Taylor University equivalency guide
The table below lists the most commonly transferred courses and indicates if they fill one of Calvin's core requirements. Courses not listed here may also transfer.
Contact the Transfer Evaluator for more information about Calvin course equivalencies.
| Taylor University | Calvin Equivalent | Fill Core? | ||
| ART 213 | Western Art History I | ARTH 101 | Intro to the History of Art I | Yes |
| ART 300 | Art for Teachers | ARTE 215 | Intro to Elementary Art Education | Yes |
| ART 313 | Western Art History II | ARTH 102 | Intro to the History of Art II | Yes |
| ART 316 | Asian Art History | ARTH 241 | Asian Art | Yes |
| BIB 110 | Biblical Lit I | REL 121 | Biblical Lit & Theology | Yes |
| BIB 320 | Pentateuch | REL 211 | Pentateuch | Yes |
| BIB 331 | Pauline Epistles | REL 223 | Paul's Letters | Yes |
| BIB 332 | Hebrews & General Epistles | REL 224 | Revelation & General Letters | Yes |
| BIB 340 | Hebrew Prophets | REL 214 | Prophets | Yes |
| BIB 341 | The Gospels | REL 221 | Synoptic Gospels & Acts | Yes |
| BIB 350 | Poetic & Wisdom Lit | REL 213 | Psalms & Wisdom Lit | Yes |
| PHI 110 | Intro to Philosophy | PHIL 153 | Fundamental Questions in Philosophy | Yes |
| PHI 201 | Logic | PHIL 171 | Intro to Logic | |
| PHI 202 | History of Philosophy I | PHIL 251 | History of Western Philosophy I | |
| PHI 203 | History of Philosophy II | PHIL 252 | History of Western Philosophy II | |
| PHI 323 | World Religions: Eastern Tradition | PHIL 225 | Chinese Thought & Culture | Yes |
| PHI 355 | Metaphysics | PHIL 383 | Metaphysics | |
| BIO 100 | General Biology | BIOL 111 | Biological Science | Yes |
| BIO 101 | Principles of Cell Biology | BIOL 141 | Cell Biology & Genetics | Yes |
| BIO 244 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | BIOL 205 | Human Anatomy | |
| BIO 245 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | BIOL 206 | Human Physiology | |
| ACC 241 | Accounting Principles I | BUS 203 | Intro to Managerial Accounting | |
| ACC 303 | Cost Accounting | BUS 305 | Cost Accounting | |
| ACC 405 | Auditing | BUS 311 | Auditing | |
| ACC 442 | Federal Income Taxes | BUS 306 | Income Tax | |
| ECO 190 | Issues in Economics | ECON 151 | Principles in Economics | Yes |
| ECO 211 | Principles of Macroeconomics | ECON 222 | Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| ECO 212 | Principles of Microeconomics | ECON 221 | Principles of Microeconomics | Yes |
| ECO 302 | Labor Economics | ECON 335 | Labor Economics | |
| ECO 331 | Intermediate Microeconomics | ECON 323 | Intermediate Microeconomic | |
| ECO 332 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | ECON 324 | Intermediate Macroeconomics | |
| FIN 428 | Money & Banking | ECON 331 | Money & Banking | |
| HRM 362 | Human Resources Management | BUS 365 | Human Resource Management | |
| HRM 462 | Organizational Behavior & Development | BUS 351 | Organizational Behavior | |
| CHE 311 | Organic Chemistry I | CHEM 261 | Organic Chemistry I | |
| CHE 312 | Organic Chemistry II | CHEM 262 | Organic Chemistry II | |
| CHE 320 | Environmental Chemistry | CHEM 271 | Environmental Chemistry | |
| CHE 320L | Environmental Chemistry Lab | CHEM 281 | Laboratory in Environmental Chemistry | |
| CHE 410L | Biochemistry Lab | CHEM 383 | Laboratory in Biochemistry | |
| CHE 411 | Biochemistry I | CHEM 323 | Biochemistry I | |
| CHE 412 | Biochemistry II | CHEM 324 | Biochemistry II | |
| CHE 431 | Physical Chemistry I (take lab too) | CHEM 317 | Physical Chemistry I | |
| CHE 431L | Physical Chemistry Lab I | |||
| CHE 432 | Physical Chemistry II (take with lab too) | CHEM 318 | Physical Chemistry II | |
| CHE 432L | Physical Chemistry Lab II | |||
| CAC 388 | Communication and Culture | CAS 140 | Communication and Culture | Yes |
| CAS 110 | Public Speaking | CAS 101 | Oral Rhetoric | Yes |
| CAS 120 | Interpersonal Communication | CAS 260 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| CAS 340 | Intercultural Communication | CAS 253 | Intercultural Communication | |
| ENS 200 | Environment and Society | PHYS SCI | Yes | |
| ENS 231 | Intro to Environmental Science | PHYS SCI | Yes | |
| ENS 241 | Physical Geology | GEOL 151 | Intro to Geology | Yes |
| ENG 110 | Expository Writing | ENGL 101 | Written Rhetoric | Yes |
| ENG 230 | World Lit | ENGL 210 | World Lit I | Yes |
| ENG 240 | American Lit | LIT CORE | Yes | |
| ENG 250 | British Lit | LIT CORE | Yes | |
| ENG 330 | Early American Lit | LIT CORE | Yes | |
| ENG 340 | American Romanticism and Realism | LIT CORE | Yes | |
| ENG 362 | Shakespeare | ENGL 346 | Shakespeare | |
| ENG 431 | Romantic Lit | ENGL 308 | British Lit of the Early 19th Century | |
| ENG 441 | Victorian Lit | ENGL 309 | British Lit of the Middle and Later 19th Century | |
