Kirtland Community 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 Kirtland Community College must present transcripts that indicate Michigan Transfer Agreement has been 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 #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 10000, 10103; ENG 21400, 22500; MUS 10100; THE 12000 
  • Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)  ENG 22500, 22800; HIS 10500; HUM 20500; PHL 20100, 21000 
  • Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum) HIS 20100, 20200; MUS 12300; POL 10100 
  • Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum) MUS 12500
  • Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum) BUS 10100; ECO 20100, 20200; GEO 10000; HIS 20300;   PSY 10100; SOC 10100 
  • Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum) AST 10200 & 10300; BIO 10100, 20100; CHE 10101 & 10102; GEL 10500, 23000; PHY 10501 & 10502, 11000
  • Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum) CIS 10500; ALH 11300
  • Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum) N/A


Proficiencies

Required minimums noted: 

1. College-level writing course (one course): ENG 10303, 10403, 11800

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course): MTH 13000 &14000, 18001, 20600, 22002 

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) MTH 22002
  • Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) N/A
  • Oral communication, (3-4 hours) SPE 10500, 11400
  • American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
  • Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 27001, 27101 
  • Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours)  N/A
2017-18 KCC catalog used
Revised: Nov 10, 2017