Arete College is a non-profit institution of higher education founded by a group of distinguished Chinese entrepreneurs and education innovators in collaboration with leading overseas educational institutions. It prepares students to pursue a liberal arts education through a first-year curriculum that integrates the East and the West, the past and the present, theories and practices.
Elmhurst’s partnership with Arete allows students to transfer in all coursework completed at Arete to meet Integrated Curriculum or graduation elective requirements. Once admitted to Elmhurst University, for any one of over 70 majors, students will work towards completing their Bachelor’s Degree in the United States.
ARETE College
Compulsory Course Transferability
| Compulsory Course Title | EU Requirement |
|---|---|
| China and the World in Modern History | Historical Analysis Area of Knowledge (AoK) |
| China’s Economic Reform and Social Transformations | Intercultural Global Engagement Tag (I) |
| Chinese Thoughts and Philosophies | Inquiry into Ethics and Justice AoK |
| English Composition | ENG 105 Composition I |
| Introductory Economics | General Elective |
| Mathematical Reasoning and Statistics | Math Proficiency and Quantitative Reasoning Tag (Q) |
| Principles of Biology: Organismic -and- Principles of Biology Laboratory: Organismic | Life Science AoK |
| Selected Readings of American Literature | Literature AoK |
| Differences, Power and Social Change | Social and Political Analysis AoK |