General education program transfer guide

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

Area I, Fine Arts, (3-4 hours minimum)
ART 101, 198, 199; COM 203; ENG 102, 204, 205, 206, 208; HUM 195; MU 103; 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; HIST 201, 202, 207; PSCI 111; SOC 102; WS 101

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTH 110; ENG 207; HIST 210

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTH 105; AS 201; BUS 121; ECON 101, 102; GEOG 102C, 105; HIST 204, 211, 220; PSCI 202, 203, 211, 220; PSYC 201; SOC 101, 202

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
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; 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, 107, 109, 111, 112, 115, 151, 161

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) BUS 105; MATH 151, 161
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHIL 102, 104
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 101, 201, 202
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) ASL 101, 102
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 130, 165, 185, 260; GRD 150
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FR 101, 102, 201, 202; GER 101, 102, 201, 202; SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202

2007-08 MCC catalog used
Revised: April 7, 2008