Hope College 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.
| Hope College | Calvin Equivalent | Which Core Requirement is filled? | ||
| ACCT 221 | Financial Accounting & Laboratory | BUS 204 | Financial Accounting | |
| ACCT 222 | Managerial Accounting & Laboratory | BUS 203 | Intro to Managerial Accounting | |
| ACCT 321 | Intermediate Accounting | BUS 301 | Intermediate Accounting | |
| ACCT 375 | Cost Accounting | BUS 305 | Cost Accounting | |
| ACCT 423 | Auditing | BUS 311 | Auditing | |
| ACCT 427 | Advanced Accounting | BUS 310 | Advanced Accounting | |
| ART 109 | Art from Pre-history to medieval | ARTH 101 | Intro to the History of Art I | Arts core |
| ART 110 | Art from Proto-Renaissance | ARTH 102 | Intro to the History of Art II | Arts core |
| ART 346 | Early Renaissance Italy | ARTH 235 | Italian Renaissance Art | Arts core |
| BIOL 150 | Biological Unity & Diversity | BIOL 111 | Biological Science | Living world core |
| BIOL 221 | Human Physiology | BIOL 206 | Mammalian Physiology | |
| BIOL 222 | Human Anatomy | BIOL 205 | Mammalian Anatomy | |
| BIOL 231 | Biology of Microorganism | BIOL 207 | Introductory Microbiology | |
| BIOL 240 | Cells & Genetics | BIOL 141 | Cell Biology & Genetics | Living world core |
| BIOL 320 | Plant Biology | BIOL 332 | Plant Biology | Living world core |
| BIOL 332 | Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates | BIOL 323 | Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy | |
| BIOL 343 | Vascular Plant Systematics | BIOL 346 | Plant Taxonomy | |
| BIOL 370 | Animal Behavior | BIOL 338 | Animal Behavior | |
| CHEM 111/113 | General Chemistry I and Lab | CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I | Physical world |
| CHEM 121/114 | General Chemistry II and Lab | CHEM 104 | General Chemistry II | Physical world |
| CHEM 221/255 | Organic Chemistry I and Lab | CHEM 261 | Organic Chemistry | |
| CHEM 231/256 | Organic Chemistry II and Lab | CHEM 262 | Organic Chemistry | |
| CHEM 311 | Biochemistry I | CHEM 323 | Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 314 | Biochemistry II | CHEM 324 | Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 315 | Biochemistry Lab | CHEM 383 | Laboratory in Biochemistry | |
| CHEM 318/346 | Physical Chemistry II and Lab | CHEM 318 | Physical Chemistry | |
| CHEM 343/345 | Physical Chemistry I and Lab | CHEM 317 | Physical Chemistry | |
| CLA STUD 250 | Classical Mythology | CLAS 231 | Classical Mythology | Arts core |
| COMM 140 | Public Presentation | CAS 101 | Oral Rhetoric | Rhetoric core |
| COMM 210 | Interpersonal Communication | CAS 260 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| DAN 110 | Folk,Social, & Swing Dance | PER 158 | Social Dance | PE core |
| DAN 120 | Modern Dance I Beginning | PER 153 | Modern Dance I | PE core |
| DAN 122 | Modern Dance I Advanced | PER 163 | Modern Dance II | PE core |
| DAN 140 | Jazz I Beginning | PER 152 | Jazz Dance I | PE core |
| DAN 142 | Jazz I Advanced | PER 162 | Jazz Dance II | PE core |
| DAN 150 | Tap I Beginning | PER 151 | Tap Dance I | PE core |
| DAN 152 | Tap I Advanced | PER 161 | Tap Dance II | PE core |
| DAN 162 | Ballet | PER 155 | Ballet Dance I | PE core |
| DAN 167 | Ballet Intermediate | PER 165 | Ballet Dance II | PE core |
| DAN 221 | Anatomical Kinesiology | PE 212 | Anatomical Kinesiology | |
| DAN 350 | Sacred Dance | PER 154 | Sacred Dance I | PE core |
| DUTCH 101 | Dutch I | DUTC 101 | Elementary Dutch | |
| DUTCH 102 | Dutch II | DUTC 102 | Elementary Dutch | |
| ECON 200 | Economic Themes & Topics | ECON 151 | Principles of Economics | |
| ECON 211 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 222 | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| ECON 212 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 221 | Principles of Microeconomics | Societal structures |
| ECON 304 | Economic Growth & Development | ECON 337 | World Pov & Econ Devel. | Global/Historical |
| ECON 310 | Environmental Public Policy | ECON 332 | Environmental Econ & Policy | |
| ECON 311 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | ECON 326 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | |
