Recommended Transfer Courses
2026-27 Transfer Guide
This Transfer Guide is for information only and is not a contract. Courses / requirements
subject to change. Produced March 2026.
WSU College of Fine Arts
wichita.edu/finearts | 316-978-6634| cfa.advisor@wichita.edu
Admission to some Fine Arts majors requires an audition and/or approval.
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.
General Education Program at WSU
Effective Fall 2024, WSU follows the KBOR system-wide General Education (GE) program
framework which is comprised of 34-35 credit hours organized in six discipline-based
"buckets" and an institutionally designed bucket. A student who satisfies all seven
buckets will complete the GE program.
The 34-35 credit hours are divided as follows:
English Discipline Area – Bucket 1:
Six hours. See specific requirements below.
Communications Discipline Area – Bucket 2:
One listed course.
Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area – Bucket 3:
One listed course.
Natural & Physical Science Discipline Area – Bucket 4:
Four to five hours from one subject and must include a lab. Choose one of the listed
courses or course combinations.
Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area – Bucket 5:
Six hours from at least two subject areas listed.
Arts & Humanities Discipline Area – Bucket 6:
Six hours from at least two subject areas listed.
Institutionally Designated Area – Bucket 7:
Students must complete six credit hours of additional general education courses in
Bucket 7. These credit hours will include three credit hours of First-Year Seminar
and three credit hours of general education of the student's choice from the approved
list of Bucket 4-7 general education courses.
Those students who have earned an Associate Degree or 30 credit hours prior to high
school graduation and before starting classes at WSU as a degree-bound student, may
be exempt from taking a First-Year Seminar course.
Academic Divisions for General Education
Kansas City Kansas CC courses approved for general education credit by the WSU College
of Fine Arts 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 Environm Sci Lab (L)
- BIOL 0135 Principles of Cell & Molecular Biology (L)
- BIOL 0141 Human Anatomy (L)
- BIOL 0143 Hum Anatomy & Phys (L)
- BIOL 0225 Divers of Organisms (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 Anthrop
- 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's 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 Civ 1500-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
*Some restrictions may apply for Fine Arts majors.
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
