Updated: 10/5/2023
Transfer Guide
2023–2024 Academic Year
Harper College
Harper College
Columbia College Chicago
Degree: Associate in Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Focus: Business
Major: Arts Management
Minimum credits at Harper College: 63
Credits completed at Columbia: 57
Degree Information
With concentrations in Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Film Business, and Creative Industries, you can focus your
creative area of interest and gain relevant experience in your chosen field. Learn more about the major, faculty, and
concentrations at colum.edu/academics/programs/arts-management.
Admissions & Deadlines
Columbia accepts and reviews applications to our Bachelor of Arts programs on a rolling basis and it is to your
advantage to complete your application as early as possible. Use the Transfer Timeline and Transfer Checklist to
plan your transfer.
Tuition & Scholarships
General Tuition and Fees: colum.edu/tuition
Scholarships and Financial Aid: colum.edu/scholarships
Contact Information
Want to learn more?
Web: colum.edu/transfer
Email: transfer@colum.edu
More Information
Completion of this transfer guide does not guarantee admission to Columbia College Chicago. Additionally, the
Columbia semester plan should be considered a guide and all Columbia transfer students should work with their
academic advisor to ensure that they are making progress toward graduation.
All degree-seeking Columbia students are required to complete the Columbia Core which contains the Essential
Liberal Arts and Sciences coursework in addition to mission-specific graduation requirements: Nine credit hours of
200-level (or higher) coursework, 3 credit hours of Columbia Experience coursework, and at least two courses (6
credit hours) with a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) designation to meet graduation requirements.
Harper College Transfer Pathway
SEMESTER 1
Harper College
Columbia College Chicago
Course Title
Credits
Course Title
CIS 100 Computer and Digital Literacy
3
BUSE 109 Information Management
ENG 101 Composition
3
ENGL 111 Writing and Rhetoric I
MGT 111 Introduction to Business Organization
3
BUSE 105 Introduction to Management and Entrepreneurship
IAI Mathematics course
4
Mathematics course
IAI Social and Behavioral Sciences course
3
Social Science course
SEMESTER 2
Harper College
Columbia College Chicago
Course Title
Credits
Course Title
ACC 101 Introduction to Financial Accounting
4
BUSE 201 Accounting
ECO 211 Microeconomics
3
BUSE 210 Economics for Creatives
ENG 102 Composition
3
ENGL 112 Writing and Rhetoric II
SPE 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
3
Meets IAI Communication Requirement
IAI Physical or Life Science course
3
Science course
SEMESTER 3
Harper College
Columbia College Chicago
Course Title
Credits
Course Title
MGT 280 Organizational Behavior
3
BUSE 312 Organizational Behavior
MKT 245 Principles of Marketing
3
BUSE 101 Introduction to Marketing
IAI Humanities and Fine Art course
3
Humanities course
IAI Physical or Life Science course with lab
4
Science course with lab
200-Level IAI Social and Behavioral Sciences course
3
200-Level Social Science course
SEMESTER 4
Harper College
Columbia College Chicago
Course Title
Credits
Course Title
ACC 211 Business Law I
3
BUSE 205 Law for Creative Industries
MGT 218 Introduction to Finance
3
BUSE 303 Finance
200-Level IAI Humanities and Fine Art course
3
200-Level Humanities course
IAI Humanities and Fine Art course
3
Humanities course
IAI Social and Behavioral Sciences course
3
Social Science course
Total transfer credits toward Columbia degree
63
Remaining Coursework at Columbia College Chicago
SEMESTER 5
Course Title
Credits
BUSE 208 Business Writing
3
BUSE 308 Entrepreneurship
3
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Total Credit Hours
15
SEMESTER 6
Course Title
Credits
BUSE 325 Cultural Policy
3
Concentration Course
3
CCCX Columbia Experience course with DEI designation
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Total Credit Hours
15
SEMESTER 7
Course Title
Credits
Concentration Course
3
Concentration Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Total Credit Hours
15
SEMESTER 8
Course Title
Credits
400-Level Concentration Practicum
3
Concentration Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Collegewide Elective or Minor Course
3
Total Credit Hours
12
Total Degree Credit Hours
120
