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Western Civilization Transferability

Last updated April 2022


Credit for Western Civilization courses may be given for courses with the following titles, with approximations of the following titles, or with course descriptions strongly suggestive of the following titles:

ENGL 2013 — European Civilization: Literature

  • World Literature
  • Western Literature
  • European Literature (i.e., Ancient/Medieval, not Modern)
  • Ancient and Medieval Civilization
  • World Literature I
  • Western Literature I
  • Ancient Literature
  • Classical Literature
  • Medieval Literature
  • Renaissance Literature
  • British Literature I 

HIST 2013 — European Civilization: History

  • Early Western Civilization
  • Western Civilization I
  • Western Civilization to 1500
  • Survey of Western Civilization
  • World History
  • World History I
  • World History to 1500
  • European History (i.e., Ancient/Medieval, not Modern)
  • European History I
  • Ancient History
  • History of Greece and Rome
  • Early Modern European History
  • Europe Renaissance to Waterloo

NOTE: No US History course may count for HIST 2013. 

ENGL 2023 — Modern Civilization: Literature

  • Introduction to Literature
  • World Literature II
  • Modern Literature
  • European Literature II
  • Western Literature II
  • British Literature II
  • American Literature I
  • American Literature II

HIST 2023 — Modern Civilization: History

  • The Modern West
  • Modern Europe
  • Western Civilization II
  • Western Civilization Since 1500
  • World Civilization II
  • World Civilization Since 1500
  • American History II
  • American History Survey since 1877