United Kingdom - Kingston University Semester Course Equivalencies
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Pre-Approved Course Equivalencies
IMPORTANT: Other GVSU students have studied abroad at this partner institution. The chart below reflects GVSU equivalencies they have received. If you are planning on taking a course listed below, it does not require a departmental evaluation. Courses listed on this chart are not guaranteed to be offered during your semester abroad. This is not a complete list of course options offered at this partner institution. For a full list of course options, see the link above.
ACCOUNTING
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BA 6803 Advanced Management Accounting |
ACC 321 Cost Strategy and Decision Making |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BA 5805 Auditing |
ACC 380 Special Topics in Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 5801 Business Accounting |
ACC 213 Principles of Managerial Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BA 5806 Enterprise Finance and Management |
ACC 380 Special Topics in Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 4801 Financial Accounting |
ACC 212 Principles of Financial Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 5802 Financial Reporting |
ACC 380 Special Topics in Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 5803 Managerial Accounting |
ACC 213 Principles of Managerial Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 6801 Theory and Practice of Financial Reporting |
ACC 380 Special Topics in Accounting |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
ARABIC
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
KL0014 Arabic Compete Beginners |
ARA 101 Beginning Arabic I: Language and Culture |
4 Credits |
ART
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
HA 4109 Image and Text: Communication Design History for Illustration and Animation |
ART 101 Introduction to Art OR HST 102 Introduction to European Civilizations |
3 credits |
BIOLOGY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LS 4001 Genes Cells and Tissues |
BIO 120 General Biology I |
4 Credits |
|
LS 5002 Proteins and Metabolism |
BIO 380 Special Topics in Biology |
3 credits |
|
LS 5004 Research Methods and Concepts in Molecular Ecology and Evolution |
BIO 495 Evolutionary Biology (Capstone) |
3 credits |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LS 4006 Food and Nutrition I - An Introduction |
BMS 105 Basic Nutrition + 1 General Credit |
4 Credits |
|
LS 4004 Human Physiology (Full Year) |
BMS 290 Human Physiology and BMS 291 |
3 Credits |
|
LS 5008 Infection and Immunity (Fall Semester) |
BMS 212 Introductory Microbiology |
3 Credits |
|
LS 4005 Introduction to Forensic Science |
BMS 380 Special Topics in Biology |
3 Credits |
|
LS 5003 Principles of Pharmacology with Research Methods |
BMS 311 Pharmacological Aspects of Biomedical Science |
3 Credits |
BUSINESS
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
XA 5067 British Life and Culture |
BUS 301: International Business and Culture OR COM 380 Special topics in Communication, HST 361 Modern Britain, SOC 345 Cultural Sociology, SOC 380 Special Topics in Sociology |
3 credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BB 4408 Business Technologies |
BUS 380 Special Topics in Business |
3 Credits |
Fall |
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LS 5001 Molecular Biology of the Cell |
CMB 250: Introduction to Biotechnology |
3 credits |
CHEMISTRY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
CH 4001 Foundation Organic and Physical Chemistry |
CHM 231 Organic Chemistry |
4 credits |
COMMUNICATIONS
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
XA 5067 British Life and Culture |
COM 380 Special Topics in Communication OR BUS 301 International Business and Culture, HST 361 Modern Britain, SOC 345 Cultural Sociology, SOC 380 Special Topics in Sociology |
3 credits |
|
MD 5001 Cultural Theories of Mass and New Media |
COM 495 Issues in Communication |
3 credits |
|
MD 4004 Digital Media Foundations |
COM 210 Nonverbal Communication |
3 credits |
|
MD 4002 Media @ Work |
COM 201 Speech OR COM 301 Interpersonal Communication |
3 credits |
|
MD 4003 Media Now! Texts, Practices and Events |
COM 295 Theories of Communication |
3 credits |
COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivelancies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
CI 4315 Cyber Crime and Digital Froensics |
CIS 430 Computer and Cyber Forensics |
3 Credits |
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
CM 4002 Crime, Law and Justice |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 credits |
