General education program transfer guide

Alpena 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 Alpena Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the ACC 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 123, 124; ENG 204, 205, 243, 244; HUM 241, 242; MUS 110; PFA 223

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 239; ENG 203, 221, 222, 223, 224, 242; HST 121, 122; HUM 114; PHL 225, 228

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HST 221, 222; PLS 221

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 229

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 121, 240; BUS 121; ECN 227, 231, 232; GEO 126; HST 224, 225, 227; PLS 228, 230; PSY 101; SOC 123

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIO 114, 210, 211; CEM 111, 121; PHS 113; PHY 121, 123, 124, 221

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
CIS 120; MTH 119

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
N/A
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
BUS 248; ENG 111, 112, 121, 122, 123

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MTH 111, 121, 122, 123, 131, 223

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) MTH 117, 131
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHL 125
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) SPE 121
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) SPE 120, 130
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 204; MTH 221
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FRN 121, 122; GER 123, 124; LTN 125, 126; SPN 125, 126

2007-08 ACC catalog used
Revised: October 13, 2009