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Garden City Community College: Fairmount College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Recommended Transfer Courses

Recommended Transfer Courses

2027-28 Transfer Guide

This Transfer Guide is for information only and is not a contract. Courses / requirements subject to change. Produced March 2027.

WSU Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

wichita.edu/las | 316-978-4757 | las.advisor@wichita.edu

The Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requires their graduates to complete courses that fulfill the following competencies. General Education, major and elective courses may be used to complete the competencies. Courses that meet an LAS competency are identified with *.

  1. Written Communication
  2. Textual Analysis
  3. Oral Communication
  4. Civic Responsibility
  5. Cultural Literacy
  6. World Language
    • Only required for Bachelor of Arts degrees and the Bachelor of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.
  7. Quantitative Literacy
  8. Scientific Reasoning
  9. Technological Literacy

NOTE:

  • (L) - For purposes of this transfer guide, "Lab" in the course name or "(L)" after the course name indicates that the WSU equivalent course carries the "laboratory" (LAB) attribute.

Academic Divisions for General Education

Garden City CC courses approved for general education credit by the WSU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences are shown below.

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • ENGL 101 English I
  • ENGL 102 English II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • COMM 101 Public Speaking
  • COMM 102 Advanced Public Speaking
  • COMM 103 Interpersonal Communication

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MATH 108 College Algebra
  • MATH 109 Plane Trigonometry
  • MATH 110 Fundamentals of Statistics
  • MATH 111 Contemporary Math
  • MATH 120 Pre-calculus Mathematics
  • MATH 121 Fundamentals of Calculus*
  • MATH 122 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I*

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BIOL 104 Environmental Science (L)*
  • BIOL 105 General Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 114 Biology I (L)*
  • BIOL 115 Biology II (L)
  • BIOL 210 Anatomy and Physiology (L)
  • BIOL 211 Anatomy and Physiology I and BIOL 212 Anatomy and Physiology II (L)
  • BIOL 213 Microbiology (L)
  • CHEM 105 General Chemistry (L)*
  • CHEM 108 Chemistry for Health Services (L)
  • CHEM 109 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 110 College Chemistry II (L)
  • CHEM 210 Introduction to Biochemistry (L)
  • PHSC 105 General Physical Science (L)
  • PHSC 205 Physical Geology with Lab (L)*
  • PHYS 205 General Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 206 General Physics II (L)
  • PHYS 207 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 208 Engineering Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • BSAD 128 Entrepreneurship
  • CRIM 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CRIM 103 Criminal Law
  • CRIM 108 Juvenile Delinquency and Justice
  • CSCI 190 Computer Ethics
  • ECHD 101 Child Development I
  • ECON 111 Principles of Economics: Macro
  • ECON 112 Principles of Economics: Micro
  • GEOG 101 World Geography
  • POLS 104 Introduction to Political Science
  • POLS 105 American Government*
  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • PSYC 104 Social Psychology
  • PSYC 210 Developmental Psychology
  • SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology*
  • SOCI 105 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology*
  • SOCI 113 Sociology of Families*
  • SOCI 204 Social Problems*
  • SOCI 210 Introduction to Social Work
  • SOCI 220 Diversity in Society*

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • ARTS 1113 Ceramics
  • ARTS 120 Art Appreciation
  • ARTS 121 Art History I: Prehistoric to Medieval
  • ARTS 122 Art History II: Renaissance to Contemporary
  • BSAD 220 Business Ethics
  • COMM 112 Oral Interpretation
  • COMM 120 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • COMM 140 Introduction to Broadcasting
  • COMM 201 Intercultural Communication*
  • COMM 203 Communication and the Information Society
  • EDUC 201 Music for Elementary Teachers
  • EDUC 202 Art for Elementary Teachers
  • ENGL 210 Introduction to Literature*
  • ENGL 211 World Literature and the Human Experience
  • ENGL 214 American Literature I*
  • ENGL 215 American Literature II*
  • ENGL 220 Introduction to Shakespeare
  • ENGL 230 Understanding the Old Testament*
  • ENGL 231 Understanding the New Testament*
  • ENGL 240 Creative Writing*
  • HIST 101 Survey of Civilization I
  • HIST 102 Survey of Civilization II*
  • HIST 103 American History to 1877*
  • HIST 104 American Hist Since 1877*
  • LANG 1322 Elementary Spanish I
  • LANG 1331 Elementary Spanish II
  • MUSC 106 Today's Music
  • MUSC 108 Music History and Appreciation
  • PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 102 Elementary Ethics
  • PHIL 103 Argument and Critical Thinking

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BIOL 101 Introduction to Biology
  • CSCI 110 Introduction to Computer Concepts and Applications (L)
  • MATH 123 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
  • MATH 205 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
  • PHSC 106 Descriptive Astronomy
  • PHSC 2053 Physical Geology Lecture

Program-Specific Requirements

World Language Requirement:

All Bachelor of Arts degrees and the Bachelor of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Homeland

Security require a world language through the intermediate level.

Courses to Begin Las Majors

In the first two years of college, the program may include one or two courses that begin the major. Students transferring 48 hours or more to LAS must declare a specific LAS major or degree preference during the first semester of enrollment. The best initial courses for LAS majors are listed below.

Anthropology (BA)

  • SOCI 105 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology*

Biology (BA or BS)

  • BIOL 114 Biology I (L)*
  • CHEM 109 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 110 College Chemistry II (L)

Chemistry (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 109 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 110 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 122 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I*
  • MATH 123 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
  • MATH 205 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III

Communication (BA)

Major Courses at WSU

Creative Writing

ENGL 240 Creative Writing*

Criminal Justice (BS)

  • CRIM 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CRIM 103 Criminal Law

English (BA)

  • ENGL 214 American Literature I*
  • ENGL 215 American Literature II*
  • ENGL 240 Creative Writing (CW major only)*

Forensic Science (BS)

  • BIOL 114 Biology I (L)*
  • BIOL 210 Anatomy and Physiology (L)
  • CHEM 109 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 110 College Chemistry II (L)
  • CHEM 206 Organic Chemistry I (L)
  • CHEM 207 Organic Chemistry II

Geology (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 109 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 110 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 122 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I*
  • MATH 123 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
  • MATH 205 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III
  • PHSC 205 Physical Geology with Lab (L)*

History (BA)

  • HIST 101 Survey of Civilization I
  • HIST 102 Survey of Civilization II*
  • HIST 103 American History to 1877*
  • HIST 104 American History Since 1877*

Mathematics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 122 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I*
  • MATH 123 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
  • MATH 205 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III

Modern Languages (BA)

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy (BA)

  • PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHIL 102 Elementary Ethics

Physics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 122 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I*
  • MATH 123 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II
  • MATH 205 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III
  • PHYS 207 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 208 Engineering Physics II (L)

Political Science (BA)

  • POLS 105 American Government*

Psychology (BA)

  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • PSYC 104 Social Psychology

Social Work (BA)

  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology*
  • SOCI 104 Human Sexuality
  • SOCI 210 Introduction to Social Work

Sociology (BA)

  • SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology*
  • SOCI 204 Social Problems*

Courses that Fulfill General Education & Program Requirements

Certain general education courses are also used as program requirements for specific programs with systemwide transfer plans. These courses can be applied to the programs through transfer credits. WSU strongly recommends that students looking at these programs take the following courses to fulfill both General Education and program requirements simultaneously.

Social Work (BA)

  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology*
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