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Davenport University has teamed up with Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) to offer Direct Connect — a seamless transfer path designed to maximize your success! Connect with a rep
Welcome, NMC students!
At Davenport, transfer students are a vital part of our student body. You bring experience to share and inspire others with your focus on career goals. We set you up for success with personal transfer planning, assigned personal academic advisors, generous financial aid and career guidance for life.
With about 44% of our students being transfer students, you won’t be alone on this journey.
Transferring to Davenport
As one of Michigan’s most transfer-friendly universities, Davenport is committed to making your transition simple and helping you get the most from the credits you’ve already earned.
Program-to-program transfer guidelines
Make your associate degree count. You may be able to transfer up to 90 credits toward your Davenport degree. Explore our program-to-program transfer guidelines to see how your degree can apply.
Course equivalencies
See how your credits can transfer to Davenport. Use the dropdown below to view course equivalencies for courses completed at NMC and discover how they may apply toward your Davenport degree.
Please note: Course-to-course equivalencies are provided as a guide for students considering a transfer to Davenport University and do not constitute a contract. Official transcript evaluations are completed by the Registrar’s Office. Davenport University reserves the right to revise transfer equivalencies as necessary without prior notice.
| Transfer Course | Transfer Description | Transfer Credits | DU Course | DU Description | DU Credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNR106 / HNR107 | Pharmacology I / Pharmacology II | 3 | HLTH220 | Pharmacology | 3 |
| ACC121 | Accounting Principles I | 4 | ACCT201 | Accounting Foundations I | 4 |
| ACC123 | Accounting Principles II | 4 | ACCT202 | Accounting Foundations II | 4 |
| ACC221 | Intermediate Accounting I | 4 | ACCT301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 4 |
| ACC222 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4 | ACCT302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4 |
| ACC223 | Cost Accounting | 4 | ACCT213 | Cost Accounting | 4 |
| ACC231 | Federal Income Tax Problems | 3 | ACCT315 | Federal Taxation I | 3 |
| ACC241 | Principles Fraud Examination | 3 | ACCT310 | Accounting Fraud Examination | 3 |
| ANT113 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | 3 | SOSC201 | Diversity in Society | 3 |
| ASL101 | American Sign Language I | 4 | ASLA111 | American Sign Language | 4 |
| ASL102 | American Sign Language II | 4 | ASLA121 | American Sign Language II | 4 |
| AST100 | Observational Astronomy | 2 | GEOL120 | Astronomy | 2 |
| AST119 | Astronomy | 4 | GEOL120 | Astronomy | 4 |
| BIO106 | Human Biology | 4 | BIOL100 / BIOL100L | Introduction to Biology / Introduction to Biology Lab | 4 |
| BIO115 | General Biology I | 4 | BIOL110 / BIOL110L | Foundations of Cell Biology / Foundation of Cell Biology Lab | 4 |
| BIO116 | General Biology II | 4 | BIOL111 / BIOL111L | Organisms and Populations / Organisms and Populations Lab | 4 |
| BIO208 | Microbiology | 4 | BIOL211 / BIOL211L | Microbiology / Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| BIO215 | Genetics | 3 | BIOL336 | Genetics | 3 |
| BIO220 | Nutrition in Human Health | 3 | BIOL310 | Nutrition | 3 |
| BIO227 | Human Anatomy & Phys I | 4 | BIOL221 / BIOL221L | Anatomy & Physiology I / Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | 4 |
| BIO228 | Human Anatomy & Phys II | 5 | BIOL222 / BIOL222L | Anatomy & Physiology II / Anatomy & Physiology II Lab | 4 |
| BIO240 | Normal and Clinical Nutrition | 3 | BIOL310 | Nutrition | 3 |
| BIO255 | Pathophysiology | 4 | BIOL312 | Pathophysiology | 4 |
| BIO268 | Biochemistry | 3 | CHEM310 | Biochemistry | 3 |
| BUS261 | Business Law I | 3 | LEGL210 | Business Law Foundations | 3 |
| CHM101 | Introductory Chemistry and Lab | 4 | CHEM150 / CHEM150L | Foundations of Chemistry / Foundations of Chemistry Lab | 4 |
| CHM150 | General Chemistry I and Lab | 4 | CHEM160 / CHEM160L | General Chemistry I / General Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| CHM151 | General Chemistry II & Lab | 4 | CHEM161 / CHEM161L | General Chemistry II / General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| CHM250 | Organic Chemistry I and Lab | 5 | CHEM250 / CHEM250L | Organic Chemistry I / Organic Chemistry I Lab | 5 |
| CHM251 | Organic Chemistry II & Lab | 5 | CHEM255 / CHEM255L | Organic Chemistry II / Organic Chemistry II Lab | 5 |
