Transfer Guide for West Shore Community College

This Transfer Guide shows how West Shore 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, Quantitative Reasoning can also count toward distribution if approved and not from the department of your major, e.g. MTH 123 counts for QR and MSA.

LSA Requirement	West Shore courses that fulfill the requirement
First Year Writing (FYWR)	*English (ENG)*: Submit ENG 111 for evaluation to the Sweetland Center for Writing.
Upper Level Writing (ULWR)	Must take at U-M
Race & Ethnicity (RE)	Must take at U-M
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)	*Mathematics (MTH)*: 123
Language: Achieve 4th term proficiency through course completion or placement exam	You can complete the LSA language requirement at West Shore by completing 4 semesters in the following languages. 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. French: FRN 101, 102 You can start a language at West Shore 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 cannot use English classes to fulfill Humanities distribution.

Part I

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

LSA Requirement	West Shore 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): 101, 201, 203 *English (ENG):* 258 Humanities (HUM): 103, 108, 106, 110 *Literature (LIT): 101, 211, 212, 213, 250 Music (MUS): 100, 101, 102, 105 Philosophy (PHL): 100, 102, 104, 202, 204 Theater (THE)*: 101, 131, 161
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.	*Anatomy & Physiology (ANP): 118, 231 Biology (BIO): 114, 122, 123, 131, 157, 232 Botany (BOT): 137, 221 Chemistry (CHM): 107, 110, 122, 123, 222, 223 Geology (GOL): 191 General Science (NSC): 101, 102, 104 Zoology (ZOO)*: 211, 220, 257
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): 112, 114 Economics (ECO): 136, 137 Geography (GEO): 130, 133, 136, 137 History (HIS): 141, 142, 145, 146, 214 Politcal Science (POL): 151 Psychology (PSY): 161, 262, 264, 266 Sociology (SOC)*: 171, 274, 275, 276

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	West Shore 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
Mathematical & Symbolic Analysis (MSA)	Complete one *Mathematics (MTH)*: 123, 222, 223, 224, 231
Creative Expression (CE)	Complete 3 credits of the following: *English (ENG):* 115 *Music (MUS):* 111, 114, 115, 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 183, 185, 190, 191
Interdisciplinary (ID)	Currently no classes approved

Elective Credit

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

Elective Credit

Anatomy and Physiology (ANP): 230
English (ENG): 111, 112
Philosophy (PHL): 103
Psychology (PSY): 263
Speech (SPE): 101, 110, 206

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