Muskegon 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 Muskegon Community College must present transcripts that indicate Michigan Transfer Agreement has been satisfied or have completed 29-31 hours from the MCC 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 100A, 198, 199; ENG 102, 204, 205, 206, 208; HUM 195; MU 103A; TH 101, 201 
  • Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum) ED 230; ENG 200, 201, 211, 213, 225, 226; HIST 101, 102; PHIL 101, 202, 203, 205, 210
  • Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum) ANTH 103; ENG 130A, 207; HIST 201, 202, 207; PSCI 111; SOC 102; WGS 101, 201
  • Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum) ANTH 105, 110; HIST 150, 151
  • Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum) BUS 121; ECON 101, 102; GEOG 104, 105; HIST 204, 211, 220; PSCI 202, 203, 211, 220; PSYC 201; SOC 101
  • Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum) ASTR 101, 105A; BIOL 103, 110; CHEM 101 & 101A; GEOG 101A; GEOL 101A, 102; PHSC 101A; PHYS 201, 203 
  • Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum) CIS 110, 120A; COM 102; GEOL 201; PHIL 204 
  • Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum) HE 106


Proficiencies 

Required minimums noted: 

1. College-level writing course (one course): BCOM 101; ENG 101

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course): MATH 105, 107A, 109, 111, 112, 115, 151, 161 

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, 161
  • Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHIL 102, 104
  • Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 101, 201, 202
  • American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) ASL 101, 102
  • Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 162, 185; GR 220; GRD 150
  • Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) CHIN 101, 102; FR 101, 102, 201, 202; GER 101, 102, 201, 202; SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202

 

2018-19 MCC catalog used
Revised: March 21, 2018