General education program transfer guide

Kirtland 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 Kirtland 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 10000, 10103; ENG 22500, 22700; MUS 10100; THE 12000

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENG 21200, 21400, 22800, 23000, 23100, 23200, 25100; HIS 10500, 10600; HUM 20500; PHL 20100, 21000

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIS 20100, 20200; POL 10100

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
N/A

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BUS 10100; ECO 20100, 20200; GEO 10000; HIS 20300; POL 20000, 20100; PSY 10100; SSE 10000; SOC 10100

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
AST 10201 & 10202; BIO 10100, 20100; CHE 10003 & 10004, 10101 & 10102; GEL 10500; PHY 10501 & 10502, 20101 & 20102, 22101 & 22102

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
CIS 10500

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
N/A
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENG 10303, 10403; OIS 10500

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MTH 11700, 13000, 14000, 20600, 22002

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 22002
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) N/A
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 10000; SPE 10500, 11400
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) SGN 11000
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 27001, 27101
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FRE 11000, 12000; SPN 11000, 12000

2008-09 KCC catalog used
Revised: October 13, 2009