Natural Sciences
Exam Equivalencies - 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
50
Natural Science/Scientific Inquiry Credit
CLEP Exam Equivalencies
Freshman Exams
6
Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
50
Natural Science/Scientific Inquiry Credit
CLEP Exam Equivalencies
Freshman Exams
6
Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
50
Humanities/Human Expression Credit
CLEP Exam Equivalencies
Freshman Exams
3
Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
50
CLEP Exam Equivalencies
Freshman Exams
Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.
Students may satisfy this requirement in one of three ways:
Below are the approved list of courses that may be applied toward the Mathematics Competency University Requirement as outlined above:
Transfer courses designated as MA 1001 will also count toward the Mathematics Competency University Requirement.
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
| View the current NMU Catalog.
To satisfy Northern Michigan University’s Written English Competency Requirement, students must complete two separate, but related, tasks:
Students should satisfy this requirement during their first or second semester in college. Students can satisfy this requirement in one of three ways:
Note: If a student has already satisfied Intermediate Composition requirement, this also serves to meet the First Year Composition requirement.
Students should satisfy this requirement soon after completing the First-Year Composition requirement. Students can satisfy this requirement in one of three ways:
Below are the approved list of courses that may be applied toward the Written English Competency University Requirement as outlined above:
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
| View the current NMU Catalog.
Each baccalaureate student must take at least one course of three credits or more designated to meet the world cultures requirement. These courses deal primarily with living cultures of Asia, Africa and the non-Anglo-Saxon Americas. They may include such topics as literary, artistic and other cultural achievements; religious and ethical values; social, economic and political systems; or intellectual and historical trends. At least two-thirds of the content of each course concentrates on patterns of thought and action that account for the distinctive ethos of the world culture(s) being studied. Transfer students seeking approval of a substitute course to meet this requirement should contact the Registrar's Office and provide a course syllabus for the course they wish reviewed. Students completing the world cultures requirement should be able to:
Below are the approved list of courses that may be applied toward the World Cultures University Requirement as outlined above:
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
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Each baccalaureate student must take at least one course of three credits or more designated to meet the Laboratory Science University Requirement. These courses must meet the following requirements:
The course must have been approved for inclusion in the General Education program.
The course must have a designated laboratory as approved by the Committee on Undergraduate Programs (CUP).
At least two-thirds of the content must focus on a natural science discipline or combination of disciplines.
The natural science disciplines are astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, meteorology, oceanography, and physics. Courses which do not originate in a department which is home to these disciplines must have the approval of the appropriate department(s) that the two-thirds of content requirement is met.
Below are the approved list of courses that may be applied toward the Laboratory Science University Requirement as outlined above:
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
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Students select two courses from this component. Students who complete the Scientific Inquiry component will demonstrate use of scientific processes to investigate and report knowledge about natural or social phenomena.
Notes:
Students must achieve a grade point average of "C" (2.0) or better across all ten courses to count toward the General Education Program requirements. Courses in the program may be used in the student’s major or minor programs.
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
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Students select two courses from this component. Students who complete the Perspectives on Society component will demonstrate synthesis and analysis of major social structures and processes or events.
Notes:
General psychology transfer courses (PY 100G or PY 1001) will also count toward the Perspectives in Society component.
GR 310 and SN 314 are taught in English. SN 310 is taught in Spanish.
HON 101 and HON 201 are open to honors program students only.
Students must achieve a grade point average of "C" (2.0) or better across all ten courses to count toward the General Education Program requirements. Courses in the program may be used in the student’s major or minor programs.
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
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Students select one course from this component. Students who complete the Human Expression component will demonstrate analysis and evaluation of artistic, literary or rhetorical expression.
Notes:
Students must achieve a grade point average of "C" (2.0) or better across all ten courses to count toward the General Education Program requirements. Courses in the program may be used in the student’s major or minor programs.
Bulletin Year:
2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin
| View the current NMU Catalog.