General education program transfer guide

Kellogg 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 Kellogg Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the KCC 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 211, 212, 213; HUMA 150, 150H; LITE 105, 216; MUSI 211; THEA 121,122

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 151, 151H, 152, 152H; HUMA 205; LITE 205, 206, 211, 212, 213, 222, 223, 285; PHIL 201, 201H, 202

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 103, 104, 104H; LITE 240; POSC 200 (if not used in Area V), 201; SOCI 204, 250

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTH 200; HIST 201, 202, 260

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BUAD 101; ECON 201, 201H, 202; HIST 106, 210, 220; POSC 210, 211; PSYC 201; SOCI 201, 201H, 202

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
ASTR 104; BIOL 101, 110, 111, 112; CHEM 100, 110; GEOG 100; PHYS 111, 201; SCIE 102

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
SCIE 100, 103

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
PEC 121, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 159, 160
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENGL 151, 151H, 152, 152H, 153, 201

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MATH 111, 122, 124, 128, 130, 135, 140, 141

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) BUAD 112; MATH 112, 141
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) N/A
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COMM 101, 101H, 207
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CP 101, 102, 201, 202
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FREN 101, 102, 201, 202; GERM 101, 102, 201, 202; JAPA 101, 102; SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202

2009-2010 KCC catalog used
Revised: October 13, 2009