General education program transfer guide

Glen Oaks 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 Glen Oaks Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the GOCC 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)
ART 220, 221; HUA 100; HUH 101; HUL 110; HUM 150, 151

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
HUL 107, 201, 212, 233, 234; HUP 210, 230; HUR 231, 232, 233; SSH 101, 102

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HUL 220; SSG 110; SSH 201, 202

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
SSA 201

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BAE 203, 204; BAM 100; SSH 204; SSP 101; SSS 120, 121

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
NSB 120, 121, 122; NSC 130, 133; NSG 142; NSP 151 & 152, 251 & 252; NSS 144

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
VTI 151

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
NSH 106, 115
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
COM 121, 122

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
NSM 105, 111, 117, 151, 153, 161, 201

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) BAM 205; NSM 161
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) N/A
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 110, 150
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) EDP 117
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) HUF 161, 162, 163, 261

2005-06 GOCC catalog used
Revised: December 22, 2006