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Academic Divisions for General Education

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

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • ENGL 0101 Composition I
  • ENGL 0102 Composition II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • COMS 0151 Public Speaking
  • COMS 0201 Interpersonal Comm

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MATH 0105 Coll Algebra w/Rev
  • MATH 0106 College Algebra
  • MATH 0108 Pre-Calculus
  • MATH 0111 Contemporary Math
  • MATH 0112 Trigonometry
  • MATH 0115 Statistics
  • MATH 0120 Calculus I (Non-engr)*
  • MATH 0121 Calculus II (Non-engr)*
  • MATH 0122 Calc/Analytic Geom I*

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BIOL 0121 General Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 0131 Environmental Science and BIOL 0132 Environ Sci Lab (L)*
  • BIOL 0135 Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 0141 Human Anatomy (L)
  • BIOL 0143 Hum Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • BIOL 0225 Diversity of Organism (L)
  • BIOL 0240 Intro to Genetics (L)
  • BIOL 0261 Microbiology and BIOL 0262 Microbiology (L)
  • CHEM 0109 General Chem (L)*
  • CHEM 0111 Coll Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 0112 Coll Chemistry II (L)
  • NASC 0103 Gen Physical Science (L)
  • NASC 0107 Intro to Astronomy and NASC 0108 Intro to Astron (L)*
  • NASC 0130 Intro Physics and NASC 0131 Intro Physics (L)
  • NASC 0186 Physical Geology (L)*
  • NASC 0231 General Physics I (L)*
  • NASC 0232 General Physics II (L)
  • NASC 0245 Engineering Phys I (L)*
  • NASC 0246 Engineering Phys II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • ANTH 0100 General Anthropology
  • ANTH 0101 Intro Cultural Anthro*
  • CRJS 0101 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CRJS 0116 Juvenile Delinq/Justice
  • CRJS 0203 Criminal Law
  • ECON 0201 Principles of Macroecon
  • ECON 0202 Principles of Microecon
  • GEOG 0101 Intro to Cultural Geog
  • HONR 0202 PTK Ldrshp Dev
  • HUMN 0150 Intro Women Studies*
  • POSC 0101 Intro to Political Science
  • POSC 0102 International Relations/Foreign Policy*
  • POSC 0111 American Government*
  • POSC 0112 State & Local Gov
  • PSYC 0101 Psychology
  • PSYC 0202 Child Development
  • PSYC 0203 Human Development
  • PSYC 0204 Personality
  • PSYC 0214 Social Psychology
  • SOSC 0107 Sociology*
  • SOSC 0109 Diversity Studies*
  • SOSC 0207 Urban Sociology*
  • SOSC 0209 Social Problems*
  • SOSC 0210 Intro to Social Work
  • SOSC 0215 Intro to Human Service

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • ARTS 0101 Art Appreciation
  • ARTS 0102 Art Hst I: Neolith-Mediev
  • ARTS 0103 Art Hist II: Renais-Cntmp
  • ARTS 0263 Ceramics III
  • COMS 0175 Intro to Mass Comm
  • ENGL 0104 Intro to Literature*
  • ENGL 0108 Intro to Poetry
  • ENGL 0109 Intro to Fiction*
  • ENGL 0133 Women in Literature
  • ENGL 0204 Creative Writing*
  • ENGL 0210 Early American Lit*
  • ENGL 0211 Modern American Lit*
  • ENGL 0212 Drama as Literature: Early to Modern*
  • ENGL 0214 Afro-American Lit*
  • ENGL 0217 Early English Literature*
  • ENGL 0218 Modern English Lit*
  • HIST 0104 US to 1877*
  • HIST 0105 US since 1877*
  • HIST 0109 The Bible as History
  • HIST 0115 World Civ to 1500
  • HIST 0116 World Civilization 1500 to Present*
  • HIST 0204 Western Civ: Ancient to Renaissance
  • HIST 0205 Western Civ: Sci Revolution to Modern Age*
  • HUMN 0101 Arts/Culture Early Wrld
  • HUMN 0102 Art/Culture Mdrn Wrld
  • HUMN 0207 Compar Wrld Religions
  • LANG 0101 French I
  • LANG 0102 French II
  • LANG 0141 Spanish I
  • LANG 0142 Spanish II
  • MUSI 0101 Music Appreciation
  • PHIL 0103 Intro to Philosophy
  • PHIL 0105 Logic
  • PHIL 0206 Ethics
  • PHIL 0207 Philosophical Foundations in Health Care Ethics
  • THTR 0101 Theatre Appreciation
  • THTR 0105 Intro to Acting
  • THTR 0112 Dance History
  • THTR 0115 Acting I

