Welcome, Macomb 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.
Nursing program-to-program transfer guide
Turn your AAS in Nursing into the next step toward your BSN. Explore our nursing transfer guide here.
To learn more about our additional transfer programs, click here.
Course equivalencies
See how your credits can transfer to Davenport. Use the dropdown below to view course equivalencies for courses completed at Macomb Community College 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT1070 | Accounting for Entrepreneurs | 3 | ACCT200 | Accounting Basics for Managers | 3 |
| ACCT1080 | Principles of Accounting 1 | 4 | ACCT201 | Accounting Foundations I | 4 |
| ACCT1090 | Principles of Accounting 2 | 4 | ACCT202 | Accounting Foundations II | 4 |
| ACCT1150 | Microcomputer Applications in | 3 | ACCT220 | Accounting Information Technol | 3 |
| ACCT2180 | Intermediate Accounting 1 | 4 | ACCT301 | Intermediate Accounting I | 4 |
| ACCT2190 | Intermediate Accounting 2 | 4 | ACCT302 | Intermediate Accounting II | 4 |
| ACCT2270 | Managerial Accounting | 4 | ACCT213 | Cost Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT2300 | Federal Income Tax-Individual | 4 | ACCT315 | Federal Taxation I | 4 |
| ANTH1100 | Intro to Cultural Anthropology | 4 | SOSC201 | Diversity in Society | 4 |
| ASTR1030 | General Astronomy 1 | 2 | GEOL120 | Astronomy | 2 |
| BIOL1310 | Environmental Science | 4 | ENVS125 | Intro to Environmental Studies | 4 |
| BIOL1400 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 | BIOL310 | Nutrition | 3 |
| BIOL1700 | Gen Biology 1 | 4 | BIOL110 / BIOL110L | Foundations of Cell Biology / Foundation of Cell Biology Lab | 4 |
| BIOL1800 | Gen Biology 2 | 4 | BIOL111 / BIOL111L | Organisms and Populations / Organisms and Populations Lab | 4 |
| BIOL2400 | General Microbiology | 4 | BIOL211 / BIOL211L | Microbiology / Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| BIOL2710 | Human Physiological Anatomy | 6 | BIOL222 / BIOL222L / BIOL221 / BIOL221L | Anatomy & Physiology II / Anatomy & Physiology II Lab / Anatomy & Physiology I / Anatomy & Physiology I Lab | 6 |
| BIOL2730 | Pathogenic Microbiology | 4 | BIOL211 / BIOL211L | Microbiology / Microbiology Lab | 4 |
| BLAW1080 | Business Law | 4 | LEGL210 | Business Law Foundations | 4 |
| BUSN1210 | Entrepreneurship Fundamentals | 3 | BUSN265 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| BUSN2100 | International Business | 3 | BUSN225 | International Business | 3 |
| CHEM1050 | Introduction to General Chemis | 4 | CHEM150 / CHEM150L | Foundations in Chemistry / Foundations in Chemistry Lab | 4 |
| CHEM1170 | General Chemistry 1 | 4 | CHEM160 / CHEM160L | General Chemistry I / General Chemistry I Lab | 4 |
| CHEM1180 | General Chemistry 2 | 4 | CHEM161 / CHEM161L | General Chemistry II / General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| CHEM2260 | Organic Chemistry 1 | 4 | CHEM250 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM2270 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory | 2 | CHEM250L / CHEM255L | Organic Chemistry I Lab / Organic Chemistry II Lab | 2 |
| CHEM2280 | Organic Chemistry 2 | 4 | CHEM255 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
| CSSK1200 | College Success Skills | 3 | ACES100 | AchieveCareer/EducationSuccess | 3 |
| ECON1160 | Principles of Economics 1 | 3 | ECON201 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON1170 | Principles of Economics 2 | 3 | ECON200 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ENGL1181 | Communications 1 | 4 | ENGL109 | Composition | 4 |
| ENGL1190 | Communications 2 | 4 | ENGL110 | Advanced Composition | 4 |
| ENGL1210 | Composition 1 | 3 | ENGL109 | Composition | 3 |
| ENGL1220 | Composition 2 | 3 | ENGL110 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| ENGL2600 | Introduction to Poetry | 3 | ENGL220 | Literary Worlds | 3 |
| ENGL2610 | Introduction to Prose Fiction | 3 | ENGL220 | Literary Worlds | 3 |
| ENVS1050 | Environmental Science | 4 | ENVS125 | Introduction to Environmental | 4 |
| FINC1010 | Intro to Finance | 3 | FINC211 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| GEOG2000 | World Regional Geography | 4 | SOSC241 | World Regional Geography | 4 |
| GEOL1140 | Physical Geology | 4 | GEOL140 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GRMN1460 | Elementary German I | 4 | GRMN111 | Beginning German I | 4 |
| GRMN1470 | Elementary German II | 4 | GRMN121 | Beginning German II | 4 |
| HHSC1700 | Medical Terminology | 3 | HLTH110 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HITT1102 | Intro to Hlth Info Mgmt&Health | 3 | HINT110 | Introduction to HIM | 3 |
