General education program transfer guide

North Central 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 North Central Michigan College must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 hours from the NCMC 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 103, 105, 106; ENG 130, 215, 276; HST 290; MU 120; THE 101

Area II, Humanities, (3-4 hours minimum)
AMS 200; ENG 213, 214, 221, 222, 231, 232, 240, 241, 242, 250, 251, 252; HST 140, 141, 231, 232; PHL 101, 109; REL 100, 102

Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Issues, (3-4 hours minimum)
ENG 244; HST 131, 132, 220, 221; PLS 141; SOC 110

Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 110 (if not used in Area V), 210

Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 130; B 161; ECO 111, 112; GEO 121; HST 270; PLS 200; PSY 161; SOC 120, 171

Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab, (4-5 hours minimum)
BIO 101, 151, 152; CEM 121; GEOL 101; PHY 210; PHYS 127

Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implications, (3-4 hours minimum)
ANP 161; GEO 111

Area VIII, Health and Well-being, (2 hours minimum)
N/A
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENG 106, 111, 112

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

3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MTH 101, 114, 119, 122, 123; STAT 200

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 122
c. Critical thinking, (3-4 hours) PHL 102
d. Oral communication, (3-4 hours) COM 111, 170
e. American Sign Language, (3-4 hours) N/A
f. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 hours) CIS 105, 115
g. Foreign language-two semesters of college-level study, (6-8 hours) FR 111, 112, 211, 212; GR 111, 112, 211, 212; SPAN 111, 112, 211, 212

2005-06 NCMC catalog used
Revised: December 22, 2006