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 Western Michigan University Transfer Guide

General Education

  1. The WMU General Education Program requires a minimum of 37 hours, not counting the baccalaureate-level writing course proficiency.

  2. To complete the freshman-sophomore requirements, transfer students from Kellogg Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the KCC courses listed below.

  3. No more than two courses from one department may be used to satisfy distribution requirements.

  4. Proficiencies Nos. 1 and 3 (college-level writing and mathematics/quantitative reasoning) must be satisfied before one may register for 300 and higher level WMU courses.

  5. After transferring, students fulfilling No. 2 above will need only to complete the junior-senior requirement of two (2) 300-400 level courses (6-8 hours) in the distribution areas and Proficiency 2 at WMU.

  6. See the 2003-2005 WMU Undergraduate catalog for a detailed explanation of this program.
DISTRIBUTION – One course required from each area, including two at WMU (per No. 5 above):
Area I, Fine Arts (3-4 hours minimum)
ART 211, 212, 213; HUMA 150, 150H; LITE 105, 216; MUSI 211; THEA 121, 122

Area II, Humanities (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 151, 151H, 152, 152H; HUMA 205; LITE 205, 206, 211, 212, 213, 222, 223, 285; PHIL 201, 201H, 202, 250
Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 103, 104, 104H; LITE 240; POSC 200 (if not used in Area V), 201; SOCI 204, 250

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTH 200; HIST 201, 202, 203

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-4 hours minimum)
BUAD 101; ECON 201, 201H, 202; HIST 106, 200, 210, 220, 231; POSC 200 (if not used in Area III), 210, 211; PSYC 201; SOCI 201, 201H, 202; SOSC 101, 102, 203

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab (4-5 hours minimum)

ASTR 104; BIOL 101, 110, 111, 112; CHEM 100, 110; GEOG 100; PHYS 111, 114, 201; SCIE 102

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications (3-4 hours minimum)
SCIE 100, 103

Area VIII, Health and Well-being (2 hours minimum)

PEC 121, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160
PROFICIENCIES – Required minimums noted:
  1. College-level writing course (one course):
    ENGL 151, 151H, 152, 152H

  2. Baccalaureate-level writing course: Will be done at Western Michigan University

  3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
    MATH 111, 122, 124, 128, 130, 135, 140, 141

  4. Enhance or develop another proficiency in one of these seven areas (hour minimums noted):
a. Advanced writing (3-4 hours): N/A
b. Mathematics/quantitative reasoning (3-4 hours): BUAD 112; MATH 112, 141
c. Critical thinking (3-4 hours): N/A
d. Oral communication (3-4 hours): COMM 101, 101H, 207
e. American Sign Language (3-4 hours): N/A
f. Computer programming and applications (3-4 hours): CIS 135, 140, 230, 240
g. Foreign language – two semesters of college-level study (6-8 hours): FREN 101, 102, 201, 202; GERM 101, 102, 201, 202; JAPA 101, 102; SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202


2003-04 KCC catalog used
Revised March 31, 2004

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