NMC Transfer Guide

To: Western Michigan University - Main Campus

Program: General Education Without Macrao or MTA

Students planning to transfer to WMU WITHOUT completing the requirements for the MACRAO or MTA Agreement should fulfill WMU Area requirements and proficiencies by selecting courses from the following NMC course recommendations.

WMU GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

The WMUI General Education Program requires a minimum of 37 hours, not counting the baccalaureate-level writing course proficiency.
To complete the freshman-sophomore requirements, transfer students from NMC without transcripts that indicate "MACRAO Agreement Satisfied" or "MTA Agreement Satisfied" must complete 29-31 hours from the NMC courses listed below.
No more than two courses from one department may be used to satisfy distribution requirements.
College-level writing and mathematics/quantitative reasoning (proficiencies #1 and #3) must be satisfied before one may register for 3000 and higher level WMU courses.
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 at WMU, plus an upper level writing requirement (Proficiency #2 at WMU).

DISTRIBUTION

One course required from each area, including two at WMU (per #5 above):

Required Classes
Academic Area		Credits
Area I, Fine Arts (3-4 hours minimum)
ART 100	Art Appreciation	3
ART 111	History of Western Art I	4
ART 112	History of Western Art I	4
ENG 240	Intro to Literature	3
ENG 267	Film as Literature	3
HUM 101	Introduction to Humanities	3
HUM 102	Introduction to Humanities	3
MUS 110	Music Appreciation: Standard Literature	3
MUS 111	Music Appreciation: Jazz	3
MUS 129	History of Rock and Roll	3
Area II, Humanities (3-4 hours minimum)
ENG 210	Children's Literature	3
ENG 241	Mythology	3
ENG 242	Women in Literature	3
ENG 254	Shakespeare	3
ENG 256	Environmental Literature	3
ENG 262	American Literature	3
ENG 263	World Literature	3
ENG 266	Popular Culture	3
HST 101	Western Civilization	4
HST 102	Western Civilization	4
PHL 101	Introduction to Philosophy	3
PHL 121	Western Religions	4
PHL 201	Ethics	3
PHL 202	Contemporary Ethical Dilemmas	3
Area III, The U.S.: Cultures and Civilizations (3-4 hours minimum)
HST 111	United States History to 1865	3
HST 112	United States History from 1865	3
HST 211	Native American History	3
HST 212	African-American History	3
HST 213	American Women's History	3
PLS 101	Intro to American Politics	3
Area IV, Other Cultures and Civilizations (3-4 hours minimum)
ANT 113	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	3
HUM 116	World Cultures	4
PHL 122	Eastern Religions	4
Area V, Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-4 hours minimum)
BUS 101	Introduction to Business	3
ECO 201	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECO 202	Principles of Microeconomics	3
GEO 101	Introduction to Geography	3
GEO 108	Geography of the U.S. and Canada	3
GEO 109	World Regional Geography	3
HST 225	American Civil War	3
HST 228	The Vietnam War	3
HST 235	20th Century Europe	3
PLS 132	Comparative Politics	3
PLS 211	International Relations	3
PLS 233	U.S. Foreign Policy	3
PSY 101	Introduction to Psychology	3
SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
Area VI, Natural Sciences with Lab (3-4 hours minimum)
AST 109/L	Planetary Astronomy	4
AST 119/L	Astronomy	4
BIO 106/L	Human Biology	4
BIO 110/L	Essential Biology	4
BIO 115/L	Biology I	4
BIO 116/L	Biology II	4
CHM 101/L	Introduction to Chemistry	4
CHM 150/L/R	General Chemistry I	5
ENV 103/L	Earth Science	4
ENV 104/L	Life of the Past	4
ENV 111/L	Geology	4
ENV 112/L	Historical Geology	4
GEO 105-105L	Physical Geography with Lab	4
PHY 105/L	Physics of the World Around Us	4
PHY 121/L	General Physics I	4
PHY 221/L/R	Problems & Principles of Physics I	5
Area VII, Natural Science and Technology: Applications and Implementations (3-4 hours minimum)
MFG 103	Manufacturing Processes	3
Area VIII, Health and Well-being (2 hours minimum)
No course available at NMC - Take at WMU

PROFICIENCIES

Required minimums noted:

Required Classes
Academic Area		Credits
1. College-level writing course (one course):
ENG 111	English Composition	4
ENG 112	English Composition	4
ENG 220	Technical Writing	3
2. Baccalaureate-level writing course: Will be done at WMU
3. College-level mathematics or quantitative reasoning course (one course):
MTH 120	Mathematical Explorations	3
MTH 121	College Algebra	4
MTH 122	Trigonometry	3
MTH 131	Probability and Statistics	3
MTH 141	Calculus I	5
4. Enhance or develop another proficiency in ONE of these seven areas: (If a-f, choose one course; if g, choose 2 courses)
a. Advanced writing (Taken at WMU)
b. Mathematics/quantitative reasoning
MTH 141	Calculus I	5
c. Critical thinking
PHL 105	Critical Thinking	3
d. Oral communication
COM 111	Speech	4
e. American Sign Language
(See g. below)
f. Computer programming and applications
MTH 116	Intro. to Computer Programming	4
g. College-level foreign language: 2 semesters, 1 language
ASL 101, 102, 103	American Sign Language	8
FRE 101, 102, 201, 202 (select 2 of the 4)	French	8
GRM 101, 102, 201, 202 (select 2 of the 4)	German	8
SPN 101, 102, 201, 202 (select 2 of the 4)	Spanish	8

COMPUTER LITERACY REQUIREMENT AT WMU

Required Class
Class		Credits
CIS 100	Introduction to Computers (Some programs have this built in. Check with your program.)	3

Additional Requirements For Liberal Education Curriculum Only

1 - Foreign Language Requirement

Starting Fall of 2017, can be met in one of two ways:

One year of college level study of any one Foreign Language.
Attain an appropriate score on WMU's Foreign Language proficiency test.

Note: If you attended NMC prior to Fall of 2017 you could also meet WMU's World Language requirement if you completed:

* Two years of High School level study of any one Foreign Language with a 3.0 (B-) or better in the second semester of second year.

To have this apply to your application, contact the Director of Academic Advising at WMU, Kevin Knutson 269-387-4369 or k.knutson@wmich.edu

2. Number 4 proficiency (above) must be from: c. Critical Thinking (PHL 105 at NMC or WMU course)

Northwestern Michigan College does not assume final responsibility for the accuracy of information on this guide. The final responsibility for the successful transfer of classes suggested on this guide rests with you and the institution you plan to transfer to. It is strongly recommended that you visit the institution as early in your academic career (prior to transfer) as possible.

Updated: Summer 2018

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