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • CIST 0101 Computer Conc/App (L)
  • MATH 0123 Calc/Analytic Geom II
  • MATH 0224 Calc/Analytic Geom III
  • NASC 0101 Intro to Physical Science
  • NASC 0175 Intro to Meteorology (L)

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)

  • ANTH 0101 Intro Cultural Anthro*

Biology (BA or BS)

  • BIOL 0135 Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 0225 Diversity of Organism (L)
  • CHEM 0111 Coll Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 0112 Coll Chemistry II (L)

Chemistry (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 0111 Coll Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 0112 Coll Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 0122 Calc/Analytic Geom I*
  • MATH 0123 Calc/Analytic Geom II
  • MATH 0224 Calc/Analytic Geom III
  • NASC 0245 Engineering Phys I (L)*
  • NASC 0246 Engineering Phys II (L)

Communication (BA)

Major Courses at WSU

Creative Writing (BA)

  • ENGL 0204 Creative Writing*

Criminal Justice (BS)

  • CRJS 0101 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CRJS 0201 Criminal Investigation
  • CRJS 0203 Criminal Law

English (BA)

  • ENGL 0109 Intro to Fiction*
  • ENGL 0211 Modern American Lit*

Forensic Science (BS)

  • BIOL 0135 Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 0143 Hum Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • BIOL 0225 Diversity of Organism (L)
  • CHEM 0111 Coll Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 0112 Coll Chemistry II (L)
  • CHEM 0211 Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 0213 Organic Chem I (L)
  • CHEM 0212 Organic Chemistry II and CHEM 0214 Org Chem II Lab

Geology (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 0111 Coll Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 0112 Coll Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 0122 Calc/Analytic Geom I*
  • MATH 0123 Calc/Analytic Geom II
  • MATH 0224 Calc/Analytic Geom III
  • NASC 0186 Physical Geology (L)*

History (BA)

  • HIST 0104 U S to 1877*
  • HIST 0105 U S since 1877*

Mathematics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 0122 Calc/Analytic Geom I*
  • MATH 0123 Calc/Analytic Geom II
  • MATH 0224 Calc/Anlytc Geom III

Modern Languages (BA)

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy (BA)

  • PHIL 0103 Intro to Philosophy
  • PHIL 0105 Logic
  • PHIL 0206 Ethics

Physics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 0122 Calc/Analytic Geom I*
  • MATH 0123 Calc/Analytic Geom II
  • MATH 0224 Calc/Analytic Geom III
  • NASC 0245 Engineering Phys I (L)*
  • NASC 0246 Engineering Phys II (L)

Political Science (BA)

  • POSC 0111 American Government*
  • POSC 0112 State & Local Gov

Psychology (BA)

  • PSYC 0101 Psychology
  • PSYC 0202 Child Development
  • PSYC 0204 Personality
  • PSYC 0214 Social Psychology

Social Work (BA)

  • HUDV 0268 Human Sexuality
  • PSYC 0101 Psychology
  • SOSC 0107 Sociology*
  • SOSC 0210 Intro to Social Work
  • SOSC 0212 Intro to Social Welfare

Sociology (BA)

  • SOSC 0107 Sociology*
  • SOSC 0108 Sociology of the Family*
  • SOSC 0209 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)

  • BIOL 0121 General Biology (L)*
  • PSYC 0101 Psychology
  • SOSC 0107 Sociology*
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