|
CM 5090 Crime on Scene |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 5004 - Diversity and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 4001 Foundations in Criminological Theory |
CJ 201 Criminology |
3 Credits |
|
CM 6017 Global Terrorism and Transnational Crime |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 5006 Policing and Punishment |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 6027 - Transnational Crime |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 4004 Violence, Transgression and Society |
CJ 380 Special Topics in Criminal Justice |
3 Credits |
|
CM 5005 Youth, Crime, and Defiance |
CJ 355 Youth Culture and Crime |
3 Credits |
DANCE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
DC 4001 Staging Histories |
DAN 200 Introduction to Dance |
3 Credits |
ECONOMICS
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
EC 5001 Contemporary Issues in ECO |
ECO 380: Special Topics in Economics |
6 credits |
|
EC 6004 Development Economics |
ECO 349: Emerging Markets Issues OR ECO 380: Special Topics in Economics |
3 credits |
|
EC 4003 Economic Policy & Principles |
ECO 210: Macroeconomics OR ECO 211: Microeconomics |
3 credits |
|
EC 6007 International Trade & Finance |
ECO 369: International Economic Issues & ECO 380: Special Topics in Economics |
3 credits |
|
EC 5003 Macroeconomics |
ECO 313: Applied Macroeconomics |
3 credits |
|
BB 6108 Managerial economics |
ECO 380 Special Topics in Economics |
3 credits |
|
EC 5004 Microeconomics |
ECO 313: Business Cycles and Growth |
3 credits |
ENGLISH
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
EL 4008 Race, Nation, and Identity: Literatures of the World |
ENG 103 World Literature |
3 Credits |
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
GG 5100 Sustainable Developmental Theory and Practice |
ENS 300 Principles of Sustainability |
3 Credits |
FINANCE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BA 6802 Corporate Finance |
FIN 322 Intermediate Managerial Finance |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 5804 Finance |
FIN 320 Managerial Finance |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BA 6327 Financial Management |
FIN 320 Managerial Finance OR FIN 380 Special Topics in Finance |
3 Credits |
Fall or Winter |
GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
GG 5155 Cartography: Remote Sensing and Spatial Data Analysis |
GYP 200 Computer Cartography |
3 Credits |
|
GG 6070 The Challenge of Climate Change |
GYP 412 Global Climate and Environmental Change |
3 Credits |
|
GG 4070 Regional Geographies |
GPY 235 World Regional Geography |
3 Credits |
HISTORY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
XA 5067 British Culture and Society |
HST 361 Modern Britain OR BUS 301 International Business Culture, COM 202 Critical Interpretation, COM 380 Special Topics in Communication, SOC 345 Cultural Sociology, SOC 380 Special Topics in Sociology |
3 credits |
|
PO 5011 From Slavery to the Holocaust: Violence in the History of the Modern World |
HST 380 Special topics in History |
3 credits |
LEGAL STUDIES
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LL 4302 Law of Contract |
LS 380 Special Topics Legal Studies |
3 Credits |
|
LL 4304 Law of Tort |
LS 380 Special Topics Legal Studies |
3 Credits |
MANAGEMENT
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BS 4205 Design Thinking 1 |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BB 5108 Digital Project Management |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BH 6003 Employee Relations |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BS 5202 Entrepreneurship |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BS 6204 Global Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BH 5102 HRM in an International Context |
MGT 433 International Human Resource Management |
3 Credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BH 5101 Human Resource Management |
MGT 333 Human Resource Management |
3 Credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BO 6203 International Business Operations |
MGT 303 Introduction to International Business OR MGT 380: Special Topics in Management |
3 credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BS 6202 International Business Practice |
MGT 466 International Management and Multinational Corporations OR MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BH 6101 Leading Change |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BO 5501 Operations and Project Management |
MGT 366 Operations Management OR MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BH 4103 Organizational Behaviour |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 credits |
