Lake Michigan College

General education program transfer guide

  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 Lake Michigan College must present transcripts that indicate Michigan Transfer Agreement has been satisfied or have completed 29-31 hours from the LMC courses listed below.
  3. No more than two courses from one department may be used to satisfy distribution requirements.
  4. Proficiencies #1 and #3 (college-level writing and mathematics/quantitative reasoning) must be satisfied before one may register for 3000 and higher level WMU courses.
  5. After transferring, students fulfilling #2 above will need only to complete the junior-senior requirement of two (2) 3000-4000 level courses (6-8 hours) in the distribution areas and Proficiency 2 at WMU.
  6. See the current WMU Undergraduate Catalog for a detailed explanation of this program.


Distribution Areas

One course required from each area, including two at WMU (per #5 above):

  • Area I, Fine Arts, (3-4 hours minimum) ART 101, 102, 200, 201; DRAM 201; ENGL 208, 215; HUMN 105, 201, 208, 209, 210, 211, 221, 294; MUSI 109, 187, 213, 214 
  • Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum) ENGL 201, 204, 205, 209, 211, 214; HIST 101, 102; HONR 171; HUMN 207, 212, 213; PHIL 101, 215, 250 
  • Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum) ENGL 216; HIST 201, 202, 205; HONR 141, 214, 215; POSC 101; SOC 205 
  • Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum) HIST 204, 208 
  • Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum) BUSA 103, 200, 203, 204; GEOG 101; HIST 209; HONR 121; POSC 202, 203; PSYC 201; SOC 101
  • Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum) BIOL 101, 111; CHEM 101, 111; GEOG 102; HONR 101; PHSC 101, 104; PHYS 101, 104, 201 
  • Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum) BIOL 109; CIS 100, 158; MANU 111 
  • Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum) HONR 210; PHED 212, 214


Proficiencies

Required minimums noted: 

1. College-level writing course (one course): ENGL 101, 102, 103; HONR 250, 251

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course): BUSA 216; MATH 123, 128, 129, 130, 135, 151, 200, 205; 216 

4. Enhance or develop another proficiency in one of these seven areas (hour minimums noted):

  • Advanced writing, (3-4 hours) N/A
  • Mathematics/quantitative reasoning, (3-4 hours) MATH 151, 205, 210, 265
  • Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) HONR 175; PHIL 102
  • Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COMM 101; PSYC 205
  • American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
  • Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 119
  • Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FORL 101, 102, 121, 122, 195, 196, 221, 222
2019-20 LMC catalog
Revised: February 18, 2020