The Interstate Passport enables successful transfer of a block of lower-level general education learning to other institutions participating in the Interstate Passport Network. Students who complete their Passport at NDSCS will not be required to repeat or take additional course work to meet lower division general education requirements in the Passport’s nine areas when they transfer to any other Passport institution.
For a list of Network member institutions, visit www.wiche.edu/states.
Interstate Passport Information
Questions
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Learning Outcome Areas
Students must successfully complete COMM 110 -Fundamentals of Public Speaking to achieve the Oral Communication Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Oral Communication
Course Number | Course Title |
COMM 110 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
Students must successfully complete ENGL 110 and ENGL 120, or ENGL 110 and ENGL 125, or ENGL 120 to achieve the Written Communication Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Written Communication
Course Number | Course Title |
ENGL 110 | College Composition I |
ENGL 120 | College Composition II |
ENGL 125 | Introduction to Professional Writing |
Students must successfully complete at least one of the following courses to achieve the Quantitative Literacy Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Quantitative Literacy
Course Number | Course Title |
MATH 103 | College Algebra |
MATH 104 | Finite Math |
MATH 107 | Precalculus |
MATH 146 | Applied Calculus I |
MATH 165 | Calculus I |
MATH 166 | Calculus II |
MATH 210 | Elementary Statistics |
MATH 265 | Calculus III |
Students may complete the Natural Sciences requirement, which requires learning outcomes in both Physical and Life Sciences in one of the following ways.
- Take one course each from the BIOL category and the CHEM category.
- Take BIOL 124: Environmental Science.
Either pathway requires the corequisite lab of the selected course to achieve the Natural Science Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Physical Sciences
Course Number | Course Title |
CHEM 115 | Introduction to Chemistry* |
CHEM 116 | Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry |
CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I* |
CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II* |
CHEM 241 | Organic Chemistry I* |
Courses in Life Sciences
Course Number | Course Title |
BIOL 111 | Concepts of Biology* |
BIOL 115 | Concepts of Anatomy and Physiology* |
BIOL 124 | Environmental Science* |
BIOL 150 | General Biology I* |
BIOL 151 | General Biology II* |
BIOL 220 | Anatomy and Physiology I* |
BIOL 221 | Anatomy and Physiology II* |
MICR 202 | Introductory Microbiology* |
Students must successfully complete one of the following courses in order to achieve the Human Cultures Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Human Cultures
Course Number | Course Title |
ENGL 232 | Mythology |
HIST 101 | Western Civilization I |
HIST 102 | Western Civilization II |
HIST 207 | United States and Current World Affairs |
MUSC 100 | Music Appreciation |
POLS 103 | Global Politics in a Multicultural World |
RELS 203 | World Religions |
SOC 221 | Minority Relations |
Students must successfully complete one of the following courses to achieve the Critical Thinking Passport Learning Outcomes. Chemistry and Physics courses require completion of the corequisite lab course. If a course listed here was used to fulfill the requirement in another knowledge/skill area, it cannot be used to fulfill the Critical Thinking skill outcome.
For instance, if a student completes CHEM 121 and BIOL 151 to fulfill the Natural Sciences outcome, the CHEM 121 course could not be used in this area.
Courses in Critical Thinking
Course Number | Course Title |
CHEM 121 | General Chemistry I* |
CHEM 122 | General Chemistry II* |
CHEM 241 | Organic Chemistry I* |
CSCI 160 | Computer Science I |
CSCI 161 | Computer Science II |
ECON 201 | Microeconomics |
ECON 202 | Macroeconomics |
ENGL 120 | College Composition II |
PHYS 211 | College Physics I* |
PHYS 212 | College Physics II* |
Students must choose one of the following courses or complete a Creative Expression portfolio in combination with a non-listed course, subject to approval of the General Education Assessment committee to achieve the Creative Expression Passport Learning Outcomes. If choosing ENGL 232 Mythology, the course must be taken for three credits. Student choosing MUSC 122 must also take the corequisite MUSC 123.
Courses in Creative Expression
Course Number | Course Title |
ENGL 211 | Introduction to Creative Writing |
ENGL 232 | Mythology |
MUSC 122 | Music Theory I |
MUSC 123 | Aural Skills I |
Learning Opportunities in Creative Expression
- Creative Expression Portfolio
Students must combine PSYC 100, PSYC 111, or SOC 110 with at least one of the Organizational Learning opportunities to meet the Teamwork and Value Systems Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Teamwork and Value Systems
Course Number | Course Title |
PSYC 100 | Human Relations in Organizations |
PSYC 111 | Introduction to Psychology |
SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology |
Learning Opportunities in Teamwork and Value Systems
- Student Senate
- Campus Activities Board
- College Ambassadors
- Science of Leadership
- Campus Organization Officer
Students must successfully complete one of the following courses to meet the Human Society and the Individual Passport Learning Outcomes.
Courses in Human Society and the Individual
Course Number | Course Title |
CJ 201 | Introduction to Criminal Justice |
POLS 115 | American Government |
POLS 116 | State and Local Government |
PSYC 111 | Introduction to Psychology |
PSYC 250 | Developmental Psychology |
PSYC 270 | Abnormal Psychology |
SOC 110 | Introduction to Sociology |
SOC 115 | Social Problems |
SOC 220 | Family |