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Note: Courses that fulfill ULWR, R&E, and QR can also count toward distribution if approved and not from the department of your major, e.g. PHY 221 counts for QR and Natural Science.
| LSA Requirement | Courses from 4-year colleges and out-of-state community colleges that fulfill this requirement |
| First Year Writing (FYWR) | Any course that transfers as ENGLISH 125 will automatically fulfill this requirement. If a course from your school does not transfer as the above, you can have courses you believe may fulfill the requirement evaluated by petitioning 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) Fufilled by taking one class designated as QR/1 or two classes designated as QR/2. For the QR/2 option, one class can be taken before transferring and the second after transferring if you choose to do so. |
Option 1: QR/1
Option 2: QR/2
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| Language: Achieve 4th term proficiency through course completion or placement exam | Courses that transfer in as equivalent credit for FRENCH 232, ITALIAN 232, and SPANISH 232 will automatically fulfill this requirement. A student whose first language is not English and who attended school up to the 8th grade where English was not the language of instruction is considered to have met the requirement. Your general academic advisor will enter an exception for this when you meet with them at Orientation. If you are fluent in a language other than English but did not complete schooling in the language you will need to take a placement exam to demonstrate your fluency. |
Total of 30 credits in two parts: Part I = 21 credits and Part II = 9 credits.
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. However, the prerequisite requirements for some majors can be used to fulfill distribution and your academic advisor will be able to discuss that with you.
Courses that transfer as Equivalent Credit.
Courses that transfer as directly equivalent to a U-M course will count for the same area distribution requirement as that course. You can look up a course in the LSA Undergraduate Course Catalog to see what degree requirements it fulfills. For example, if you have a class that transfers as ECON 101 you could check the catalog and see that it counts for Social Science for the Area Distribution requirement.
Courses that transfer as Departmental Credit.
The charts below show how many classes that transfer as Departmental Credit are pre-approved for area distribution based on they course subject they transfer under. Courses that transfer as Departmental credit in a subject not listed in the chart will be evaluated by an academic advisor after students are admitted.
Complete 7 credits in each of 3 areas (HU, NS, SS) for a total of 21 credits
Humanities (HU)
Courses that transfer as equivalent to the following courses will count toward Humanities. Note: This is not a list of all the LSA courses that count toward Humanities; it is just those that are most commonly transferred. CLARCH (Classical Archaeology): 101X, 201X, or 301X Additional departmental courses may count for HU but only after an evaluation by an academic advisor after students are admitted. |
Natural Science (NS)
Courses that transfer as equivalent to the following courses will count toward Natural Science. Note: This is not a list of all the LSA courses that count toward Natural Science; it is just those that are most commonly transferred. ANTHRBIO (Biological Anthropology): 101X, 201, 201X, 301X Additional departmental courses may count for NS but only after an evaluation by an academic advisor after students are admitted. |
Social Science (SS)
Courses that transfer as equivalent to the following courses will count toward Social Science. Note: This is not a list of all the LSA courses that count toward Social Science; it is just those that are most commonly transferred. AAS (Afroamerican & African Studies): 201 Additional departmental courses may count for SS but only after an evaluation by an academic advisor after students are admitted. |
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 | U-M subjects that count for area distribution requirement |
| 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) | The following courses will count toward MSA: MATH (Mathematics): 101X, 105, 115, 116, 214, 215, 216 201X, 301X |
| Creative Expression (CE) | The following courses will count toward Creative Expression: ARTDES (Art and Design): 100, 101X, 105, 115, 125, 201X, 301X |
| Interdisciplinary (ID) | No subjects are pre-approved to count for ID |
The following guides explain how transfer credit can be used to fulfill the requirements for certain majors. The guide for each major includes the information for all Michigan community colleges.
If a guide is not posted for the major in which you are interested, go to Majors and Minors. After you find the requirements for your major, check the Transfer Credit Equivalency Search for the courses at your school that transfer as equivalent credit for each class. There is no guarantee that your school will offer courses that transfer to count for each major.
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