2019-2020 Undergraduate Bulletin > General Education Program Requirements > IV. General Education Program Requirements for Students with Transfer Credit

IV. General Education Program Requirements for Students with Transfer Credit

A. MACRAO/MTA Agreement

Students who present a transcript from another institution in Michigan documented as having satisfied the MACRAO or MTA Agreement will also have satisfied the University Program portion of the general education requirements at CMU, as well as the requirement for completing six credits of Writing Intensive coursework within the University Program.

B. University Program Transfer Block Option

Students not satisfying the MACRAO or MTA Agreement may satisfy the requirements for the University Program, as well as the requirement for completing six credits of Writing Intensive coursework within the University Program under this option. Students would be eligible to complete the UP through the Transfer Block option if they have completed 15 or more hours as designated below and have 12 or fewer hours remaining.

1. Group I - Humanities

   A minimum of six credit hours of coursework from at least two of the following disciplines: ENG (English, not including composition courses); ART (Art); BCA (Broadcasting); HST (History); MUS (Music); PHL (Philosophy); REL (Religion); TAI (Drama); HUM (General Humanities).

2. Group II - Natural Sciences

   A minimum of six credit hours of coursework from at least two of the following disciplines: ANT (Anthropology [physical only]); AST (Astronomy); BIO (Biology); CHM (Chemistry); ESC (Earth Science); ENS (Environmental Science); FNS 370; GEL (Geology); GEO (Geography [physical and GIS only]); HSC (Health Promotion and Rehabilitation); MET (Meteorology); MTH (Mathematics); PHY (Physics); PHS (Physical Sciences); SCI (General or Natural Science); STA (Statistics). One course must include a laboratory section.

3. Group III - Social Sciences

   A minimum of six credit hours of coursework from at least two of the following disciplines: ANT (Anthropology); CSD (Communication Sciences & Disorders); Human Environmental Studies: FMD (Fashion Merchandising & Design), FNS (Foods & Nutrition), GEO (Geography [not physical or GIS]); IND (Interior Design), HDF (Human Development & Family Studies); PSC (Political Science); PSY (Psychology); SOC (Sociology); ECO (Economics); GEO (Geography); JRN (Journalism); SSC (Social Science).

4. Group IV -Studies in Discrimination, Culture and Diversity

   Three (3) credit hours of a specific course that applies to Subgroup IV-A Studies in Discrimination, 3 credit hours of a specific course that applies to Subgroup IV-B: Studies in Cultures Outside of the Anglo-American Tradition, and 3 credit hours of a specific course that applies to Subgroup IV-C: Studies in Racism and Diversity in the United States.

C. Additional Guidelines for Students with Transfer Credit

1. Students who have no more than 12 credit hours remaining on the University Program Transfer Block Option with completed coursework as distributed above (and prior to their first full-time enrollment at CMU) may use the University Program Transfer Block Option. For purposes of this rule, “full-time” means at least 12 credit hours attempted in a single semester. Any additional courses needed to meet the distribution requirements outlined above and to reach a total of 27 credit hours must be chosen from the appropriate categories within the list of approved University Program courses. For example, any deficiency in transfer credit for Group I – Humanities must be remedied by completing a University Program course listed under Subgroup I-A: Human Events and Ideas or Subgroup I-B: The Arts. Any deficiency in transfer credit for Group II – Natural Sciences must be remedied by taking a course listed under Subgroup II-A: Descriptive Sciences or Subgroup II-B: Quantitative and Mathematical Sciences. In choosing University Program courses to complete 27 credit hours, students must also follow the rules that govern selection of more than one course with the same designator.
2. Students not eligible to follow the Transfer Block option as described above will be required to complete the entire University Program. Comparable coursework at another college or university may be transferred into the University Program on a course-by-course basis when it transfers as equivalent to a CMU course approved as a University Program course or has content deemed congruent with the goals of the University Program and courses approved on the University Program.
3. Competency requirements apply to all students regardless of transfer status, including completion of some competencies before 56 credit hours, except in the case when a student transfers in six WI credits. Transfer students who enter the University with 44 or more credit hours must complete competencies by the end of the second semester at CMU.

   Transfer students verified as completing the MACRAO or MTA or qualified for the Transfer Block will be exempt from six (6) WI semester hours of the required total of twelve (12) semester hours. Transfer students with the MACRAO or MTA or Transfer Block are required to complete six (6) semester hours of WI designated credits at CMU. WI transfer credit will not automatically be given for WI courses taken at other institutions regardless of whether the institution has similar designations or requirements.

   You must read carefully the section titled The Competencies at the beginning of the General Education section.

4. Transfer students who have no comparable coursework at another college or university are required to meet the General Education Program requirements in the preceding sections.