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Last updated: Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 3:56 PM
Study.com courses get their college credit recommendation from one or both of two organizations: ACE (the American Council on Education) and/or NCCRS (the National College Credit Recommendation Service). Courses may be recommended for lower-division credit or upper-division credit. The following charts explain which courses are recommended for each level.
Important: Course approvals are subject to change. This page was last updated on April 25, 2024. Visit the Upcoming Changes page to read about upcoming changes.
ACE-Recommended for Upper-Division Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (ACE) | Credit Level (ACE) |
| Accounting 301: Applied Managerial Accounting | 3 | upper |
| Accounting 302: Advanced Accounting | 3 | upper |
| Accounting 303: Cost Accounting | 3 | upper |
| Business 302: Foundations of Leadership | 3 | upper |
| Business 303: Management Information Systems | 3 | upper |
| Business 304: Leading Organizational Change | 3 | upper |
| Business 305: Leadership Communication | 3 | upper |
| Business 306: Strategic Human Resources Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 307: Leadership & Organizational Behavior | 3 | upper |
| Business 308: Globalization & International Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 310: Advanced Business Ethics | 3 | upper |
| Business 311: Project Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 312: Advanced Operations Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 313: Organizational Communication | 3 | upper |
| Business 314: Employment Law | 3 | upper |
| Business 315: Logistics & Supply Chain Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 319: Negotiations & Conflict Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 321: Small Business Management | 3 | upper |
| Business 323: Organizational Theory | 3 | upper |
| Business 324: Managerial Communication | 3 | upper |
| Business 325: Union & Labor Relations | 3 | upper |
| Business 327: Retail Strategy | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 302: Systems Analysis & Design | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 303: Database Management | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 306: Computer Architecture | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 307: Software Engineering | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 311: Artificial Intelligence | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 331: Cybersecurity Risk Analysis Management | 3 | upper |
| Computer Science 336: Network Forensics | 3 | upper |
| Criminal Justice 305: The Juvenile Justice System | 3 | upper |
| English 301: Non-Western Literature | 3 | upper |
| English 305: Advanced Technical Writing | 3 | upper |
| Finance 301: Corporate Finance | 3 | upper |
| Finance 302: International Finance | 3 | upper |
| Finance 303: Financial Institutions & Markets | 3 | upper |
| Finance 304: Security Analysis & Portfolio Management | 3 | upper |
| Finance 305: Risk Management | 2 | upper |
| Finance 306: Small Business Finance | 3 | upper |
| Health 301: Ethical & Legal Issues in Healthcare | 3 | upper |
| Health 302: Health Services Policy | 3 | upper |
| Health 303: Healthcare Organization & Management | 3 | upper |
| Health 305: Healthcare Finance & Budgeting | 3 | upper |
| Health 307: Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 | upper |
| Health 308: Healthcare Quality & Outcome Measurement | 3 | upper |
| Health 309: Healthcare Informatics | 3 | upper |
| Health 310: Human Resource Management in Healthcare | 3 | upper |
| History 301: Historiography & Historical Methods | 3 | upper |
| History 307: American Civil Rights Movement | 3 | upper |
| History 309: War & American Society | 3 | upper |
| History 311: The Holocaust & World War II |
3 | upper |
| Hospitality 301: Hospitality Marketing | 3 | upper |
| Hospitality 304: Hotel & Lodging Management & Operations | 3 | upper |
| Hospitality 309: Food & Beverage Service & Operations | 3 | upper |
| Marketing 301: Marketing Research | 3 | upper |
| Marketing 302: Consumer Behavior | 3 | upper |
| Marketing 306: Principles of Selling | 3 | upper |
| Marketing 308: Applied Marketing | 3 | upper |
| Philosophy 301: Principles of Philosophy | 6 | upper |
| Psychology 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 302: Cognitive Psychology | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 306: Advanced Abnormal Psychology | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 311: Physiological Psychology | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 315: Psychology of Motivation | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 316: Advanced Social Psychology | 3 | upper |
ACE-Recommended for Lower-Division Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (ACE) | Credit Level (ACE) |
| Accounting 101: Financial Accounting | 3 | lower |
| Accounting 102: Intro to Managerial Accounting | 3 | lower |
| Accounting 201: Intermediate Accounting I | 3 | lower |
| Accounting 202: Intermediate Accounting II | 3 | lower |
| Analytics 103: Intro to Relational Databases & SQL | 3 | lower |
| Art 103: History of Western Art I | 3 | lower |
| Art 104: History of Western Art II | 3 | lower |
| Astronomy 101: Intro to Astronomy | 3 | lower |
| Biology 101: Intro to Biology | 3 | lower |
| Biology 101L: Intro to Biology with Lab | 4 | lower |
| Biology 102: Basic Genetics | 3 | lower |
| Biology 103: Microbiology | 3 | lower |
| Biology 105: Anatomy & Physiology | 3 | lower |
| Biology 106: Pathophysiology | 3 | lower |
| Biology 107L: Clinical Microbiology w/ Lab | 4 | lower |
| Biology 201L: Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab | 4 | lower |
