LANSING COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRANSFER GUIDE
Title: General Education Program, Western Michigan University
Code: 1182
DISTRIBUTION - One course required from each area, including two at WMU
(See Note 5)
AREA I Fine Arts - Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ENGL 201,202,203,240: MUSC 240,241,246,247
HUMS 120,140,211,212 THEA 110
AREA II Humanities - Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ENGL 208,212,220,245,266,290 PHIL 152,153,211,212,260
HUMS 160,260 RELG 211,212,241,242
AREA III The U.S.: Cultures and Issues - Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ENGL 260,270 HUMS 215; POLS 120
HIST 150,210,211,212 SOCL 185,260
AREA IV Other Cultures and Civilizations
Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ANTH 270; ENGL 211 HUMS 125,213,214
HIST 214,240,250,260 RELG 250
AREA V Social and Behavioral Sciences - Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ANTH 276 HIST 220,230,271
BUSN 118 POLS 201,260,270,271
ECON 120,201,202,260 PSYC 200
GEOG 120,200,202 SOCL 120,255
AREA VI Natural Sciences with Lab - Minimum of 4-5 semester credits:
ASTR 201 GEOG 121; GEOL 221,222
BIOL 120,121,125,127,128,260 ISCI 121,122,131,275
CHEM 135,151&161 PHYS 120,221,251
AREA VII Natural Science and Technology:
Applications and Implications - Minimum of 3-4 semester credits:
ANTH 275; BIOL 210; CPSC 120 HUMS 265;
GEOL 230; METM 100;
AREA VIII Health and Well-being - Minimum of 2 semester credits:
PFFT 114; PFHW 163
PROFICIENCIES - Required minimums noted:
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENGL 122,132; WRIT 121,122,124,131,132
2. Baccalaureate-level writing course: Will be completed at WMU.
3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning
(one course):
MATH 118,119,120,121,122,126,130,141,151,161,201; STAT 170
4. Enhance or develop another proficiency in one of these
seven areas:
A. Advanced writing, (3-4 credits) Not available at LCC.
B. Math/quantitative reasoning, (3-4 credits)
MATH 141,151,161,202; STAT 215
C. Critical thinking, (3-4 credits) PHIL 151
D. Oral communication, (3-4 credits) SPCH 130,140
E. American Sign Language (3-4 credits) SIGN 161
F. Computer programming and applications, (3-4 credits)
CITP 110; CPSC 227,230,231 (See Note 6)
G. Foreign language proficiency to include at least two
semesters of college-level study, (6-8 credits)
FREN/GRMN/JAPN/SPAN 121,122,201,202
NOTES:
1. The WMU General Education Program requires a minimum of 37 credits, not
counting the baccalaureate-level writing course proficiency.
2. To complete the freshman-sophomore General Education requirements, LCC
transfer students must present transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement
Satisfied" or have completed 29-31 credits from the LCC courses listed.
3. No more than two courses from one department may be used to satisfy
distribution requirements.
4. Proficiencies #1 and #3 must be satisfied before registering for 3000+
level WMU courses.
5. After transferring, students fulfilling Note 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. Effective Fall 2005 semester, computer literacy ended as a University-wide
requirement at WMU. Computer course requirements only exist for specific
curricula, majors, or minors, as determined by the departments.
7. Effective Spring semester of 2006, no courses with grades less than "C"
(2.0) transfer.
8. LCC courses other than those appearing on this guide should be checked for
transferability to the four-year institution.
For further information and advising, contact Ken Schaefer, WMU Office of
Admissions, Seibert Administration Bldg., Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5211, (269)
387-2000 or by e-mail kenneth.schaefer@wmich.edu; or on the Internet at
http://www.wmich.edu/admissions/transfer/index.html.
VISIT THE WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY WEBSITE AT http://www.wmich.edu.
Effective from Fall 2012 through Summer 2013
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