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.
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
Salina Tech courses approved for general education credit are shown below.
English Discipline Area Bucket 1
- ENG 101 English Composition I or ENG 105 English Comp I w/Rev
- ENG 102 English Composition II
Communications Discipline Area Bucket 2
- COM 102 Interpersonal Comm
- COM 105 Public Speaking
Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area Bucket 3
- MAT 130 Contemporary Math
- MAT 140 Contemp Math w/Rev
- MAT 150 College Algebra
- MAT 175 College Algebra w/Rev
- MAT 152 Elementary Statistics
- MAT 190 Elem Statistics w/Rev
- MAT 155 Trigonometry
- MAT 158 Linear Calculus I
- MAT 160 Analytical Geom & Calc 1
Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area Bucket 4
- BIO 105 General Biology (L)
- BIO 150 Anatomy & Physiology (L)
- BIO 200 Microbiology (L)
- CHM 101 General Chemistry (L)
- CHM 115 Gen Chem for Hlthcare (L)
- CHM 120 Chemistry I (L)
- PHS 100 Physics I (L)
- PHS 110 Physical Science I and PHS 115 Physical Sci Lab (L)
- PHS 120 Astronomy (L)
Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area Bucket 5
- ECO 105 Princ of Microeconomics
- ECO 110 Princ of Macroeconomics
- PLS 109 Criminal Law
- POL 105 American Government
- PSY 101 General Psychology
- PSY 105 Human Development
- PSY 110 Childhood Growth & Dev
- SOC 101 Sociology
- SOC 103 Marriage and Families
- SOC 110 Intro to Social Work
Arts & Humanities Discipline Area Bucket 6
- ENG 110 Intro to Literature
- HIS 105 US History I
- HIS 110 US History II
- HIS 115 World History I
- HIS 120 World History II
- HUM 101 Workplace Ethics
- HUM 105 Art Appreciation
- HUM 115 Intro to Philosophy
- HUM 120 World Religions
- LAN 101 Spanish I
- LAN 102 Spanish II
- MUS 100 Music Appreciation
Institutionally Designated Area Bucket 7
- CSA 105 Intro Compu App/Conc (L)