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Technical College Courses

The chart below lists Technical College courses and their USC equivalents. The third column lists which program requires the course specifically or where the course can fit in any program. Students at Technical Colleges should consult the Pre-Engineering Advisor at their school for further details. All students transferring from Technical Colleges must have 30 degree applicable hours, a 2.75 cumulative GPA, and a C or higher in MAT 140.

Technical College Course
University of South Carolina Course
College of Engineering and Computing Program
ENG 101
ENGL 101
All programs
ENG 102
ENGL 102
All programs
ART 101, MUS 105, THE 101, ART 107 or 108
ARTE 101, MUSC 110, THEA 200, ARTH 105 or 106
Fine Arts -- All programs
HIS 101, 102, 201, 202
HIST 101, 102, 111, 112
History and Liberal Arts Elective -- All programs
ECO 210 and 211
ECON 224
Computer Information Systems (CIS) and/or Liberal Arts Elective -- All programs
ACC 101
ACCT 222
Computer Information System
PHIL 110, 115
PHIL 211
Electrical and Mechanical as the Ethics Elective, and all programs that require a Liberal Arts or Free Elective
SPC 205
SPCH 140
All Computer programs, Civil Engineering as Professional Elective, and free elective for Electrical or Liberal Arts elective for Mechanical and Biomedical
FRE 101 and 102
SPA 101 and 102
FREN 109 and 110
SPAN 109 and 110
Completes foreign language, if needed, for engineering but not Computer Science or Computer Information Systems
MAT 140 and 141
MATH 141 and 142
All programs
MAT 240 and 242
MATH 241 and 242
Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering and Computer Science
CHM 110
CHEM 111
All programs
CHM 111
CHEM 112
Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, Mechanical and CIS
CHM 211 and 212
CHEM 333 and 334
Biomedical (CHEM 334 as a Technical elective), Chemical, Civil and Mechanical as a technical elective
PHY 221 and 222
PHYS 211 and Lab and PHYS 212 and Lab
All programs
PSY 101, SOC 101, GEO 101, GEO 102, PSC 201, PSC 205, REL 101, 102, and 103
PSYC 101, SOCY 101, GEOG 103, GEOG 121, POLI 201, POLI 105, RELG 110, 201 and 203
All programs that require a Social Science or Liberal Arts Elective
BIO 101, 102
BIOL 101 and Lab, 102 and Lab
Biomedical, Chemical, Civil, CIS, Computer Science (BIOL 101 only)
CPT 115 and CPT 215
CSCE 205
Computer Information Systems
ECE 101, 102
ELCT 101, 102
Electrical, Computer Engineering (ELCT 102 only)
ECE 205
ELCT 201
Electrical
ECE 221
ELCT 221
Electrical, Computer Engineering, Mechanical, and Civil (as an ESM elective)
ECE 222
ELCT 222
Electrical and Computer Engineering Civil (as an ESM elective) and Mechanical (as a Technical elective)
ECE 211
CSCE 211
Chemical (Technical Elective), Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science,
Civil (as an ESM elective)
Mechanical (as Technical elective)
ECE 212
CSCE 212
Chemical (Technical Elective), Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science and CIS,
Civil (as an ESM elective) or Mechanical (as Technical elective)
ECE 240, 245
CSCE 240, 245
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, CIS, Chemical as a Technical Elective, Civil (as an ESM) and Mechanical (as Technical elective)
EGR 281, 283
CSCE 145, 146
Electrical, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, CIS and Chemical (as Technical elective) and Mechanical (as Technical elective)
EGR 270
ENGR 101
Chemical, Mechanical
EGR 274
EMCH 201 or ECIV 301
Civil, Mechanical
EGR 275
ENGR 102
Civil, Mechanical
EGR 260
ECIV 200 or EMCH 200
Civil or Mechanical, Chemical (as a Engineering or Technical Elective)
EGR 262, 264
ECIV 210 or EMCH 310, ECIV 220 or EMCH 260
Civil or Mechanical, Chemical (as a Engineering or Technical Elective)
EGR 266
EMCH 290
Civil or Mechanical, Chemical
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