General education program transfer guide

Monroe County 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 Monroe County Community College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the MCCC 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 300 and higher level WMU courses.
5. After transferring, students fulfilling #2 above will need only to complete the junior-senior requirement of two (2) 300-400 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 155, 280, 281, 282; DANCE 251; ENGL 251, 252; HUMAN 151, 152; MUSIC 265, 266; THEA 151

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENGL 253, 255, 256, 260; HIST 151, 152; PHIL 152, 253

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 154, 155, 256; POLSC 151; MUSIC 268

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
HIST 255

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANTHR 152, 155, 165; BUSAD 151; ECON 251, 252; GEOG 152; HIST 153, 160; POLSC 252; PSYCH 151; SOC 151, 251

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIOL 152, 251, 252; CHEM 150, 151; PHY 101, 151, 251; PHYSC 151

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
ESC 151

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
HPE 150

PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENGL 101, 151, 152, 155

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MATH 154, 156, 157, 159, 160, 162, 164, 170, 171

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 166, 171
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHIL 151
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) SPCH 151, 155
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 150, 152, 166, 175, 250
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FREN 151, 152, 251, 252; GERMN 151, 152, 251, 252; SPAN 151, 152, 251, 252

2006-07 MCCC catalog used
Revised: December 22, 2006