| Biology 202L: Anatomy & Physiology II with Lab | 4 | lower |
| Business 100: Intro to Business | 3 | lower |
| Business 101: Principles of Management | 3 | lower |
| Business 102: Principles of Marketing | 3 | lower |
| Business 103: Introductory Business Law | 3 | lower |
| Business 104: Information Systems and Computer Applications | 3 | lower |
| Business 106: Human Resource Management | 3 | lower |
| Business 107: Organizational Behavior | 3 | lower |
| Business 108: Business Ethics | 3 | lower |
| Business 109: Intro to Computing | 3 | lower |
| Business 110: Business Math | 3 | lower |
| Business 111: Principles of Supervision | 3 | lower |
| Business 113: Business Communication | 3 | lower |
| Business 120: International Business | 3 | lower |
| Business 121: Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 | lower |
| Business 202: Introduction to E-Commerce | 3 | lower |
| Business 203: Introduction to Retail Merchandising | 3 | lower |
| Business 212: Business Statistics | 3 | lower |
| Business 309: Digital Marketing & Advertising |
3 | lower |
| Business 318: Management Ethics |
3 | lower |
| Chemistry 101: General Chemistry | 3 | lower |
| Chemistry 111L: Chemistry I with Lab | 4 | lower |
| Chemistry 112L: Chemistry II with Lab | 4 | lower |
| Communications 101: Public Speaking | 3 | lower |
| Communications 102: Interpersonal Communication | 3 | lower |
| Communications 301: Diversity and Intercultural Communication | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 102: Fundamentals of Information Technology | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 103: Computer Concepts & Applications | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 105: Introduction to Operating Systems | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 107: Database Fundamentals | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 108: Introduction to Networking | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 109: Introduction to Programming | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 110: Introduction to Cybersecurity | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 111: Programming in C | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 112: Programming in C++ | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 113: Programming in Python | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 114: Programming in R | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 115: Programming in Java | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 201: Data Structures & Algorithms | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 202: Network and System Security | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 203: Defensive Security | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 204: Database Programming | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 304: Network System Design | 3 | lower |
| Computer Science 305: Operating Systems | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 101: Intro to Criminal Justice | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 104: Introduction to Criminology | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 106: Forensic Science | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 107: Criminal Law | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 301: White Collar Crime | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 306: Research Methods in Criminal Justice | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 381: Victimology | 3 | lower |
| Earth Science 101: Earth Science | 3 | lower |
| Earth Science 104: Intro to Meteorology | 3 | lower |
| Economics 101: Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | lower |
| Economics 102: Macroeconomics | 3 | lower |
| Education 101: Foundations of Education | 3 | lower |
| Education 103: Classroom Management | 3 | lower |
| Education 104: Differentiated Instruction | 3 | lower |
| Education 105: Special Education History & Law | 3 | lower |
| Education 106: Introduction to Early Childhood Education | 3 | lower |
| Education 210: Technology in the Classroom | 3 | lower |
| Education 211: Teaching Elementary Math | 3 | lower |
| English 101: English Literature | 3 | lower |
| English 102: American Literature | 3 | lower |
| English 103: Analyzing and Interpreting Literature | 3 | lower |
| English 104: College Composition I | 3 | lower |
| English 105: College Composition II | 3 | lower |
| English 204: English Composition I | 3 | lower |
| English 205: English Composition II | 3 | lower |
| English 310: Short Stories | 3 | lower |
| Environmental Science 101: Environment and Humanity | 3 | lower |
| Finance 101: Principles of Finance | 3 | lower |
| Finance 102: Personal Finance | 3 | lower |
| Finance 104: Financial Management | 3 | lower |
| Genetics 101: Intro to Genetics | 3 | lower |
| Geography 101: Human & Cultural Geography | 1 | lower |
| Geology 101: Physical Geology | 3 | lower |
| Geometry 101: Intro to Geometry | 3 | lower |
| Health 101: Principles of Health | 3 | lower |
| Health 103: Medical Terminology | 2 | lower |
| History 100: Western Civilization from Prehistory to Post-WWII | 3 | lower |
| History 101: Western Civilization I | 3 | lower |
| History 102: Western Civilization II | 3 | lower |
| History 103: US History I | 3 | lower |
| History 104: US History II | 3 | lower |
| History 105: US History from Settlement to Present Day | 3 | lower |
| History 106: The Civil War and Reconstruction | 3 | lower |
| History 108: History of the Vietnam War | 3 | lower |
| History 306: The American Civil War Era | 3 | lower |
| History 308: Causes and Effects of the Vietnam War | 3 | lower |
| Hospitality 101: Introduction to Hospitality | 3 | lower |
