General education program transfer guide

Lake Michigan 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 Lake Michigan College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the LMC 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, 102, 200, 201; DRAM 201; ENGL 208, 215; HUMN 105, 201, 208, 209, 210, 211, 221, 294; MUSI 109, 187, 213, 214

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENGL 201, 204, 205, 209, 211, 214, 220 ; HIST 101, 102; HUMN 207, 212, 213; PHIL 101, 215, 250

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENGL 216; HIST 201, 202, 205, 206; POSC 101; SOC 205

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 204

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
BUSA 103, 203, 204; GEOG 100, 101; HIST 207, 209; POSC 202, 203; PSYC 201, SOC 101, 201

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIOL 101, 111; CHEM 101, 102, 105, 111; GEOG 102; PHSC 104; PHYS 101, 104, 201

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
BIOL 204; CIS 100; MANU 111

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
PHED 212, 214, 220
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENGL 101, 102, 103; HONR 250, 251

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MATH 128, 130, 151, 200, 205; BUSA/MATH 216

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 151, 205, 210, 265
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHIL 102
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) PSYC 205; COMM 101
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 145, 251, 254
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FORL 101, 102, 121, 122, 125, 126, 174, 175, 201, 202, 221, 222

2007-09 LMC catalog used
Revised: May 8, 2009