Pseudo or “fake” courses are used for some transfer credits (domestic and international) to meet FIUs University Core Curriculum (UCC). Pseudo courses typically satisfy the intent of the UCC, but are not exact matches to FIU courses. As such, they do not always satisfy prerequisites or required courses in the major.
Communication
| ENC UCC1 | Satisfies the 1st Communication requirement |
| ENC UCC2 | Satisfies the 2nd Communication requirement |
| ENC UCC4 | Satisfies Communication requirement |
Humanities
| HUM UCC1 | Satisfies Humanities – Group One |
| HUM UCC1W | Satisfies Humanities – Group One and Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
| HUM UCC2 | Satisfies Humanities – Group Two |
| HUM UCC2W | Satisfies Humanities – Group Two and Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
Mathematics
| MAC UCC1 | Satisfies MAC – Mathematics content (Group One or Group Two) |
| MGF UCC1 | Satisfies MGF – Mathematics content (Group One or Group Two) |
| STA UCC1 | Satisfies Statistics (Group One or Group Two) |
| NPM UCC1 | Satisfies Mathematics – Group Two (COP, CGS content) |
Social Science
| SOC UCC1 | Satisfies Social Science – Group One |
| SOC UCC1W | Satisfies Social Science – Group One and Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
| SOC UCC2 | Satisfies Social Science – Group Two |
| SOC UCC2W | Satisfies Social Science – Group Two and Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
Natural Science
| GLS UCC1 | Satisfies Natural Science – Group One or Group Two (General Life Science content) |
| GLS UCC1L | Satisfies Natural Science Lab – Group One or Group Two (General Life Science Lab content) |
| BSC UCC1 | Satisfies Natural Science – Group One or Group Two (Human Biology content) |
| BSC UCC1L | Satisfies Natural Science Lab – Group One or Group Two (Human Biology Lab content) |
| GPS UCC1 | Satisfies Natural Science – Group One or Group Two (General Physical Science content) |
| GPS UCC1L | Satisfies Natural Science Lab – Group One or Group Two (General Physical Science Lab content) |
| CHM UCC1 | Satisfies Natural Science – Group One or Group Two (Chemistry content) |
| CHM UCC1L | Satisfies Natural Science Lab – Group One or Group Two (Chemistry Lab content) |
Arts
| ART UCC1 | Satisfies UCC Arts |
| ART UCC1W | Satisfies UCC Arts and Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
Gordon Rule
| GRW UCC1 | Satisfies Gordon Rule Writing (GRW) with grade of C or better |
Foreign Language
| FFL UCC1 | Satisfies 1st term Foreign Language |
| FFL UCC2 | Satisfies 2nd term Foreign Language |
Elective
| ELE UCC1 | Satisfies Lower-Division Elective |
