General education program transfer guide

Macomb 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 Macomb Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement 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 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)
ARTT 1610, 2610, 2620; DRAD 1200; ENGL 2600, 2610; HUMN 1210, 1460, 1470; MUSC 1030, 2710, 2720; THEA 1100

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENGL 1730, 2640, 2710, 2720, 2730, 2800, 2810, 2850; HIST 1500, 1600; HUMN 1250, 1700, 1750; PHIL 2010, 2100

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 2100, 2200; POLS 1000

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 2420, 2520; HUMN 2000; INTL 2000

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTH 1000; BUSN 1010; ECON 1160, 1170; GEOG 1500, 2000; HIST 1260, 1270, 2000, 2360; POLS 1600, 1900; PSYC 1010; SOSC 1010, 2010; SOCY 1010, 1100

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIOL 1000, 1010; CHEM 1050, 1170; GEOL 1140; NATS 1200, 1210; PHSA 1050; PHYS 1180, 2220

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENVS 1050; MFGP 1100 & 1150; NATS 1310

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
PHED 2000, 2010, 2020, 2030, 2040, 2050, 2060, 2070, 2090
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
BCOM 2050; ENGL 1180, 1190, 1210, 1220

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MATH 1280, 1330, 1340, 1360, 1370, 1420, 1430, 1450, 1760

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 1290, 1370, 1760
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHIL 2200
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) SPCH 1060, 1100
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) SIGN 1010
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) ITCS 1230, 2220, 2530, 2550, 2580
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) ARAB 1260; FREN 1260, 1270, 2360, 2370; GRMN 1260, 1270, 2360, 2370; ITAL 1260, 1270, 2360, 2370; SPAN 1260, 1270, 2360, 2370

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