General education program transfer guide
- The WMU General Education Program requires a minimum of 37 hours, not counting the baccalaureate-level writing course proficiency.
- 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.
- No more than two courses from one department may be used to satisfy distribution requirements.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
Revised: Nov 10, 2017