| HIS 101 | World History I | HIST 151 | History of the West and the World I | Yes |
| HIS 102 | World History II | HIST 152 | History of the West and the World II | Yes |
| HIS 122 | United States History I | HIST 229 | U.S.A. | |
| HIS 123 | United States History II | HIST 229 | U.S.A. | |
| HIS 211 | History and Geography of Latin Am | HIST 238 | Latin American History | Yes |
| HIS 213 | History and Geography of Africa | HIST 242 | Modern West Africa | Yes |
| HUM 230 | Art as Experience | ARTS CORE | Yes | |
| HUM 330 | Arts and Ideas | ARTS CORE | Yes | |
| MAT 120 | Investigations in Mathematics | MATH 100 | Mathematics in the Contemporary World | Yes |
| MAT 151 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry I | MATH 161 | Calculus I | Yes |
| MAT 210 | Intro Statistics | MATH 143 | Intro to Probability & Statistics | Yes |
| FRE 101 | Elementary French I | FREN 101 | Elementary French I | |
| FRE 102 | Elementary French II | FREN 102 | Elementary French II | |
| FRE 201 | Intermediate French I | FREN 201 | Intermediate French I | |
| FRE 202 | Intermediate French II | FREN 202 | Intermediate French II | Yes |
| SPA 101 | Elementary Spanish I | SPAN 101 | Elementary Spanish I | |
| SPA 102 | Elementary Spanish II | SPAN 102 | Elementary Spanish II | |
| SPA 201 | Intermediate Spanish I | SPAN 201 | Intermediate Spanish I | |
| SPA 202 | Intermediate Spanish II | SPAN 202 | Intermediate Spanish II | Yes |
| MUS 243 | Music and WOrld Cultures | ARTS CORE | Yes | |
| MUS 371 | History and Lit I | ARTS CORE | Yes | |
| MUS 372 | History and Lit II | ARTS CORE | Yes | |
| PHP 100 | Fitness for Life | PE CORE 1 | Yes | |
| PHP 200A | Aerobic Conditioning | PER 106 | Aerobic Exercise | Yes |
| PHP 200B | Badminton | PER 131 | Badminton I | Yes |
| PHP 200D | Square Dance | PER 166 | Square/Folk Dance | Yes |
| PHP 200F | Softball | PER 141 | Slo-Pitch Softball | Yes |
| PHP 200FD | Folk Dances of the Cultures | PER 166 | Square/Folk Dance | Yes |
| PHP 200G | Golf | PER 132 | Golf I | Yes |
| PHP 200K | Basketball | PER 173 | Basketball | Yes |
| PHP 200L | Bowling | PER 137 | Bowling | Yes |
| PHP 200Q | Outdoor Activities | PER 138 | Outdoor Activities | Yes |
| PHP 200R | Racquetball | PER 134 | Racquetball I | Yes |
| PHP 200S | Soccer | PER 185 | Soccer | Yes |
| PHP 200T | Tennis | PER 133 | Tennis I | Yes |
| PHP 200V | Volleyball | PER 135 | Volleyball I | Yes |
| PHP 200W | Weight Training | PER 107 | Weight Training | Yes |
| PHP 216 | Applied Nutrition | HE 254 | Nutrition | |
| PHP 271 and PHP 272 | Cardio Resuscitation and First Aid | HE 203 | First Aid and Emergency Care | |
| PHP 302 | Lifeguard Training | PE 191 | Lifeguard Training | |
| PHY 120 | Experiences in Physical Science | PHYS 110 | Physical Science | Yes |
| PHY 201 | Intro Astronomy (must be 4 hour course) | ASTR 110 | Planets, Stars, and Galaxies | Yes |
| PHY 211 | University Physics I | PHYS 221 | General Physics I | Yes |
| PHY 212 | University Physics II | PHYS 222 | General Physics II | |
| POS 100 | American Politics | POLS 101 | American Politics | Yes |
| POS 232 | Methods of Political Analysis | POLS 251 | Methods of Political Analysis | |
| POS 325 | American Foreign Policy | POLS 308 | Principles of American Foreign Policy | |
| POS 342 | Public Administration | POLS 209 | Public Administration | |
| POS 345 | Congress and the Presidency | POLS 314 | The President and Congress | |
| PSY 200 | Intro to Psychology | PSYC 151 | Intro to Psychology:Perspectives on the Self | Yes |
| PSY 240 | Child Psychology | PSYC 204 | Developmental Psychology: Child | |
| PSY 250 | Life Span Development | PSYC 201 | Developmental Psychology: Lifespan | |
| PSY 300 | Abnormal Psychology | PSYC 212 | Psychopathology | |
| PSY 321 | Social Psychology | PSYC 310 | Social Psychology | |
| PSY 330 | Statistics & Design in Psych Research | PSYC 255 | Statistics and Research Design | Yes |
| PSY 340 | Adolescent Psychology | PSYC207 | Developmental Psychology:Adolescent | |
| PSY 400 | Theories of Personality | PSYC 311 | Theories of Personality | |
| SWK 231 | Social Welfare | SOWK 240 | Intro to Social Work and Social Welfare | |
| SOC 100 | Intro to Sociology | SOC 151 | Sociological Principles and Perspectives | Yes |
| SOC 200 | Cultural Anthropology | SOC 153 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | Yes |
| SOC 210 | Contemporary Social Problems | SOC 314 | Contemporary Social Problems | |
| SOC 220 | Ethnic and Minority Issues | SOC 250 | Diversity and Inequality in the United States | Yes |
| SOC 310 | Religion and Society | SOC 311 | Religion and Society | |
| SOC 355 | Applied Social Statistics | SOC 255 | Statistics and Research Design | Yes |