| CIT100 | Computers in Business-An Intro | 3 | CISP100 | Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| CIT119 | Microsoft Office - Word | 3 | BITS214 | Microcomputer Applications | 3 |
| CIT124 | Microsoft Office - PowerPoint | 2 | BITS209 | Dynamic Presentations | 2 |
| CIT131 | Game Dev & Design | 3 | CSCI258 | Introduction to Game Design | 3 |
| CIT135 | Intro to Program using Python | 3 | CSCI231 | Introduction to Programming | 3 |
| CIT156 | CompTIA A+ Certification I | 3 | NETW101 | PC Operating Systems | 3 |
| CIT157 | CompTIA A+ Certification II | 3 | NETW201 | PC Maintenance and Management | 3 |
| CIT160 | Cisco Internetworking I | 3 | NETW151 | Cisco Networking Fundamentals | 3 |
| CIT161 | Cisco Internetworking II | 3 | NETW152 | Cisco Routing & Switching | 3 |
| CIT178 | Relational Databases | 3 | BITS212 | Microcomputer Apps Database | 3 |
| CIT180 | Web Development | 3 | CISP220 | Web Page Applications | 3 |
| CIT195 | Application Programming | 3 | CSCI231 | Introduction to Programming | 3 |
| CIT210 | Microsoft Office - Excel | 3 | BITS211 | Microcomputer Applications: Sp | 3 |
| CIT213 | Networking Technologies | 4 | NETW220 | Data Communications and Networ | 4 |
| CIT215 | Server Technologies | 3 | NETW341 | MS Plan and Implement Active D | 3 |
| CIT216 | Computerized Accounting System | 3 | ACCT220 | Accounting Information Technol | 3 |
| CIT218 | Web APP Development | 3 | CISP238 | Server Side Scripting I | 3 |
| CIT240 | Network Security Management | 3 | IAAS224 | Implementing Network Security | 3 |
| CIT255 | Object-Oriented Programming | 3 | CISP242 | Visual BASIC Programming II | 3 |
| CIT256 | Linux Administration | 3 | NETW217 | UNIX Operating System | 3 |
| CIT260 | Cisco Internetworking III | 3 | NETW251 | Cisco Scaling Networks | 3 |
| CIT280 | Systems Analysis and Design | 4 | CISP111 | Requirements Planning/Develop | 4 |
| COM111 | Public Speaking | 4 | COMM120 | Presentation Techniques | 4 |
| ECO201 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | ECON201 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECO202 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | ECON200 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| EDU100 | College Success | 3 | ACES100 | AchieveCareer/EducationSuccess | 3 |
| ENG111 | English Composition | 4 | ENGL109 | Composition | 4 |
| ENG112 | English Composition | 4 | ENGL110 | Advanced Composition | 4 |
| ENG240 | Introduction to Literature | 3 | ENGL220 | Literary Worlds | 3 |
| ENG271 | Adolescence Literature | 3 | ENGL220 | Literary Worlds | 3 |
| ENV101 | Intro To Environmental Science | 4 | ENVS125 | Intro to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| ENV111 | Physical Geology | 4 | GEOL140 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GEO109 | World Regional Geography | 3 | SOSC241 | World Regional Geography | 3 |
| HAH101 | Medical Terminology | 3 | HLTH110 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HUM101 | Introduction to Humanities | 3 | HUMN101 | Arts and Culture | 3 |
| MGT241 | Principles of Management | 3 | MGMT211 | Management Foundations | 3 |
| MGT251 | Human Resources Management | 3 | HRMG213 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MKT201 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | MKTG211 | Marketing Foundations | 3 |
| MKT208 | Digital Marketing | 2 | MKTG322 | Digital Marketing | 2 |
| MTH111 | Intermediate Algebra | 4 | MATH120 | College Mathematics | 4 |
| MTH120 | Mathematical Explorations | 3 | MATH120 | College Mathematics | 3 |
| MTH121 | College Algebra | 4 | MATH135 | College Algebra | 4 |
| MTH131 | Intro to Probability & Stats | 3 | STAT220 | Introduction to Statistics | 3 |
| MTH141 | Calculus I | 5 | MATH215 | Calculus I | 5 |
| MTH142 | Calculus II | 5 | MATH216 | Calculus II | 5 |
| MTH241 | Calculus III | 5 | MATH317 | Calculus III | 5 |
| MTH251 | Differential Equations | 4 | MATH350 | Differential Equation/modeling | 4 |
| PHL201 | Ethics | 3 | BUSN210 | Professional Ethics | 3 |
| PHL202 | Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas | 3 | BUSN210 | Professional Ethics | 3 |
| PHY105 | Physics of the World | 4 | PHYS100 / PHYS100L | Applied Physics / Applied Physics Lab | 4 |
| PHY121 | General Physics I | 4 | PHYS210 / PHYS210L | Fundamentals of Physics I / Fundamentals of Physics I Lab | 4 |
| PHY122 | General Physics II | 4 | PHYS220 / PHYS220L | Fundamentals of Physics II / Fundamentals of Physics II Lab | 4 |
| PLS101 | Intro to American Politics | 3 | POLS111 | American Government | 3 |
| PLS132 | Comparative Politics | 3 | POLS230 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PSY101 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 | PSYC101 | Introductory Psychology | 3 |
| PSY211 | Developmental Psychology | 3 | PSYC303 | Psycholosocial Health Concerns | 3 |
