHI 301 | Ancient Great Philosophers | PHIL 312 | Plato & Aristotle | |
| PHI 302 | Medieval Great Philosophers | PHIL 322 | St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| PHI 303 | Modern Great Philosophers | PHIL 331 | Kant | |
| PHI 304 | Recent Great Philosophers | PHIL 333 | Kierkegaard | |
| PHI 310 | Philosophy of Religion | PHIL 204 | Philosophy of Religion | |
| PHI 340 | Mind, Brain & Consciousness | PHIL 218 | Minds, Brains, & Persons | |
| PHI 440 | Epistemology | PHIL 371 | Epistemology | |
| PHI 450 | Metaphysics | PHIL 383 | Metaphysics | |
| PHY 201 | Foundations of Physical Science I | Core | Physical World core | |
| PHY 220 | General Physics I | PHYS 221 | General Physics | Physical World core |
| PHY 221 | Ge renal Physics II | PHYS 222 | Ge renal Physics | |
| PHY 302 | Intro to Modern Physics | PHYS 226 | Intro to Modern Physics | |
| PLS 102 | American Government & Politics | POLS 101 | American Politics | Global/Hist core |
| PLS 205 | Public Policy | POLS 212 | American Public Policy | |
| PLS 211 | International Relations | POLS 207 | Intro to International Policy | |
| PLS 281 | Comparative Political Systems: Canada | POLS 102 | Canadian Politics | Societal core |
| PLS 283 | Government & Politics of China & Japan | POLS 277 | Russia & Central Europe | |
| PSY 101 | Intro to Psychology | PSYC 151 | Intro to Psychology | Persons/Comm core |
| PSY 301 | Child Development | PSYC 204 | Developmental Psychology: Child | |
| PSY 303 | Abnormal Psychology | PSYC 212 | Psychopathology | |
| PSY 304 | Psyc & Edu of Excep Child | PSYC 216 | Psyc of Exceptional Child | |
| PSY 364 | Life Span Develop Psyc | PSYC 201 | Devel Psychology: Lifespan | |
| PSY 405 | History & Systems | PSYC 306 | History & Systems of Psychology | |
| PSY 420 | Theories of Personality | PSYC 311 | Theories of Personality | |
| SOC 201 | Intro to Sociology | SOC 151 | Sociological Principles & Perspectives | Societal core |
| SOC 280 | Social Problems | SOC 314 | Contemporary Social Problems | |
| SPA 101 | Elem Spanish I | SPAN 101 | Elem Spanish | |
| SPA 102 | Elem Spanish II | SPAN 102 | Elem Spanish | |
| SPA 201 | Interm Spanish I | SPAN 201 | Interm Spanish | |
| SPA 202 | Interm Spanish II | SPAN 202 | Interm Spanish | Foreign Lang core |
| STA 215 | Intro to Applied Statistics | MATH 143 | Intro to Probability & Statistics | Math core |
| SW 319 | Social Welfare Policy & Services | SOWK 360 | Social Welfare Policy Analysis | |
| WRT 150 | Strategies in Writing | ENGL 101 | Written Rhetoric | Written Rhetoric core |
