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American Studies

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
All other Harper College courses (completed with a grade of B- or better)	100- or 200-level credit pending the approval of the chairperson of American Studies

Important Notes

The American Studies program only offers two courses on its own (AMER 110: Introduction to American Studies and AMER 200: Topics in American Studies) that are not cross-listed with other departments’ courses. The remaining courses that flesh out a student’s curriculum reside in other departments and are cross-listed with American Studies.
- AMER 110: Introduction to American Studies is only offered every other academic year.
- AMER 200: Topics in American Studies is a team-taught course offered annually in the spring, and there is no transferable equivalent at Harper College.
- Many other courses at Harper College may apply to the American Studies major or minor. It is generally our practice to defer to the home department to decide whether a Harper College course has an equivalent. If the equivalent course is cross-listed with American Studies, then there is no objection to counting it toward the major or minor. For example, the Harper College course “HST 111: The American Experience to 1877” if approved by the History department as an equivalent to HIST 200: Foundations of the American Republic, would also be cross-listed as AMER 210, and therefore apply toward the American Studies major or minor.
- If there is no equivalent course at Lake Forest College, but the student feels as though the course is compatible with American Studies, then the student should appeal to the chairperson of American Studies who will make the final determination.
A maximum of four (4) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College American Studies major. A maximum of three (3) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College American Studies minor. Requests for exceptions will be considered by the chairperson on a case-by-case basis.
Harper College credits may not be used to fulfill the AMER 110 or AMER 200 requirements (see above), or to transfer in as any course at the 300-level or above, including the Senior Seminar requirement (AMER 485).

Communication

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
MCM 120: Introduction to Mass Communication	Comm 281: Theories of Mass Communication

English

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
ENG 103 Technical and Report Writing OR ENG 130 Business Writing	ENGL 111 Professional Writing
ENG 220 Creative Writing OR ENG 221 Writing Fiction OR ENG 222 Writing Poetry	ENGL 135 Introduction to Creative Writing

Important Notes

A maximum of four (4) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College English major. A maximum of three (3) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College English minor.
Harper College credits may not be used to fulfill 300-level Lake Forest College courses for the major, nor may they be used to fulfill the senior seminar requirement.
All majors are expected to take English 210 at Lake Forest, including transfer students. Should a student wish to have this requirement waived because of courses taken at the Harper College, appeals will be considered by the chair, but students should be aware that the bar for such appeals is high.

History

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
HIST 111: The American Experience to 1877	HIST 200: Foundations of the American Republic
HIST 112: The American Experience since 1877	HIST 201: Modern America
All other Harper College History courses (completed with a grade of B- or better).	200-level elective credit

Important Notes

A maximum of four (4) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College History major. A maximum of three (3) courses from Harper College may be used toward a Lake Forest College History minor
Harper College credits may not be used to fulfill 300-level Lake Forest College courses (including History 300), nor may they be used to fulfill the Senior Studies Requirement.
All majors are expected to take History 110 at Lake Forest, including transfer students. Should a student wish to have this requirement waived because of courses taken at Harper College, appeals will be considered by the chair, but students should be aware that the bar for such appeals is high. Successful appeals will demonstrate that 1. methodological skills taught in 110 have been mastered; 2. a non-western History course has been (or will be) taken.

Latin American and Latinx Studies

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
HST121 History of Latin America	LNAM 270: Latin American History

Modern Languages and Literatures

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
CHN 101 Elementary Chinese I	CHIN 110 Beginning Chinese I
CHN 102 Elementary Chinese II	CHIN 112 Beginning Chinese II
CHN 201 Intermediate Chinese I	CHIN 210 Intermediate Chinese
CHN 202 Intermediate Chinese II	CHIN 212 Advanced Intermediate Chinese
FRN 101 Elementary French I	FREN 110 Beginning French I
FRN 102 Elementary French II	FREN 112 Beginning French II
FRN 201 Intermediate French I	FREN 210 Intermediate French
FRN 202 Intermediate French II	FREN 212 Advanced Intermediate French
FRN 205 French Conversation	FREN 255 Conversation and Composition or 200 level elective
FRN 210 Intro to French Literature	FREN 325 Intro. to Reading Literature in French or 300 level elective
GER 101 Elementary German I	GERM 110 Beginning German I
GER 102 Elementary German II	GERM 112 Beginning German II
GER 201 Intermediate German I	GERM 210 Intermediate German
GER 202 Intermediate German II	GERM 212 Advanced Intermediate German
GER 205 German Conversation	GERM – 200 level elective
GER 210 Introduction to German Literature	GERM – 300 level elective
GER 230 German Civilization and Culture	GERM-300 level elective
JPN 101 Elementary Japanese I	JAPN 110 Beginning Japanese I
JPN 102 Elementary Japanese II	JAPN 112 Beginning Japanese II
JPN 201 Intermediate Japanese I	JAPN 210 Intermediate Japanese
JPN 202 Intermediate Japanese II	JAPN 212 Advanced Intermediate Japanese
JPN 205 Japanese Intensive Oral Practice	JAPN – 200 level elective
SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I	SPAN – 100 level elective
SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II	SPAN 111 Accelerated Spanish or 100 level elective
SPA 112 Heritage Spanish I	SPAN 260 Spanish for Heritage Speakers
SPA 113 Heritage Spanish II	SPAN 260 Spanish for Heritage Speakers or 200 level elective
SPA 121 Spanish for Law Enforcement Officers	SPAN - 200 level elective
SPA 122 Spanish for Nursing	SPAN 322 Medical Spanish or 200 level elective
SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I	SPAN 210 Intermediate Spanish
SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II	SPAN 212 Advanced Intermediate Spanish
SPA 205 Spanish Conversation	SPAN 255 Conversation and Composition or 200 level elective
SPA 210 Intro to Spanish Literature	SPAN 300 Intro to Reading Literature in Spanish