| HITT1201 | Pathophysiology & Pharmacology | 3 | BIOL131 | Introduction to Human Disease | 3 |
| HITT1209 | ICD Coding - Beginning Coding | 3 | HINT221 | ICD Coding | 3 |
| HITT1210 | Elec Health Record for HIM | 3 | HINT201 | Health Information Technology | 3 |
| HITT1211 | Intro to Health Informatics | 2 | HINT110 | Health Record Content | 2 |
| HITT2105 | HealthCare Reimbursement Syst | 3 | HLTH245 | Prin of Reimbursement Mgmt | 3 |
| HITT2203 | Mgmt for Health Info Mgmt Prof | 3 | HLTH235 | Principles of Health Care Mgmt | 3 |
| HUMN1210 | Introduction to the Arts | 3 | HUMN101 | Arts and Culture | 3 |
| ITCS1010 | Comp & Info Processing Princ | 4 | CISP100 | Introduction to Computers | 4 |
| ITCS1140 | Intro to Prog and Design Dev | 4 | CISP111 | Requirements Planning/Develop | 4 |
| ITCS1170 | Database Design & Implementati | 4 | CISP247 | Database Design | 4 |
| ITCS1250 | C# Programming | 4 | CSCI231 | Introduction to Programming | 4 |
| ITCS1950 | Intro to Game Development | 4 | CSCI258 | Introduction to Game Design | 4 |
| ITCS2000 | Game Prog in Direct X with C++ | 4 | CSCI335 | 2D Game Development | 4 |
| ITCS2050 | Advanced Game Development | 4 | CSCI370 | 3D Game Development | 4 |
| ITCS2140 | Database Prog Using MS SQL Ser | 3 | CISP309 | Database Systems | 3 |
| ITCS2500 | Introduction to Mobile Develop | 3 | CISP340 | Mobile Application Develpmnt I | 3 |
| ITCS2530 | C++ Programming 1 | 4 | CSCI231 | Introduction to Programming | 4 |
| ITCS2550 | C++ Programming 2 | 3 | CSCI232 | Object-Oriented Program w/ C++ | 3 |
| ITCS2590 | Java 1 | 4 | CSCI231 | Introduction to Programming | 4 |
| ITCS2830 | Appl Implementation & Testing | 4 | CISP401 | Systems Analysis and Design | 4 |
| ITIA1200 | Introduction to Information Sy | 3 | IAAS221 | Security Foundations | 3 |
| ITIA1310 | Certified Ethical Hacker | 3 | IAAS321 | Securing the Infrastructure | 3 |
| ITIA2310 | Info Secur Pol and Risk Mgmt | 3 | IAAS221 | Security Foundations | 3 |
| ITNC1050 | Cisco Networking 1 (CCNA) | 4 | NETW151 | Cisco Networking Fundamentals | 4 |
| ITNC1150 | Cisco Networking 2 (CCNA) | 4 | NETW152 | Cisco Routing & Switching | 4 |
| ITNC2050 | Cisco Networking 3 (CCNA) | 4 | NETW251 | Cisco Scaling Networks | 4 |
| ITNT1500 | Principles of Networking | 4 | NETW220 | Data Communications and Networ | 4 |
| ITOS1410 | Windows Server Admin 1 | 4 | NETW241 | MS Implement Network Infrastr | 4 |
| ITOS1710 | Introduction to Linux | 3 | NETW217 | UNIX Operating System | 3 |
| ITOS1720 | Linux Server Administration | 3 | NETW235 | UNIX/LINUX Server Administrati | 3 |
| ITWP1000 | Intro to Web Programming | 3 | CISP220 | Web Page Applications | 3 |
| ITWP2300 | Building Dynamic, Intelligent | 3 | CISP238 | Server Side Scripting I | 3 |
| ITWP2600 | Web Commerce (E-Commerce) | 3 | CISP211 | E-Business Foundations | 3 |
| LEGA2010 | Michigan Legal System & Ethics | 2 | LEGL101 | Introduction to Legal Studies | 2 |
| LEGA2040 | Legal Research & Writing 2 | 3 | LEGL218 | Legal Writing | 3 |
| LEGA2090 | Legal Procedure | 4 | LEGL215 | Litigation | 4 |
| LEGA2110 | Principles of Family Law | 2 | LEGL204 | Family Law | 2 |
| LEGA2130 | Proceedings Under the Federal | 2 | LEGL303 | Bankruptcy Law | 2 |
| LEGA2170 | Criminal Law & Procedures | 2 | LEGL211 | Criminal Law | 2 |
| MACA1055 | Digital Layout: Adobe | 4 | BITS213 | Microcomputer Applications: De | 4 |
| MACA1200 | Digital Illustration | 4 | BITS302 | Graphic Illustration Software | 4 |
| MACA1320 | Introduction to Photoshop | 4 | BITS301 | Image Editing Applications | 4 |
| MACA1400 | Introduction to Digital Video | 4 | BITS345 | Digital Video Editing | 4 |
| MACA2250 | Compositing and 2D Anmatics | 4 | CSCI335 | 2D Game Development | 4 |
| MACA2510 | Introduction to 3D | 4 | CISP246 | 3D Modeling | 4 |
| MACA2520 | 3D Modeling and Rendering | 4 | CSCI340 | Intro Modeling & Simulation | 4 |
| MATH1050 | Intermediate Algebra | 4 | MATH120 | College Mathematics | 4 |
| MATH1050X | Intermediate Algebra w/ Extra | 4 | MATH120 | College Mathematics | 4 |
| MATH1340 | Statistics | 4 | STAT220 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| MATH1360 | Finite Mathematics | 4 | MATH140 | Finite Mathematics | 4 |
| MATH1370 | Calculus for Business & Social | 4 | MATH210 | Business Calculus | 4 |
| MATH1415 | Precalculus I: College Algebra | 4 | MATH150 | Pre-Calculus | 4 |
| MATH1465 | Accelerated Precalculus | 5 | MATH150 | Pre-Calculus | 5 |