| ECON 312 | Intermediate Microeconomics | ECON 325 | Intermediate Microeconomics | |
| ECON 318 | International Economics | ECON 338 | International Economics | |
| ECON 403 | Labor Economics | ECON 335 | Labor Economics | |
| ENGL 113 | Expository Writing I | ENGL 101 | Written Rhetoric | Written rhetoric |
| EDUC 225 | The Exceptional Child | EDUC 216 | Education & Exceptional Children | |
| FREN 101 | French I | FREN 101 | Elementary French | |
| FREN 102 | French II | FREN 102 | Elementary French | |
| FREN 201 | French III French Lang | FREN 201 | Intermediate French | |
| FREN 202 | French IV Adv French Lang | FREN 202 | Intermediate French | Foreign lang core |
| GEMS 154 | Stars & Planets | PHYS SCI CORE | Physical world | |
| GEMS 157 | The Planet Earth | PHYS SCI CORE | Physical world | |
| GEOL 203 | Historical Geology | GEOL 152 | Historical Geology | Physical world |
| GEOL 243 | Mineralogy:Earth Materials I | GEOL 201 | Mineralogy | |
| GEOL 244 | Mineralogy:Earth Materials II | GEOL 301 | Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology | |
| GEOL 252 | Structural Geology: Earth Structures II | GEOL 212 | Structural Geology | |
| GEOL 351 | Invertebrate Paleontology | GEOL 313 | Paleontology | |
| GERM 101 | German I | GERM 101 | Elementary German | |
| GERM 102 | German II | GERM 102 | Elementary German | |
| GERM 201 | German III | GERM 201 | Intermediate German | |
| GERM 202 | German IV | GERM 202 | Intermediate German | Foreign lang core |
| GREE 371 | Greek Prose | GREE 203 | Reading in Herodotus | |
| GREEK 171 | Greek I | GREE 101 | Elementary Greek | |
| GREEK 172 | Greek II | GREE 102 | Elementary Greek | |
| GREEK 271 | Greek III | GREE 201 | Intermediate Greek | |
| HIST 130 | Intro to Ancient Civilization | HIST 151 | History of the West & the World I | History core |
| HIST 131 | Intro to Modern European History | HIST 152 | History of the West & the World II | History core |
| HIST 160 | U.S. History to 1877 | HIST 252 | The American Republic 1763-1877 | |
| HIST 161 | U.S. History Since 1877 | HIST 253 | Industrial American 1877-1945 | |
| HIST 210 | The Greek World | HIST 261 | Ancient Greece & Rome | |
| HIST 215 | The Roman World | HIST 262 | Europe in Late Antiquity | |
| HIST 256 | Recent America | HIST 254 | Recent America 1945-Present | |
| HIST 260 | History of Latin America | HIST 238 | Latin American History | Global/Historical |
| HIST 312 | Myth & Culture in Pre-Colonial Africa | HIST 241 | Sub-Saharan Africa to 1600 | Global/Historical |
| HIST 370 | Modern Middle East | HIST 231 | Ancient Near East | Global/Historical |
| IDIS 101 | Encounter with the Arts | ARTS CORE | Arts core | |
| IDIS 160 | Arts for the Elementary Teacher | ARTE 215 | Intro to Art in Elementary Education | Arts core |
| JAPN 101 | Japanese I | JAPN 101 | Elementary Japanese | |
| JAPN 102 | Japanese II | JAPN 102 | Elementary Japanese | |
| JAPN 201 | Japanese III | JAPN 201 | Intermediate Japanese | |
| JAPN 202 | Japanese IV | JAPN 202 | Intermediate Japanese | Foreign lang core |
| KIN 205 | Safety, First Aid & CRP | HE 203 | First Aid and Emergency Care | |
| KIN 230 | Water Safety Instruction | PE 192 | Water Safety Instructor | |
| KIN 307 | Intro to Nutrition | HE 254 | Nutrition | |
| LATIN 171 | Latin I | LATN 101 | Elementary Latin | |
| LATIN 172 | Latin II | LATN 102 | Elementary Latin | |
| LATIN 271 | Latin III | LATN 201 | Intermediate Latin | |
| LATIN 372 | Latin Poetry | LATN 300 | Latin Epic Poetry | |
| LITE 231 | Literature of the Western World I | ENGL 210 | World Literature I | Literature core |
| LITE 232 | Literature of the Western World II | ENGL 211 | World Literature II | Literature core |
| MATH 131 | Calculus I | MATH 161 | Calculus I | Math core |
| MATH 210 | Introductory Statistics | MATH 143 | Intro to Probability & Statistics | Math core |
| Math 321 | History of Mathematics | MATH 325 | History of Mathematics | |
| MGMT 341 | Business Law | BUS 350 | Law in Business | |
| MGMT 352 | Human Resource Management | BUS 365 | Human Resource Management | |
| MGMT 361 | Operations Management | BUS 363 | Production & Operations Management | |
| MUS 101 | Intro to Music | MUSC 105 | Intro to Music | Arts core |
