Undergraduate
What courses are required at WMU? Where can I find a catalog of classes?
In order to graduate from WMU every student must complete the required general education program. The general education program defines a comprehensive and balanced distribution of eight content areas and requires that a student take a course from each area:
- Area I, Fine Arts, 3-4 hours
- Area II, Humanities, 3-4 hours
- Area III, The United States: Cultures and Issues 3-4 hours
- Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations, 3-4 hours
- Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences, 3-4 hours
- Area VI, Natural Sciences with Laboratory, 4-5 hours
- Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Application and Implications, 3-4 hours
- Area VIII, Health and Well-being, 2 hours
Review requirements and course descriptions in the catalog.
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