General education program transfer guide

Bay de Noc Community College

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 Bay de Noc Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the BdNCC 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 300 and higher level WMU courses.
5. After transferring, students fulfilling #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 current WMU Undergraduate Catalog for a detailed explanation of this program.

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

Area I, Fine Arts, (3-4 hours minimum)
CM 225; FA 100, 101, 204, 207, 210; MU 153

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
EN 200, 203, 205, 210, 211; HS 101, 102; PI 201, 204

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HS 211, 212; PS 111

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
AN 201; PI 202

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BU 151; EC 110, 113, 114; GE 121; HS 290; PS 110, 201; PY 201; SO 151, 207

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BI 103, 104, 107 & 108, 110, 200, 220; CH 103, 105, 108; PH 103, 201, 205, 250

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
GE 103; PI 203

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
PE 140, 141
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
EN 101, 102, 190

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MA 107, 110, 111, 115, 125, 130, 141, 210, 225

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) MA 141, 225
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) SS 112
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) CM 103, 104
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) EN 112, 113
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CS 121, 122
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FR 111, 112; SP 101, 102

2005-07 BdNCC catalog used
Revised: December 22 2006