| MUS 104 | World Music | ARTS CORE | Arts core | |
| MUS 105 | Survey of Jazz | ARTS CORE | Arts core | |
| PHI 201 | Logic | PHIL 171 | Intro to Logic | |
| PHIL 115 | Self, Freedom, & God | PHIL 153 | Fundamental Questions in Philosophy | Philosophy core |
| PHIL 230 | Ancient Philosophy | PHIL 312 | Plato and Aristotle | |
| PHIL 233 | Nineteenth Century Philosophy | PHIL 335 | Nineteenth Century Philosophy | |
| PHIL 325 | Philosophy of Mind | PHIL 218 | Mind, Brains, & Persons | |
| PHIL 331 | Philosophy of Religion | PHIL 204 | God and Philosophy | |
| PHIL 344 | Twentieth Century Ethics | PHIL 205 | Ethics | |
| PHIL 373 | Aesthetics | PHIL 208 | Phil of the Arts & Culture | |
| PHIL 375 | Philosophy of Law | PHIL 202 | Law, Politics, & Legal Practice | |
| PHYS 121/141 | General Physics I and Lab | PHYS 221 | General Physics | Physical world |
| PHYS 122/142 | General Physics II and Lab | PHYS 222 | General Physics | Physical world |
| PHYS 342 | Electricity & Magnetism | PHYS 235 | IElectr & Magnetism | |
| POL SCI 251 | International Relations | POLS 207 | Intro to International Relations | Global/Historical |
| POL SCI 303 | China & Japan | POLS 277 | Asian Politics | Global/Historical |
| POL SCI 332 | Congress & the President | POLS 314 | The President and Congress | |
| POL SCI 378 | American Foreign Policy | POLS 308 | Principles in Amer. Foreign Policy | |
| POLS SCI 100 | National Government | POLS 101 | American Politics | Societal structures |
| POLS SCI 221 | State & Local Government | POLS 202 | American State & Local Politics | |
| POLS SCI 262 | Latin American Politics | POLS 276 | Latin American Politics | Global/Historical |
| PSYC 100 | Intro to Psychology | PSYC 151 | Intro Psyc | Persons in comm |
| PSYC 230 | Developmental Psychology | PSYC 201 | Developmental Psyc: Lifespan | |
| PSYC 280 | Social Psychology | PSYC 310 | Social Psychology | |
| PSYC 320 | Physiological Psychology | PSYC 333 | Brain & Behavior | |
| PSYC 340 | Cognitive Psychology | PSYC 334 | Cognitive Psychology | |
| REL 220 | Intro to Biblical Literature | REL 121 | Biblical Literature & Theology | Religion core |
| REL 260 | Intro to Theology | REL 131 | Christian Theology | Religion core |
| REL 320 | Pentateuch | REL 211 | Pentateuch | Religion core |
| REL 322 | Biblical Prophesy | REL 214 | Prophets | Religion core |
| REL 325 | Jesus and the Gospels | REL 221 | Synoptic Gospels & Acts | Religion core |
| REL 326 | Late NT & Early Christian Worship | REL 224 | Revelation & General Letters | Religion core |
| REL 328 | Johannine Literature | REL 222 | Johannine Literature | Religion core |
| REL 344 | Christianity in the Middle Ages | REL 243 | History of Christian Theology I | Religion core |
| REL 389 | Studies of World Religions | REL 351 | World Religions | Global/Historical |
| SOCI 101 | Sociology & Social Problems | SOC 151 | Soc Principles & Perspectives | Societal structures |
| SOCI 151 | Cultural Anthropology | SOC 153 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | Global/Historical |
| SOCI 232 | Sociology of the Family | SOC 304 | The Family | |
| SOCI 241 | Intro to Social Welfare | SOWK 240 | Intro to Social Work & Welfare | |
| SOCI 262 | Methods of Social Research | SOC or WOSK 255 | Statistics & Research Design | Math core |
| SOCI 269 | Race & Ethnic Relations | SOC 250 or SOWK 250 | Diversity & Inequality in the United States | Persons in comm |
| SOCI 322 | Contemporary Social Policy | SOWK 260 | Social Welfare Policy Analysis | |
| SPAN 121 | Spanish I | SPAN 101 | Elementary Spanish | |
| SPAN 122 | Spanish II | SPAN 102 | Elementary Spanish | |
| SPAN 221 | Spanish III | SPAN 201 | Intermediate Spanish | |
| SPAN 222 | Spanish IV | SPAN 202 | Intermediate Spanish | Foreign lang core |
| SPAN 341 | Intro to Literature | SPAN 329 | Study of Hispanic Literature | Literature core |
| THEA 101 | Intro to the Theatre | CAS 217 | Principles of Theatre | Arts core |
| THEA 153 | Art of the Cinema | CAS 251 | Intro to Cinema | Arts core |
| THEA 301 | Western Theatre History I | CAS 320 | History of Theatre & Drama I | Arts core |
| THEA 302 | Western Theatre History II | CAS 321 | History of Theatre & Drama II | Arts core |