Music

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
MUS 101 – Fundamentals of Music Theory	MUSC 150 – Fundamentals of Music
MUS 102 – Introduction to Electronic/Computer Music	MUSC 225 – Intro to Electronic Music
MUS 104 – Introduction to American Music MUS 107 – Introduction to Music in Theatre MUS 211 – Theory of Music III	Elective Credit
MUSC 106 – Introduction to Jazz	MUSC 227 – History of Jazz
MUS 108 – Introduction to World Music	MUSC 217 – World Music Survey
MUS 111 – Theory of Music I PLUS MUS 115 – Aural Skills I	MUSC 251 – Music Theory I
MUS 112 – Theory of Music II PLUS MUS 116 – Aural Skills II	MUSC 252 – Music Theory II
MUS 130 - Choir MUS 136 – Community Choir MUS 140 – Band MUS 150 - Orchestra	Corresponding Department Ensemble
MUS 180-199 – Instrument Lessons MUS 280-299 – Instrument Lessons	Corresponding Applied Music Lessons
MUS 212 – Theory of Music IV PLUS MUS 216 – Aural Skills IV	MUSC – 351 – Music Theory III

Important Notes

All Harper College transfer students will be required to take MUSC 352 – Form and Analysis, at Lake Forest College.
Additionally, transfer students will be required to take MUSC 360, MUSC 361, and the Senior Seminar at Lake Forest College.

Philosophy

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
Phil 102: Symbolic Logic	PHIL 156: Logic and Styles of Argument
Phil 101: Critical Thinking	PHIL 100-level elective
Phil 105: Introduction to Philosophy	PHIL 110: Introduction to Philosophy: Classical Questions, or another 100-level Introduction to Philosophy course, depending on the particular syllabus
Phil 115: Ethics	PHIL 118: Why Philosophy Matters
Phil 120: Social and Political Philosophy	PHIL 117: Political Philosophy
Phil 150: Business Ethics	PHIL 203: Business and Professional Ethics
Phil 160: Non-Western Philosophy	PHIL 100-level elective, PHIL 114, or another elective course, depending on the particular syllabus
Phil 170: Environmental Ethics	PHIL 210: Environmental Ethics
Phil 180: Biomedical Ethics	PHIL 118: Why Philosophy Matters, or PHIL 205: Medical Ethics, depending on the particular syllabus
Phil 205: Religions of the World	Will not count toward philosophy major
Phil 210: Death and Dying	PHIL 200-level elective
Phil 215: Religion in America	Will not count toward philosophy major
Phil 220: Philosophy of Religion	PHIL 223: Does God Exist?
Phil 231: History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval	Either PHIL 200-level elective or PHIL 290, depending on specific syllabus
Phil 232: History of Philosophy: Modern	Either PHIL 200-level elective, PHIL 291, PHIL 292, or PHIL 320, depending on specific syllabus

Important Notes

The Lake Forest College Philosophy major requires three courses in the history of philosophy, of five offered. We can make some exceptions to this, but in general, we will not accept more than two history-of-philosophy courses from William Rainey Harper College toward that requirement.
In most cases, if a Harper student were to (hypothetically) take all the regular philosophy offerings at Harper, and Phil 231 and 232 were accepted as two of Lake Forest’s 290, 291, 292, 320, or 355, she would still need to take one history-of-philosophy course, PHIL 325: Major Ethical Theories, PHIL 305: Comparative Philosophy: East-West, and a senior capstone (either a seminar, a research project, or a thesis).

Theater

Harper Community College	Lake Forest College
THE 212 Acting I	THTR 120: Acting I: Being on Stag
THE 216 Stagecraft	THTR 160: Stagecraft for Stage and Screen
THE 190-93 Applied Theatre Practicum	THTR 200: Production Practicum
THE 213 Acting II	Elective credit