College of Arts and Sciences
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5308 USA
main office: (269) 387-4350
advising office: (269) 387-4366
Proficiencies
Proficiency 1: College-Level Writing
ENGL 1050 | Thought and Writing | 4 |
IME 1020 | Technical Communication | 3 |
Proficiency 2: Baccalaureate-Level Writing
This proficiency does not count towards the 37 credit General Education requirement. See your major advisor.
Proficiency 3: College-Level Mathematics or Quantitative Reasoning
Note: Placement in Math 1220 fulfills Proficiency 3
See a curriculum advisor for appropriate course selection.
MATH 1140 | Excursions in Mathematics | 3 |
MATH 1160 | Finite Mathematics with Applications | 3 |
MATH 1180 | Pre-calculus Mathematics | 4 |
MATH 1500 | Number Concepts for Elem/Mid School Teacher | 4 |
MATH 1900 | Survey of Mathematical Ideas | 4 |
MATH 2000 | Calculus with Applications | 4 |
STAT 1600 | Statistics and Data Analysis | 3 |
STAT 2830 | Methods of Data Analysis | 3 |
STAT 3660 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
Proficiency 4c: Critical Thinking
COM 1000 | Communication and Community Engagement | 3 |
ENGL 3060 | Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture | 3 |
NUR 2200 | Foundations of Nursing and Critical Thinking | 3 |
PHIL 2200 | Critical Reasoning | 3 |
PHIL 2250 | Deductive Logic | 3 |
PHIL 3200 | Introduction to Formal Logic | 4 |
PHIL 3250 | Inductive and Scientific Reasoning | 3 |
PSCI 1050 | Critical Thinking about Politics | 3 |
Proficiency 4g: Foreign Language
Domestic students
Domestic students with catalog year prior to fall 2017 can meet the world language requirement by any of the following:
1) 2 years of the same language in high school with a grade of B- or better in the final semester, as verified on the student’s actual high school transcript;
OR
2) Take a placement test and go into 2000+ world language class;
OR
3) Take two semesters at the college-level of the same world language (for example, SPAN 1000 and SPAN 1010; or GREK 1000 and GREK 1010; or SIGN 1010 and SIGN 1020);
OR
4) If a student only completes the second semester language class (because they placed higher than the first semester), it satisfies the requirement.
Domestic students with a catalog year of fall 2017 and later can meet the world language requirement by:
1) Prove language proficiency at the 2000 level or higher by taking the in-person proficiency test at the SPAN or LANG departments and placing at the 2000 level;
2) Take two semesters at the college-level of the same world language (for example, SPAN 1000 and SPAN 1010; or GREK 1000 and GREK 1010; or SIGN 1010 and SIGN 1020).
International students
International students – have already met the College’s world language requirement, regardless of their catalog year.