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Academic Divisions for General Education

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

English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:

  • EG 1103 English Composition I or EG 1105 English Comp I w/Rev
  • EG 1113 English Composition II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • SP 1103 Interpersonal Comm
  • SP 1203 Public Speaking

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MA 1163 Contemporary Math
  • MA 1165 Contemp Math w/Rev
  • MA 1173 College Algebra
  • MA 1175 College Algebra w/Rev
  • MA 1183 Trigonometry
  • MA 2103 Elementary Statistics
  • MA 2105 Elem Statistics w/Rev
  • MA 2304 Business Calculus*
  • MA 2605 Analytic Geometry/Calc I*

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BI 1305 Principles of Biology (L)*
  • BI 1505 Biology I for Majors (L)*
  • BI 1515 Biology II for Majors (L)
  • BI 2114 Anatomy & Physiology I and BI 2124 Anatomy & Phys II (L)
  • BI 2115 Anat & Phys Lect & Lab (L)
  • BI 2304 Human Anatomy and BI 2314 Human Physiology (L)
  • BI 2705 Microbiology (L)
  • CH 1105 Chemistry in Society (L)
  • CH 1205 Intro to Chemistry (L)*
  • CH 1505 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CH 1515 College Chemistry II (L)
  • PS 1115 Physical Science (L)
  • PS 1323 Environmental Science and PS 1322 Environ Sci Lab (L)*
  • PS 1775 Introduction to Geology (L)*
  • PS 2205 General Physics I (L)*
  • PS 2215 General Physics II (L)
  • PS 2505 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PS 2515 Engineering Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • BH 1303 General Psychology
  • BH 1403 Principles of Sociology*
  • BH 1613 Intro Cultural Anthrop*
  • BH 2303 Developmental Psych
  • BH 2403 Marriage & the Family*
  • CJ 1203 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CJ 1803 Criminology
  • CJ 2313 Juvenile Justice
  • CJ 2533 Criminal Law
  • EC 2213 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • EC 2223 Princ of Microeconomics
  • GE 1103 Wrld Regional Geography
  • SS 1403 American National Gov't*
  • SS 1503 Leadership Concepts

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • AR 1303 Ceramics I
  • AR 1313 Ceramics II
  • AR 1323 Art Appreciation
  • AR 1703 Survey of Art History I
  • AR 1713 Survey of Art History II
  • BA 1603 Business Ethics
  • DR 1203 Acting I
  • DR 1503 Introduction to Cinema
  • DR 2203 Theater Appreciation
  • ED 1203 Art in the Elem School
  • ED 1403 Elementary School Music
  • EG 1303 Introduction to Literature*
  • EG 1763 World Literature
  • EG 2103 Creative Writing*
  • EG 2303 English Literature I*
  • EG 2403 American Literature I*
  • EG 2413 American Literature II*
  • HS 1303 Amer Hist I 1492-1877*
  • HS 1313 Amer Hist II 1877-Pres*
  • HS 1603 World Civilization I
  • HS 1613 World Civilization II*
  • ML 1205 Elementary Spanish I
  • ML 1215 Elementary Spanish II
  • ML 1405 Elementary French I
  • MO 1603 Intro to Mass Comm
  • MU 1203 Music Appreciation
  • MU 1803 Jazz Appreciation
  • PH 1303 Intro to the Old Testament*
  • PH 1313 Intro to the New Testament*
  • PH 1323 Survey of World Religions
  • PH 2103 Introduction to Ethics
  • PH 2203 Introduction to Philosophy

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BH 1603 Physical Anthrop
  • BI 1113 Field Biology
  • CS 1203 Intro Compu Conc/App (L)
  • MA 2615 Analytic Geometry/Calc II
  • MA 2625 Calculus III
  • PS 1313 Introduction to Astronomy

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

  • BH 1613 Cultural Anthropology*

Biology - BA or BS

  • BI 1505 Biology I for Majors (L)*
  • BI 1515 Biology II for Majors (L)
  • CH 1505 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CH 1515 College Chemistry II (L)

Chemistry - BA or BS

  • CH 1505 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CH 1515 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MA 2605 Analytic Geometry/Calc I*
  • MA 2615 Analytic Geometry/Calc II
  • MA 2625 Calculus III
  • PS 2505 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PS 2515 Engineering Physics II (L)

Communication - BA

Major Courses at WSU

Creative Writing - BA

  • EG 2103 Creative Writing*

Criminal Justice - BS

  • CJ 1203 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CJ 2533 Criminal Law

English - BA

  • EG 2303 English Literature I*
  • EG 2403 American Literature I*
  • EG 2413 American Literature II*

Forensic Science - BS

  • BI 1505 Biology I for Majors (L)*
  • BI 1515 Biology II for Majors (L)
  • BI 2304 Human Anatomy and BI 2314 Human Physiology (L)
  • CH 1505 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CH 1515 College Chemistry II (L)
  • CH 2605 Organic Chemistry I (L)
  • CH 2615 Organic Chemistry II

Geology - BA or BS

  • CH 1505 College Chemistry I (L)*
  • CH 1515 College Chemistry II (L)
  • MA 2605 Analytic Geometry/Calc I*
  • MA 2615 Analytic Geometry/Calc II
  • MA 2625 Calculus III

History - BA

  • HS 1303 Amer Hist I 1492-1877*
  • HS 1313 Amer Hist II 1877-Pres*
  • HS 1603 World Civilization I
  • HS 1613 World Civilization II*

Mathematics - BA or BS

  • MA 2605 Analytic Geometry/Calc I*
  • MA 2615 Analytic Geometry/Calc II
  • MA 2625 Calculus III

Modern Languages BA

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy - BA

  • PH 2103 Intro to Ethics
  • PH 2203 Intro to Philosophy

Physics - BA or BS

  • MA 2605 Analytic Geometry/Calc I*
  • MA 2615 Analytic Geometry/Calc II
  • MA 2625 Calculus III
  • PS 2505 Engineering Physics I (L)*
  • PS 2515 Engineering Physics II (L)

Political Science - BA

  • SS 1403 American National Gov't*

Psychology - BA

  • BH 1303 General Psychology
  • BH 2303 Developmental Psych

Social Work - BA

  • BH 1303 General Psychology
  • BH 1403 Principles of Sociology*

Sociology - BA

  • BH 1403 Principles of Sociology*
  • BH 2403 Marriage & the Family*

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)

  • BH 1303 General Psychology
  • BH 1403 Principles of Sociology*
  • BI 1305 Principles of Biology (L)*
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