| MATH1760 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus 1 | 4 | MATH215 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH1770 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus 2 | 4 | MATH216 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH2000 | Intro to Linear Algebra | 3 | MATH205 | Applied Linear Algebra | 3 |
| MATH2200 | Discrete Mathematics | 4 | MATH250 | Discrete Structures | 4 |
| MATH2760 | Analytic Geometry & Calculus 3 | 4 | MATH317 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH2770 | Differential Equations | 4 | MATH350 | Differential Equation/modeling | 4 |
| MGMT1010 | Principles of Management | 3 | MGMT211 | Management Foundations | 3 |
| MGMT1155 | Human Resource Management | 3 | HRMG213 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT1210 | Entrepreneurship & Small Bus | 3 | BUSN265 | Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| MGMT2000 | Business Manag. Software App | 3 | GPMT287 | Principles of Project Mgmt | 3 |
| MGMT2100 | Effective Organizational Behav | 3 | MGMT321 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG1010 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | MKTG211 | Marketing Foundations | 3 |
| MKTG1050 | E-Marketing | 3 | MKTG322 | Digital Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG1510 | Sport and Entertainment Market | 3 | SPMK210 | Sport Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG2010 | Professional Selling | 3 | MKTG212 | Professional Selling | 3 |
| MKTG2060 | Consumer Behavior | 3 | MKTG310 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| PHIL2100 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 | BUSN210 | Professional Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL2120 | Professional Ethics | 3 | BUSN210 | Professional Ethics | 3 |
| PHYS1180 | College Physics I | 4 | PHYS210 / PHYS210L | Fundamentals of Physics I / Fundamentals of Physics I Lab | 4 |
| PHYS1190 | College Physis 2 | 4 | PHYS220 / PHYS220L | Fundamentals of Physics II / Fundamentals of Physics II Lab | 4 |
| POLS1000 | Introduction to American Polit | 4 | POLS111 | American Government | 4 |
| POLS1600 | International Politics | 3 | POLS230 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
| PSYC1010 | Introductory Psychology | 4 | PSYC101 | Introductory Psychology | 4 |
| PSYC2170 | Psychological Statistics | 4 | STAT220 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| PSYC2300 | Psychology of Adjustment | 3 | PSYC127 | Healthy Living | 3 |
| PSYC2400 | Industrial-Organizational Psyc | 3 | MGMT321 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| PSYC2450 | Lifespan Development | 3 | PSYC303 | Psychosocial Health Concerns | 3 |
| PSYC2700 | Psychology of Health: Mind & B | 3 | PSYC303 | Psychosocial Health Concerns | 3 |
| PSYC2800 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 | PSYC201 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SIGN1010 | American Sign Language 1 | 3 | ASLA111 | American Sign Language I | 3 |
| SIGN1020 | American Sign Language 2 | 3 | ASLA121 | American Sign Language II | 3 |
| SOCY1010 | Principles of Sociology | 4 | SOCY101 | Introductory Sociology | 4 |
| SOCY2550 | Race & Ethnic Relations | 3 | SOSC201 | Diversity in Society | 3 |
| SPAN1460 | Elementary Spanish I | 4 | SPAN111 | Beginning Spanish I | 4 |
| SPAN1470 | Elementary Spanish II | 4 | SPAN121 | Beginning Spanish II | 4 |
| SPAN2460 | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 | SPAN211 | Intermediate Spanish I | 4 |
| SPAN2470 | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 | SPAN221 | Intermediate Spanish II | 4 |
| SPCH1060 | Speech Communication | 3 | COMM120 | Presentation Techniques | 3 |
| SPCH2600 | Public Relations Communication | 4 | COMM311 | Organizational Communication | 4 |
Top reasons to transfer to Davenport
As you make the transfer from Macomb Community 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 program
- Consortium - Take Davenport and Macomb Community 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 Completion - ADN/RN to BSN can be completed in as little as one year, fully online.
- BS Health Service Administration and BS Health and Human Services Case Management - Advanced standing credits are awarded to Macomb students completing associate degrees in the health field.
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.
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Meet your Davenport admissions rep
Benny A. Allen
Senior Admissions Representative
Email: benny.allen@davenport.edu
Call or text: 800.686.1600
Direct line: 313.481.2807
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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