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Academic Divisions for General Education

Labette 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 Composition I or ENGL 103 English Comp I w/Rev
  • ENGL 102 English Composition II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • COMM 101 Public Speaking
  • COMM 102 Interpersonal Comm

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MATH 114 College Algebra w/Rev
  • MATH 115 College Algebra
  • MATH 119 Elementary Stats w/Rev
  • MATH 120 Elementary Statistics
  • MATH 125 Trigonometry
  • MATH 126 Quant Reasoning w/Rev
  • MATH 129 Quant Reasoning
  • MATH 130 Calculus I*

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BIOL 120 General Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 122 Environm Life Sci (L)
  • BIOL 128 Principles of Biology I (L)*
  • BIOL 129 Principles of Biology II (L)
  • BIOL 130 Anatomy & Physiology (L)
  • BIOL 201 Microbiology (L)
  • CHEM 120 Intro to Chemistry (L)*
  • CHEM 124 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 126 College Chemistry II (L)
  • PHSC 101 Physical Geology (L)*
  • PHSC 103 Intro to Astronomy (L)*
  • PHSC 105 Physical Science (L)
  • PHYS 201 College Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 203 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 205 College Physics II (L)
  • PHYS 208 Engineering Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • CRIM 101 Intro to Admin of Justice
  • CRIM 137 Criminal Law
  • ECON 203 Macroeconomics
  • ECON 204 Microeconomics
  • EDUC 110 Child Development
  • GEOG 101 World Regional Geog
  • POLS 105 American Government*
  • POLS 106 International Relations*
  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • PSYC 201 Developmental Psych
  • SOCI 101 Sociology*
  • SOCI 201 Marriage & Family*
  • SOCI 202 Intro Women's Studies*
  • SOCI 203 Social Problems*
  • SOCI 207 Anthropology*
  • SOCI 208 Culture and Ethnicity*
  • SWK 101 Intro to Social Work

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • ART 102 Art Education
  • ART 111 Ceramics I and ART 112 Ceramics II
  • ART 130 Art Appreciation
  • COMM 106 Intro to Mass Media
  • ENGL 118 Theatre Appreciation
  • ENGL 200 Creative Writing*
  • ENGL 206 General Literature*
  • ENGL 208 World Literature*
  • ENGL 209 American Literature I*
  • ENGL 215 Science Fiction
  • HIST 101 American History to 1877*
  • HIST 102 American Hist Since 1877*
  • HIST 103 World History to 1500
  • HIST 104 Wrld History Since 1500*
  • LANG 104 French I
  • LANG 127 Spanish I
  • LANG 128 Spanish II
  • MUSI 101 Music Appreciation
  • MUSI 102 Children's Music
  • MUSI 104 History of Jazz & Rock
  • PHIL 101 Philosophy I
  • PHIL 104 Introduction to Logic
  • PHIL 106 Ethics
  • RELI 101 Compar World Religions
  • RELI 105 New Testament Survey*

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • COMP 110 Computer Conc/App (L)
  • COMP 120 Computer Info Sys (L)
  • HEAL 109 Gen Phys for Health Sci
  • MATH 131 Calculus II
  • MATH 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, 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 207 Anthropology*

Biology (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 124 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 126 College Chemistry II (L)
  • CHEM 204 Organic Chemistry I (L)

Chemistry (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 124 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 126 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 130 Calculus I*
  • MATH 131 Calculus II
  • MATH 201 Calculus III
  • PHYS 203 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 208 Engineering Physics II (L)

Creative Writing (BA)

  • ENGL 200 Creative Writing*

Communication (BA)

Major Courses at WSU

Criminal Justice (BS)

  • CRIM 101 Intro to Admin of Justice
  • CRIM 137 Criminal Law

English (BA)

  • ENGL 209 American Literature I*

Forensic Science (BS)

  • BIOL 120 General Biology (L)*
  • BIOL 130 Anatomy & Physiology (L)
  • CHEM 124 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 126 College Chemistry II (L)
  • CHEM 204 Organic Chemistry I (L)
  • CHEM 207 Organic Chemistry II

Geology (BA or BS)

  • CHEM 124 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHEM 126 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MATH 130 Calculus I*
  • MATH 131 Calculus II
  • MATH 201 Calculus III
  • PHSC 101 Physical Geology (L)*

History (BA)

  • HIST 101 American History to 1877*
  • HIST 102 American Hist since 1877*
  • HIST 103 World History to 1500
  • HIST 104 Wrld History since 1500*

Mathematics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 130 Calculus I*
  • MATH 131 Calculus II
  • MATH 201 Calculus III

Modern Languages (BA)

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy (BA)

  • PHIL 101 Philosophy I

Physics (BA or BS)

  • MATH 130 Calculus I*
  • MATH 131 Calculus II
  • MATH 201 Calculus III
  • PHYS 203 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PHYS 208 Engineering Physics II (L)

Political Science (BA)

  • POLS 105 American Government*

Psychology (BA)

  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • PSYC 201 Developmental Psych

Social Work (BA)

  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • SOCI 101 Sociology*
  • SWK 101 Intro to Social Work

Sociology (BA)

  • SOCI 101 Sociology*
  • SOCI 201 Marriage & Family*
  • SOCI 203 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 120 General Biology (L)*
  • PSYC 101 General Psychology
  • SOCI 101 Sociology*
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