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Highland 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

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

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 102 Composition II: Literature and Research or ENG 103 Composition II: Rhetoric and Research

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • SP 101 Oral Communications
  • SP 105 Interpersonal Communication
  • SP 106 Public Speaking

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MAT 104 College Algebra
  • MAT 105 Trigonometry
  • MAT 106 Calculus I*
  • MAT 107 General Calculus and Linear Algebra*
  • MAT 108 Contemporary Math
  • MAT 203 Basic Statistics

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BS 101 College Biology (L)*
  • BS 104 Human Anatomy and BS 105 Physiology (L)
  • BS 107 Introduction to Environmental Science (L)*
  • BS 201 General Zoology and BS 202 General Botany (L)*
  • BS 203 Microbiology (L)
  • CHM 107 General Chemistry (L)
  • CHM 111 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 112 College Chemistry II (L)
  • PS 101 College Physical Science (L)
  • PS 102 Concepts of Physics (L)
  • PS 104 Physical Geology (L)*
  • PS 108 Astronomy (L)*
  • PS 203 General Physics I (L)*
  • PS 204 General Physics II (L)
  • PS 215 College Physics I (L)*
  • PS 216 College Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • ANT 112 General Anthropology*
  • BUS 203 Macroeconomics
  • BUS 204 Microeconomics
  • CJ 100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
  • CJ 201 Criminal Law
  • GEO 212 World Regional Geography
  • HMS 100 Fundamentals of Human Services
  • HMS 118 Ethics in Helping Professions
  • POL 100 United States Government*
  • POL 101 Introduction to Political Science
  • POL 115 State and Local Government
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 202 Child Psychology
  • PSY 205 Human Growth and Development
  • PSY 206 Social Psychology
  • SOC 101 General Sociology*
  • SOC 102 Marriage and Family*
  • SOC 104 Introduction to Social Work
  • SOC 210 Social Problems*

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • A 101 Art Appreciation
  • A 112 Ceramics I
  • A 201 Art History Survey: Prehistoric to Medieval
  • A 202 Art History Survey: Renaissance-Contemporary
  • ENG 104 Introduction to Literature*
  • ENG 202 American Literature: Pre-Colonial-Civil War*
  • ENG 205 Old Testament Literature*
  • ENG 208 Introduction to the Short Story*
  • ENG 209 American Literature: Reconstruction-Present*
  • ENG 210 World Literature: Beginnings to Renaissance
  • ENG 211 World Literature: Enlightenment to Present
  • ENG 212 British Literature: Middle Ages to 1800*
  • ENG 213 British Literature: 1800 to Present
  • ENG 215 Diverse Voices in Literature*
  • ENG 223 Creative Writing*
  • HIS 101 United States History I to 1877*
  • HIS 102 United States History II Since 1877*
  • HIS 103 History of Western Civilization I
  • HIS 104 History of Western Civilization II*
  • LG 101 Spanish I
  • LG 102 Spanish II
  • LG 201 Spanish III*
  • M 103 Music History and Appreciation
  • M 146 Music Theatre History
  • M 162 Introduction to World Music
  • M 223 History of Jazz
  • MT 110 Introduction to Mass Communications
  • PHI 101 Introduction to Philosophy
  • PHI 102 Introduction to Ethics
  • PHI 103 Logic and Critical Thinking
  • PHI 105 Religions of the World
  • SP 103 Oral Interpretation
  • TH 105 Introduction to Dramatics
  • TH 108 History and Appreciation of Theatre Art
  • TH 109 Fundamental Style and Principles of Acting
  • TH 110 Acting I
  • TH 146 Musical Theatre History
  • TH 207 Acting III
  • TH 208 Film Appreciation

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BUS 130 Microcomputer Applications I: Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Database, Presentation (L)
  • CST 107 Introduction to Computers & Applications
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III

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, your

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

  • ANT 112 General Anthropology*

Biology - BA or BS

  • BS 101 College Biology (L)*
  • CHM 111 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 112 College Chemistry II (L)

Chemistry - BA or BS

  • CHM 111 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 112 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MAT 106 Calculus I*
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III

Communication - BA

Major Courses at WSU

Creative Writing - BA

  • ENG 223 Creative Writing*

Criminal Justice - BS

  • CJ 100 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CJ 201 Criminal Law

English - BA

  • ENG 202 Amer Lit: Precolo-Civ War*
  • ENG 208 Intro to the Short Story*
  • ENG 209 Amer Lit: Reconst-Pres*

Forensic Science - BS

  • BS 101 College Biology (L)*
  • CHM 111 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 112 College Chemistry II (L)

Geology - BA or BS

  • MAT 106 Calculus I*
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III

History - BA

  • HIS 103 Hist Western Civilization I
  • HIS 104 Hist of Western Civ II*

Mathematics - BA or BS

  • MAT 106 Calculus I*
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III

Modern Languages - BA

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy - BA

  • PHI 101 Intro to Philosophy
  • PHI 102 Intro to Ethics

Physics - BA or BS

  • MAT 106 Calculus I*
  • MAT 110 Calculus II
  • MAT 201 Calculus III
  • PS 215 College Physics I (L)*
  • PS 216 College Physics II (L)

Political Science - BA

  • POL 100 US Government*
  • POL 115 State & Local Government

Psychology - BA

  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 202 Child Psychology
  • PSY 205 Human Growth & Dev
  • PSY 206 Social Psychology

Social Work - BA

  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • SOC 101 General Sociology*
  • SOC 104 Intro to Social Work

Sociology - BA

  • SOC 101 General Sociology*
  • SOC 102 Marriage and Family*
  • SOC 210 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)

  • BS 101 College Biology (L)*
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • SOC 101 General Sociology*
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