General education program transfer guide

Kalamazoo Valley 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 Kalamazoo Valley Comnmunity College must complete 29-31 hours from the KVCC 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; ENG 111, 214; HUM 101, 225; MUS 101, 102

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENG 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 215, 217, 219, 221, 230, 242, 244; HRY 100, 101 150; HUM 120, 121, 130, 203, 205, 207, 208; PHI 100, 201, 205, 209, 210; SOC 223

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENG 207, 218; HRY 102, 103, 230, 240; PHI 211; PSI 101, SOC 205

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
HRY 210; HUM 210; SOC 201, 207

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BUS 101; ECO 110, 201, 202; GEO 102; HRY 207, 212, 220; PSI 100, 201, 202; PSY 150; SOC 102, 103

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIO 100, 101, 120, 121; CHM 100, 120; GEO 110, 120; PHY 100, 111, 124, 221

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
BIO 105, 125; ENG 155, 156; HUM 200; MACH 101; MATH130

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
WPE 101, 124, 125
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENG 110, 114, 127, 160

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MATH 114, 120, 140, 152, 156, 158, 160, 220

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) MATH 142, 158, 160, 216, 245
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHI 203, 204; TRS 106
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 101, 113
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) FRL 160
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 202, 208, 210, 227
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FRL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206

2006 KVCC catalog used
Revised: December 22, 2006