Only available for academic year students |
|
BS 4202 Organizations and Entrepreneurship |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall and Winter |
|
BH 6006 Organizational Learning and Development |
MGT 430 Organizational Development |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BO 6032 Service Operations Management |
MGT 364 Service Operations Management OR MGT 380: Special Topics in Management |
3 credits |
Fall or Winter |
|
BS 6201 Strategic Management |
MGT 380 Special Topics in Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
MARKETING
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
|
BM 4704 International Marketing |
MKT 359 Multinational Marketing |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 6611 Managing Brands |
MKT 425 Brand Management |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 6603 Marketing Communications |
MKT 380 Special topics in Marketing |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 5704 Marketing Communications and Advertising |
MKT 358 Advertising and Marketing Communications |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 5701 Marketing Insights |
MKT 351 Consumer Behavior |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 5702 Marketing Metrics |
MKT 380 Special Topics in Marketing |
3 Credits |
Only available to academic year students |
|
BM 4701 Marketing Practice |
MKT 350 Marketing Management OR MKT 380 Special Topics in Marketing |
3 Credits |
Fall |
|
BM 4702 Marketing Principles |
MKT 350 Marketing Management OR MKT 380 Special Topics in Marketing |
3 Credits |
Winter |
|
BM 5209 Marketing Simulation |
MKT 451 Marketing Strategy |
3 Credits |
Winter |
|
BM 5703 Market Strategy and Planning |
MKT 451 Marketing Strategy |
3 Credits |
Fall |
MOVEMENT SCIENCE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
LS 4007 Essentials for Sport and Exercise Science |
MOV 309 Measurement and Evaluation |
3 Credits |
|
LS 4009 Functional Anatomy and Exercise Physiology |
MOV 300 Kinesiology OR MOV 304 Introduction to Exercise Physiology |
3 Credits |
|
LS 5014 Health and Exercise Physiology |
MOV 420 Exercise for Special Populations |
3 Credits |
POLITICAL SCIENCE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
PO 4003 Introduction to International Relations |
PLS 211 International Relations |
3 credits |
PSYCHOLOGY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
PS 5003 Brain, Behaviour and Cognition |
PSY 365 Cognition OR PSY 330 Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience OR PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology |
3 credits |
|
PS 6004 Critical Social Psychology: Memory, Narrative, and Representation |
PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology |
3 credits |
|
PS 4002 Foundations of Psychology |
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology |
3 credits |
|
PS 4003 Historical and Philosophical Concepts in Psychology |
PSY 405 History and Systems |
3 credits |
|
PS 6011 Introduction to Forensic Psychology |
PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology |
3 credits |
|
PS 5008 Mental Health and Brain Function |
PSY 303 Psychopathology |
3 credits |
|
PS 6003 Neuropsychology and Neuro-Rehabilitation |
PSY 370 Cognitive Neuroscience |
3 credits |
|
PS 6009 Psychology of Art and Film |
PSY 380 Special Topics in Psychology |
3 credits |
|
PS 6005 The Psychology of Health and Well-being |
PSY 367 Health Psychology |
3 credits |
SOCIOLOGY
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
XA 5067 British Life and Culture |
SOC 345: Cultural Sociology OR SOC 380: Special Topics in Sociology, BUS 301 International Business Culture, COM 380 Special Topics in Communication, HST 361 Modern Britain |
3 credits |
|
SO 5009 Researching Race & Ethnicity |
SOC 313 Race and Ethnicity |
3 Credits |
|
SO 4003 Social Selves |
SOC 360: Social Psychology OR SOC 366: American Society and Media |
3 credits |
THEATRE
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
DA 5001 The Play Today |
CTH 380: Special Topics in Theatre |
3 credits |
|
DA 5002 Shakespeare: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow |
CTH 380: Special Topics in Theatre |
3 credits |
WRITING
|
Host University Courses |
GVSU Course Equivalencies |
GVSU Credits |
|---|---|---|
|
CW 4001 Introduction to Creative Writing |
WRT 219: Introduction to Creative Writing |
3 Credits |
|
CW 5002 Independent Creative Writing |
WRT 380: Special Topics in Writing OR WRT 330: Intermediate Fiction Workshop, WRT 430: Advanced Fiction Workshop |
3 Credits |
|
CW 50004 Screenwriting |
WRT 380 Special Topics in Writing
|
3 Credits |