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South Puget Sound Community College

Catalog Years 2005-2007

Community college applicants who transfer directly to Western with an associate degree or who otherwise are unable to progress at the community college are given priority admissions consideration. Students who transfer to Western without the above-listed degree must satisfy Western's General University Requirements, or GUR. Below is a list of courses that fulfill Western's GUR. Students should select courses that fulfill both GUR and lower division requirements for their intended major whenever possible. The GUR worksheet can be a helpful tool in determining your progress toward fulfilling Western's GUR.

Note: All transfer courses should be completed on a lettered or numeric grading scale, not pass/fail. Writing 101 must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

South Puget Sound College courses that will fulfill Western GUR:

Communication - Two (2) courses

Complete both A and B below:

Writing 101
One course from the following:
- Writing 102
- Foreign Language 103
- Speech 100, 101

Humanities* - Three (3) courses; 12 credits minimum

Coursework must be distributed among at least two departments.

Art 101, 111, 112, 113, 210
History 101, 102, 103, 110, 111, 112, 125, 150
German 201, 202
Humanities 111-114, 116, 117, 140, 180, 240
Literature 180-183, 210, 220, 221, 240
Music 101, 115
Philosophy 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213, 220
Spanish 201, 202, 203
Theatre 101

Social Sciences* - Three (3) courses; 12 credits minimum

Coursework must be distributed among at least two departments.

Anthropology 101, 103, 104, 105
Business 171
Economics 101, 102, 104
Geography 110
Media Communication 100
Physical Education 180
Political Science 101, 200, 205
Psychology 101, 206, 220
Sociology 101, 145, 255, 260

Comparative, Gender and Multicultural Studies* - Two (2) courses

Complete two courses, one from Block A and one from Block B.

One course from the following:
- Anthropology 270
- Art 114
- History 135, 203, 204, 279
- Humanities 240
- International/Intercultural Studies 125, 129, 130, 131, 145
- Japanese 201
- Literature 240
- Philosophy 104
One course from the following:
- Anthropology 210, 220, 230, 240, 250
- Art 210, 230
- History 140, 145
- Humanities 121
- Literature 201, 211
- Music 113, 213
- Sociology 205, 235

*Four-Course Maximum: A maximum of four courses from any one department may be applied to the combination of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Comparative, Gender & Multicultural sections of the GUR. (Art and Art History are considered one department as are all foreign languages.)

Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning - 1-2 courses

Complete one of the following options:

Math 108; or 120; or 121; or 122; or 123; or 156; or 157
Computer Information System (CIS) 168
Philosophy 120 & one of the following courses: Math 107; or 108
Successful completion of WWU Math 107 & SPSCC's Philosophy 120
Successful completion of WWU Math 112 & one of the following SPSCC courses: Math 107; or 108; or Philosophy 120

Science - Three (3) Courses

The science requirement may be satisfied by choosing from one of the two following options: Complete a three-quarter sequence in one field from Option I below OR complete three courses in distribution from Option II below.

Complete one of the three quarter sequences from the following area:
- Biology 111, 112, 113
- Chemistry 140, 150, 160
- Physics 114, 115, 116 OR Physics w/ Calculus 201, 202, 203
Complete both A and B below.
1. One course from two of the four following areas:
  - Biology 105, 111
  - Chemistry 100, 101, 140
  - Geology 101
  - Physics 114, 201
2. Complete one additional course from a third area in Section A (above) or from the following list:
  - Anthropology 102, 205
  - Astronomy 105
  - Biology 110, 112, 125, 170, 211
  - Botany 101, 210
  - Chemistry 102, 150
  - Earth 105
  - Environmental Science 110
  - Geography 210
  - Oceanography 101
  - Physics 115, 202

Note: Science majors are cautioned to take the science sequence designed specifically for science majors.

Transferable Course List (For DTA Applicants)

DTA Associate Degree:

Associate of Arts, earned at South Puget Sound Community College after 1983.

As an alternative to completing General University Requirements (GUR) at Western, students may complete the above-listed community college DTA degree. Completing the DTA is generally the most efficient route for community college transfer students. To substitute fully for Western's GUR, the DTA degree must include 90 credits, 75 of which must be on the following list of transferable courses. Students should select courses that fulfill both DTA degree requirements and lower division requirements for their intended major whenever possible. Community college applicants who transfer directly to Western with an associate degree or who otherwise are unable to progress at the community college are given priority admissions consideration.

Note: All transfer courses should be completed on a lettered or numeric grading scale, not pass/fail. Writing 101 must be completed with a grade of C- or better.

All transferable courses based on the South Puget Sound Community College catalog:

Accounting (ACCT) - All courses 201-203
American Sign Language (ASL) 101-203
Anthropology (ANTH) - All courses 101-280
Art (ART) - All courses 101-260
Astronomy (ASTR) - 105
Biology (BIOL) - All courses 105-211
Botany (BOT) - 101, 102, 210
Business (BUS) - 101, 171, 172
Chemistry (CHEM) - All courses 100-160
Chinese (CHIN) - 101-103
Computer Information Systems (CIS) - 160-168, 264
Computer Science (CS) 142, 143
Earth (EARTH) 105
Education: (max 15 credits between ECE and EDUC)
- Early Childhood Education (ECE) - All courses 102-280
- Education (EDUC) - 101, 120, 215, 225, 230
Economics (ECON) - 101, 102, 104, 222
Engineering (ENGR) - 105, 201-204
Environmental Science (ENVR) - 110
French (FREN) - 101-103
Geography (GEOG) - 110, 210
Geology (GEOL) - 101
German (GERM) - 101-103, 201-203
History (HIST) - All courses 101-279
Humanities (HUM) - All courses 111-240
International/Intercultural Studies (IIS) 125, 129, 130, 131, 145, 231
Japanese (JAPN) - 101, 102, 103, 201
Literature (LIT) - 180-241
Mathematics (MATH) - All courses 107-238
Media Communication (MCOM) - 100-102
Music (MUSC) - All courses 100-213
Oceanography (OCEAN) - 101
Philosophy (PHIL) - All courses 101-220
Physical Education (PE) - 101-281
Physics (PHYS) - All courses 114-203
Political Science (POL) - 101, 200, 205
Psychology (PSYC) - All courses 101-275
Sociology (SOC) - 101-265
Spanish (SPAN) - 101-251
Speech (SPCH) - 100-115
Theatre (THEA) - 101-298
Writing (WRIT) - 101-222

Science Equivalents

Biology
WWU Biology	204	205	206
South Puget Sound Equivalent*	111 +	112 + 113 +	---
*completed sequence required for WWU credit to be granted

Chemistry
WWU Chemistry	121	122	123
South Puget Sound Equivalent	140	150	160

Physics
WWU Physics	114	115	116	121	122	123
South Puget Sound Equivalent	114	115	116	201	202	203

Geology
WWU Geology	101
South Puget Sound Equivalent	101

Business and Economics Equivalents

Business Prerequisites
South Puget Sound Equivalent	Course at WWU
Acct 201 + 202	Acct 240
Acct 203	Acct 245
Econ 102, 101	Econ 206, 207
Math 108	DSCI 205
BUS 171 or 172	Mgmt 271
Math 123 or 157	Math 157

Note to Former Western Students

Students who left in good standing and who have been gone less than a calendar year receive Admissions priority. Former students may use the DTA Associate Degree for Western GUR completion only if they have fewer than 45 Western credits completed (or less than one calendar year in attendance at Western).