Additional Credit Information
Below are additional General Education/Core Curriculum courses required by the state universities and UMASS campuses.
MassTransfer guarantees that any student in the Massachusetts public higher education system who completes the MassTransfer Block will automatically satisfy the general education/distribution/core requirements at any other public higher education institution (with the receiving institution able to add no more than six additional credits or two courses). A list of those additional 2 required courses is available below;
Bridgewater State University
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Bridgewater Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Logical Reasoning |
PHL 111 |
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Spoken Communication |
COM 101 |
UMASS Dartmouth
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UMASS Dartmouth Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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300 or 400 Level Diversity Course |
Must be completed at UMD |
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Tier II Writing Intensive Course |
Must be completed at UMD |
UMASS Amherst
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UMASS Amherst Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Global or US Diversity Course |
ANT 101, ART 105, COM 160, DST 110, ENG 217, 250, 257, 259, GVT 112, HST 111, 252, 257, 259, HUM 252, 254, POR 352, SOC 101, 212, 251 or 256 |
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Integrative Experience Course |
Must be completed at UMA |
Fitchburg State University
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FSU Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Global Diversity |
None at this time, check back for updates |
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Global Diversity |
None at this time, check back for updates |
Framingham State University
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FRSU Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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None at this time |
N/A |
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None at this time |
N/A |
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
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MCLA Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Upper-level Capstone course |
Must be taken at MCLA |
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None at this time |
N/A |
Salem State University
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SSU Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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None at this time |
N/A |
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None at this time |
N/A |
Westfield State University
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WSU Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Course will be determined upon transfer based on student’s transcript |
Must be taken at WSC |
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Course will be determined upon transfer based on student’s transcript |
Must be taken at WSC |
UMASS Boston
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UMB Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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World Culture & World Language |
FRN 101, 102, 201, 202, POR 101, 102, 201, 202, SPA 101, 102, 201, 202, HST 254 and 257 |
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World Culture & World Language |
FRN 101, 102, 201, 202, POR 101, 102, 201, 202, SPA 101, 102, 201, 202, HST 254 and 257 |
UMASS Lowell
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UML Requirement |
Bristol Equivalent Courses |
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Additional 4 credit Lab Science course |
AST 111, 112, BIO 111, 112, 121, 122, 129, 130, 233, 234, 239, 240, 154, CHM 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 225, GLG 101, PHY 101, 102, 211, 212, SCI 112, 113, 115, 116, 118, 119 |
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None |
N/A |