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WSU Tech: 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

WSU Tech 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 120 Composition II

Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:

  • SPH 101 Public Speaking
  • SPH 111 Interpersonal Comm

Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:

  • MTH 107 Contemp Math w/Coreq
  • MTH 108 Contemporary Math
  • MTH 110 College Algebra w/Coreq
  • MTH 111 College Algebra w/Rev
  • MTH 112 College Algebra
  • MTH 113 Trigonometry
  • MTH 119 Elem Statistics w/Coreq
  • MTH 120 Elementary Statistics
  • MTH 125 Calculus I*

Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:

  • BIO 110 Principles of Biology (L)*
  • BIO 130 Biology I (L)*
  • BIO 135 Biology II (L)
  • BIO 145 Human Anat & Phys I and BIO 146 Hmn Anat & Phys II (L)
  • BIO 150 Human Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • BIO 160 Microbiology (L)
  • CHM 110 General Chemistry (L)*
  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)
  • PHS 110 Physical Science (L)
  • PHS 115 Introductory Astronomy (L)*
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)*
  • PHS 125 General Physics II (L)

Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:

  • CRJ 101 Intro to Criminal Justice
  • CRJ 110 Criminal Law
  • CRJ 155 Policing Diverse Cultures*
  • ECO 105 Princ of Macroeconomics
  • ECO 110 Princ of Microeconomics
  • ENT 110 Intro to Entrepreneurship
  • GEO 101 Principles of Geography
  • POL 101 American Government*
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 110 Child Psychology
  • PSY 120 Developmental Psych
  • SOC 101 Principles of Sociology*
  • SOC 115 Social Problems*

Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:

  • ALH 121 Lgl/Ethcl Issues/Hlthcr
  • ART 100 Art Appreciation
  • ENG 110 Introduction to Literature*
  • FOL 101 Spanish I
  • FOL 110 Spanish II
  • HIS 110 U S History to 1877*
  • HIS 120 U S History since 1865*
  • HIS 130 World History I
  • MGT 111 Business Ethics
  • PHL 110 Ethics
  • PHL 115 Logic
  • REL 101 New Testament*
  • REL 130 World Religions
  • MUS 110 Music Appreciation
  • THR 100 Theatre Appreciation

Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:

  • BIO 120 Environmental Biology
  • CED 115 Comp Applications (L)
  • CED 120 Advanced Computer App
  • MTH 150 Calculus II

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)

Major courses at WSU

Biology (BA or BS)

  • BIO 130 Biology I (L)*
  • BIO 135 Biology II (L)
  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)

Chemistry (BA or BS)

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)
  • MTH 125 Calculus I*
  • MTH 150 Calculus II
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)*

Creative Writing (BA)

Major courses at WSU

Communication (BA)

Major courses at WSU

Criminal Justice (BS)

  • CRJ 101 Intro. to Criminal Justice
  • CJR 110 Criminal Law
  • CRJ 155 Policing Diverse Cultures*

English (BA)

Major courses at WSU

Forensic Science (BS)

  • BIO 130 Biology I (L)*
  • BIO 135 Biology II (L)
  • BIO 150 Human Anatomy & Phys (L)
  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)

Geology (BA or BS)

  • CHM 125 Chemistry I (L)*
  • CHM 135 Chemistry II (L)
  • MTH 125 Calculus I*
  • MTH 150 Calculus II

History (BA)

  • HIS 110 US History to 1877*
  • HIS 120 US History since 1865*
  • HIS 130 World History I

Mathematics (BA or BS)

  • MTH 125 Calculus I*
  • MTH 150 Calculus II

Modern Languages (BA)

Prerequisites for major courses

Philosophy (BA)

Major courses at WSU

Physics (BA or BS)

  • MTH 125 Calculus I*
  • MTH 150 Calculus II
  • PHS 120 General Physics I (L)*

Political Science (BA)

Major courses at WSU

Psychology (BA)

  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • PSY 110 Child Psychology
  • PSY 120 Developmental Psychology

Social Work (BA)

  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • SOC 101 Principles of Sociology*

Sociology (BA)

  • SOC 101 Principles of Sociology*
  • SOC 115 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)

  • BIO 110 Principles of Biology (L)*
  • PSY 101 General Psychology
  • SOC 101 Principles of Sociology*
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