| Hospitality 105: Introduction to the Tourism & Travel Industry | 3 | lower |
| Humanities 101: Intro to the Humanities | 3 | lower |
| Humanities 201: Critical Thinking & Analysis | 3 | lower |
| Marketing 303: Global Marketing | 3 | lower |
| Math 101: College Algebra | 3 | lower |
| Math 102: College Mathematics | 3 | lower |
| Math 103: Precalculus | 3 | lower |
| Math 104: Calculus | 6 | lower |
| Math 105: Precalculus Algebra | 3 | lower |
| Math 107: Quantitative Literacy | 3 | lower |
| Math 108: Discrete Mathematics | 3 | lower |
| Nursing 301: Nursing Informatics |
3
|
lower |
| Nutrition 101: Science of Nutrition | 3 | lower |
| Philosophy 102: Ethics in America | 3 | lower |
| Philosophy 103: Ethics - Theory & Practice | 3 | lower |
| Physics 101: Intro to Physics | 3 | lower |
| Physics 111: Physics I | 3 | lower |
| Physics 112: Physics II | 3 | lower |
| Political Science 101: Intro to Political Science | 3 | lower |
| Political Science 102: American Government | 3 | lower |
| Political Science 103: Comparative Politics | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 102: Educational Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 103: Human Growth and Development | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 104: Social Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 105: Research Methods in Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 106: Abnormal Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 107: Life Span Developmental Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 108: Psychology of Adulthood and Aging | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 312: History and Systems of Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Science 101: Intro to Natural Sciences | 3 | lower |
| Science 102: Principles of Physical Science | 3 | lower |
| Social Science 108: Ethics in the Social Sciences | 3 | lower |
| Sociology 101: Intro to Sociology | 3 | lower |
| Sociology 305: Sociology of Work | 3 | lower |
| Spanish 101: Beginning Spanish | 3 | lower |
| Spanish 102: Intermediate Spanish | 2 | lower |
| Spanish 105: Spanish for the Workplace | 3 | lower |
| Statistics 101: Principles of Statistics | 3 | lower |
NCCRS-Recommended for Upper-Division Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (NCCRS) | Credit Level (NCCRS) |
| Business 304: Leading Organizational Change |
3 | upper |
| Business 319: Negotiations and Conflict Management |
3 | upper |
| Business 321: Small Business Management |
3 | upper |
| Business 327: Retail Strategy |
3 | upper |
| Education 103: Classroom Management | 3 | upper |
| Education 105: Special Education History & Law | 3 | upper |
| Finance 301: Corporate Finance | 3 | upper |
| History 306: The American Civil War Era | 3 | upper |
| History 308: Causes and Effects of the Vietnam War | 3 | upper |
| History 311: The Holocaust & World War II | 3 | upper |
| Marketing 301: Marketing Research | 4 | upper |
| Marketing 302: Consumer Behavior |
4 | upper |
| Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality | 3 | upper |
| Psychology 312: History and Systems of Psychology | 3 | upper |
| Science 102: Principles of Physical Science | 3 | upper |
| Sociology 305: Sociology of Work | 3 | upper |
NCCRS-Recommended for Lower- or Upper-Division Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (NCCRS) | Credit Level (NCCRS) |
| Accounting 202: Intermediate Accounting II | 3 | lower/upper |
| Accounting 301: Applied Managerial Accounting |
3 | lower/upper |
| Accounting 302: Advanced Accounting |
3 | lower/upper |
| Business 209: Mentoring and Leadership Development in the Workplace |
3 | lower/upper |
| Business 324: Managerial Communication |
3 | lower/upper |
NCCRS-Recommended for Lower-Division Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (NCCRS) | Credit Level (NCCRS) |
| Accounting 101: Financial Accounting | 3 | lower |
| Accounting 102: Intro to Managerial Accounting | 3 | lower |
| Art 103: History of Western Art I | 3 | lower |
| Business 101: Principles of Management | 3 | lower |
| Business 102: Principles of Marketing | 3 | lower |
| Business 121: Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 | lower |
| Business 202: Introduction to E-Commerce | 3 | lower |
| Communications 101: Public Speaking | 3 | lower |
| Communications 102: Interpersonal Communication | 3 | lower |
| Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace |
3
|
lower |
| Computer Science 102: Fundamentals of Information Technology | 3 | lower |
| Criminal Justice 104: Introduction to Criminology | 3 | lower |
| Finance 104: Financial Management | 3 | lower |
| Health 103: Medical Terminology | 3 | lower |
| Hospitality 101: Introduction to Hospitality | 3 | lower |
| Hospitality 105: Introduction to the Tourism & Travel Industry | 3 | lower |
| Math 101: College Algebra | 3 | lower |
| Math 103: Precalculus | 3 | lower |
| Math 105: Precalculus Algebra | 4 | lower |
| Nutrition 101: Science of Nutrition | 3 | lower |
| Philosophy 103: Ethics - Theory & Practice | 3 | lower |
| Physics 101: Intro to Physics | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 101: Intro to Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 103: Human Growth and Development | 3 | lower |
| Psychology 107: Life Span Developmental Psychology | 3 | lower |
| Sociology 101: Intro to Sociology | 3 | lower |
| Sociology 103: Foundations of Gerontology |
3 | lower |
| Spanish 102: Intermediate Spanish | 3 | lower |
| Statistics 101: Principles of Statistics | 4 | lower |
NCCRS-Recommended for Associate/Certificate Credit
| Course Title | # of Credits (NCCRS) | Credit Level (NCCRS) |
Math 99: Essentials of Algebra and Statistics |
4 | associate |
| Political Science 102: American Government | 3 | associate |