| PSY250 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | PSYC201 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SOC101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | SOCY101 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| SPN101 | Elementary Spanish I | 4 | SPAN111 | Beginning Spanish I | 4 |
| SPN102 | Elementary Spanish II | 4 | SPAN121 | Beginning Spanish II | 4 |
| SPN201 | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 | SPAN211 | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 |
| SPN202 | Intermediate Spanish ll | 4 | SPAN221 | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 |
| VCA127 | Digital Imaging | 3 | BITS301 | Image Editing Applications | 3 |
| VCA147 | Web Design I | 3 | CISP220 | Web Page Applications | 3 |
| VCA150 | Digital Graphics Design I | 3 | BITS213 | Microcomputer Apps Desktop Pub | 3 |
| VCA247 | Web Design II | 3 | BITS303 | Web Authoring Applications | 3 |
Top reasons to transfer to Davenport
As you make the transfer from Northwestern Michigan College, Davenport University will connect you with our dedicated transfer admissions team to help you get the most transfer college credits, connect you with financial aid and provide the guidance you need every step of the way.
Here are a few other reasons Davenport stands out:
- Transfer up to 90 credits and make your full associate degree count. Check out our transfer plans here
- Carry over college credit from previous experiences like work, military service, projects, certifications and more.
- Take advantage of our digital suite of learning formats, which gives you the access you need to the education you want, all on your own time.
- Choose from more than 120 exciting and career-ready degree and certificate programs in business, technology, health and urban education – all of which are taught by industry professionals and will better prepare you for a fast start in emerging, sought-after careers.
- Check out our employment guarantee.
Special partnership programs
- Consortium - Take Davenport and Northwestern Michigan College classes in the same semester and utilize Davenport financial aid to help cover the cost of both. This is a great option to help you complete your associate degree requirements while you step toward your bachelor’s degree.
- BSN Concurrent - Are you in the Northwestern Michigan College nursing program and wanting to work on your BSN courses while you wait for clinicals?
- BSN Completion - ADN/RN to BSN can be completed in as little as one year, fully online.
- BBA Management with Aviation Management Specialty
- BBA Management with Uncrewed Aerial Systems Specialty
- BS Health Service Administration and BS Health and Human Services Case Management - Advanced standing credits are awarded to NMC students completing associate degrees in the health field.
Direct Connect
- Guaranteed admission: Maintain a 2.0 GPA, and you’re guaranteed admission.
- Comprehensive support: From advising and financial aid to academic and co-curricular activities, you’ll have the resources you need to succeed. After you sign up, NMC and your Davenport advisor will help you develop a personalized plan tailored to your goals.
- Efficient and cost-effective: Maximize your NMC transfer credits, saving time and money while earning both an associate degree from NMC and a bachelor’s degree from Davenport.
Take the next step toward your bachelor’s degree with Direct Connect at Davenport and NMC! Learn more today
An affordable education
Davenport makes education affordable. That’s why our tuition is one of the lowest of all private colleges and universities in Michigan.
All transfer students have a guaranteed transfer scholarship waiting for them once they apply because we want to help you advance and don’t want finances to stand in the way. These scholarships range from $5,000 to $6,500.
And if you’re a member of Phi Theta Kappa, you qualify for an additional scholarship of $1,500.
Hear from students like you
"I take a blend of courses at DU and NMC. The NMC classes are generally aviation-focused or more general. My DU classes are business-focused, like international business and project management. It is a cool blend because it lowers the bill, but I am still getting a high-quality education."
Check out what a few other transfer students have to say about Davenport
Contact us
If you have any questions, contact us at 800.686.1600 or info@davenport.edu or schedule an appointment here.
Sources:
Davenport University, 2025/2026 Catalog
Davenport University Student Data, Fall 2025
Davenport University Financial Aid Awards, 2024/2025
Davenport University Employment Guarantee, Feb. 2025
IPEDS, Published in-district tuition and fees, 2024/25 data