Transfer Guide for Northwestern Michigan College

This Transfer Guide shows how Northwestern classes can be used to fulfill the LSA General Degree Requirements for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees.

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Before using the guide please read through the following guidelines:

This guide is provided to help in your planning for transfer into LSA. The information in this guide is accurate as of May 1, 2024. Although there are not frequent changes to course articulations, the articulations are subject to change at the end of each semester. Therefore, students should check the official Transfer Credit Equivalency guide to make sure a class is still transferable for the term in which you plan to take it.
Note for current LSA students: Do not use this guide without confirming your course selections with your general academic advisor before registering for the class. Failure to do so may result in taking a class that does not fulfill the Area Distribution that you need.
Each class has been individually evaluated for LSA degree credit so the distribution area listed here might not match how the class is listed on the MTA list at your school.
Completion of the LSA General Degree Requirements is required for graduation with a B.A. or B.S. degree. Students are not required to have completed the General Requirements prior to transferring nor does completion of the General Requirements guarantee admission.
Additional courses may count for general degree requirements but are not included in this guide because they have not yet been evaluated.

LSA General Degree Requirements

Note: Courses that fulfill Upper Level Writing, Race & Ethnicity, and Quantitative Reasoning can also count toward distribution if approved and not from the department of your major, e.g. PHY 121 counts for QR and Natural Science.

LSA Requirement	Northwestern courses that fulfill the requirement
First Year Writing (FYWR)	*English (ENG)* Take both 111 and 112
Upper Level Writing (ULWR)	Must take at U-M
Race & Ethnicity (RE)	Must take at U-M
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)	Complete one of: *Mathematics (MTH): 131, 142 Physics (PHY)*: 121, 122, 221, 222
Language: Achieve 4th term proficiency through course completion or placement exam	You can complete the LSA language requirement at NMC by completing 4 semesters in the following languages. French: FRN 101, 102, 201, 202 Spanish: SPN 101, 102, 201, 202 The following language courses also transfer, but you will have to take a placement exam to determine where you would start the language sequence after you transfer. American Sign Language: ASL 101, 102, 103, 104 German: GRM 101, 102, 201, 202 You can start a language at NMC and complete the LSA language requirement after you transfer. Completing lower level language courses does not guarantee placement at U-M. If you want to continue the study of a language you will take a placement exam before registration.The results of the placement exam will determine where you begin language study.

Area Distribution Requirements

Total of 30 credits in two parts: Part I = 21 credits and Part II = 9 credits.

Note: Courses from the department of your major cannot count for distribution. If a course transfers into the department of your major it cannot be used for distribution. For example, an English major will have to fulfill Humanities distribution with courses outside the English department.

Part I

Complete 7 credits in all 3 areas (HU,NS,SS) for a total of 21 credits

LSA Requirement	Northwestern courses that count for the distribution area
Humanities (HU): 7 credits 7 credits are required to fulfill the Humanities Area Distribution in Part I for graduation. Up to 7 of these credits can be transferred in. If you transfer fewer than 7 credits you will take the remainder after transferring.	*Art (ART): 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 111, 112, 213, 214 English (ENG): 240, 241, 242, 245, 254, 256, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 271 History (HIS): 101, 102 Humanities (HUM): 101, 102, 116 Music (MUS): 110, 111, 129, 201, 202 Philosophy (PHL)*: 101, 121, 122, 201, 202
Natural Science (NS): 7 credits 7 credits are required to fulfill the Natural Science Area Distribution in Part I for graduation. Up to 7 of these credits can be transferred in. If you transfer fewer than 7 credits you will take the remainder after transferring.	*Anthropology (ANT): 112 Astronomy (AST): 109, 119 Biology (BIO): 106, 108, 110, 115, 116, 208, 215, 216, 227, 228, 250, 255, 260, 268, 270 Chemistry (CHM): 101, 150, 150R, 151, 151R, 201, 250, 251 Environmental Science (ENV): 103, 104, 111, 112, 131, 140, 210, 231, 270A, 270B, 270C Geography (GEO): 105, 105L Physics (PHY)*: 105, 121, 122, 221, 221R, 222R, 222
Social Science (SS): 7 credits 7 credits are required to fulfill the Social Science Area Distribution in Part I for graduation. Up to 7 of these credits can be transferred in. If you transfer fewer than 7 credits you will take the remainder after transferring.	*Anthropology (ANT): 113 Communications* (COM): 201 *Economics (ECO): 121, 201, 202 Geography (GEO): 101, 108, 109, 110, 115 History (HST): 111, 112, 211, 212, 213, 225, 228, 230, 235 Political Science (PLS): 101, 132, 211, 222 Psychology (PSY): 101, 211, 212, 221, 223, 225, 231, 250 Sociology (SOC)*: 101, 201, 211, 220, 231

Part II

Complete 3 credits each in 3 of the following areas (HU, NS, SS, MSA, CE, ID) for a total of 9 credits. For example: 3 credits in HU, 3 credits in MSA, and 3 credits in CE.

LSA Requirement	Northwestern courses that count for the distribution area
Humanities (HU)	Complete additional 3 credits from HU list in Part I
Natural Science (NS)	Complete additional 3 credits from NS list in Part I
Social Science (SS)	Complete additional 3 credits from SS list in Part I
Math & Symbolic Analysis (MSA)	Complete one of *Mathematics (MTH)*: 131, 141, 142, 241, 251
Creative Expression (CE)	Complete 3 credits of the following: Art (ART): 121, 122, 131, 132, 151, 152, 161, 162, 174, 181, 221 English (ENG): 221, 222, 223 Music (MUS): 105, 105A, 106, 107, 112, 113, 116, 117, 120 Visual Communication Arts (VCA): 100, 127
Interdisciplinary (ID)	No current courses

Elective Credit

The following courses transfer but do not fulfill any specific general degree requirement.

Elective Credit

English (ENG): 111, 210
Philosophy (PHL): 105

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