To graduate from an engineering program, a candidate must attain 2.0 GPA in each of
the following categories:
All college and university work attempted (cumulative GPA)
All work attempted at WSU (WSU GPA)
All work in the student's major at WSU including Engineering+ requirements.
Most engineering courses have prerequisites and/or co-requisites; the prerequisite
course must have been completed before the course requiring it can be taken, and the
co-requisite must be completed prior to or taken concurrently with the required course
sequence.
Specific engineering courses for each major will be provided during student advising.
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.
WSU transfer students should remember
Dual Advising
WSU strongly suggests that potential transfer students involve their WSU advisor in
program planning. Sign up for dual advising here: wichita.edu/dualadvising.
WSU Admission Requirements
If you are a transfer student with 24 credit hours or more, you must:
Have a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale) on all previous college work.
If you are a transfer student under age 21, with fewer than 24 credit hours, you must:
Have a minimum 2.00 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale on all previous college work and
meet the freshman requirements.
Some academic colleges at WSU have an additional higher transfer GPA requirement for
admission. Visit wichita.edu/requirements.
WSU Transfer Credit Acceptance
It is the policy of WSU to accept all credits – with the exception of remedial coursework
– earned at a post-secondary institution accredited by one of the U.S. regional accrediting
agencies. Each academic college or department within WSU determines how those credits
apply toward a particular degree program. Sometimes there can be a significant difference
between what transfers and what counts toward a degree, especially if the courses
are vocational in nature.
Graduation Requirements
To qualify for graduation with a WSU bachelor's degree, transfer students must meet
certain requirements such as course credit hours, levels, GPA, and residency. Transfer
students should visit the following page to familiarize themselves with all requirements:
catalog.wichita.edu/undergraduate/academic-information/graduation/.
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
Barton CC courses approved for general education credit by the WSU College of Engineering
are shown below.
English Discipline Area — Bucket 1:
ENGL 1204 English Composition I
ENGL 1206 English Composition II
Communications Discipline Area — Bucket 2:
COMM 1200 Interpersonal Comm
COMM 1230 Public Speaking
Mathematics & Statistics Discipline Area — Bucket 3:
MATH 1823 Contemporary Math
MATH 1828 College Algebra
MATH 1830 Trigonometry
MATH 1831 Business Calculus
MATH 1832 Analytic Geom/Calc I
QMAT 1828 Contemporary Math
STAT 1828 Elements of Statistics
Natural & Physical Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 4:
CHEM 1802 Fund of Gen Chem (L)
CHEM 1804 Elem Organic Chem (L)
CHEM 1806 College Chem I (L)
CHEM 1808 College Chem II (L)
CHEM 1814 Organic Chem I (L)
LIFE 1402 Principles of Biology (L)
LIFE 1406 Principles of Botany (L) and LIFE 1410 Princ of Zoology (L)
LIFE 1407 Anatomy & Physiology I and LIFE 1409 Anat & Phys II (L)
LIFE 1408 Anatomy & Phys (L)
LIFE 1412 Princ of Microbiology (L)
LIFE 1413 Environmental Science
LIFE 1414 Environm Science (L)
PHSC 1400 Physical Science (L)
PHSC 1408 Astronomy (5 hours) (L)
PHYS 1600 Physics I (L)
PHYS 1602 Physics II (L)
PHYS 1604 Engr Physics I (L)
PHYS 1606 Engr Physics II (L)
Social & Behavioral Sciences Discipline Area — Bucket 5:
ANTH 1816 Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 1823 Linguistic Anthrop
CHLD 1505 Childhood Grwth & Dev
CRIM 1600 Intro to Criminal Justice
CRIM 1614 Criminal Law
CRIM 1659 CJ Intrvw/Rprt Wrtng
ECON 1610 Princ Macroeconomics
ECON 1612 Princ Microeconomics
GEOG 1819 World & Regional Geog
GEOG 1823 North American Geog
PHSC 1404 Physical Geography
PHSC 1405 Physical Geog Lab
POLS 1800 Government of US
POLS 1801 Intro to Political Science
POLS 1804 International Relations
POLS 1828 State & Local Gov
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
PSYC 1014 Developmental Psych
PSYC 1016 Social Psychology
SOCI 1100 Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 1102 Marriage & Family
SOCI 1104 Contemp Social Prblms
SOCI 1106 Intro to Social Work
SOCI 1129 Cross Cultur Awareness
SOCI 1138 Women in Society
Arts & Humanities Discipline Area — Bucket 6:
ARTS 1200 Art Appreciation
ARTS 1201 Art History Survey I
ARTS 1203 Art History Survey II
ARTS 1222 Ceramics I
ARTS 1224 Ceramics II
ARTS 1225 Ceramics: Potters Wheel
ARTS 1237 Elementary School Art
BUSI 1607 Business Ethics
COMM 1210 Oral Interpretation
COMM 1217 Nonverbal Comm
COMM 1315 Intro to Film
COMM 1700 Intro to Mass Media
ENGL 1216 Creative Writing
HIST 1400 American History to 1877
HIST 1402 Amer Hist 1877-Pres
HIST 1406 History of Kansas
HIST 1408 Western Civ to 1500
HIST 1409 History and Philosophy of Western Culture to 1500
HIST 1410 Western Civ 1500-Pres
HIST 1411 History and Philosophy of Western Culture 1500 to Present
HIST 1450 World History to 1500
HIST 1452 World Hist 1500-Pres
JOUR 1700 Intro to Mass Media
LANG 1908 Elementary Spanish I
LANG 1910 Elementary Spanish II
LANG 1914 Elementary French I
LANG 1916 Elementary French II
LITR 1210 Intro to Literature
LITR 1212 The Short Story
LITR 1215 World Literature
LITR 1216 American Literature I
LITR 1228 Introduction to Drama
MUSI 1002 Introduction to Music
MUSI 1029 Music Elem Classroom
PHIL 1602 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 1604 Systematic Ethics
PHIL 1605 Reason & Argument
RELI 1301 New Testm Lit: Gospels
RELI 1305 Hebrew Bible/Old Testm
RELI 1311 World Religions
THEA 1300 Intro to the Theatre
THEA 1302 Acting I
THEA 1315 Introduction to Film
Institutionally Designated Area — Bucket 7:
BSTC 1001 Intro Computer (L)
BSTC 1036 Computer Conc/App (L)
CHEM 1821 Fund of Biochemistry
MATH 1834 Analytic Geom/Calc II
MATH 1836 Analytic Geom/Calc III
PHSC 1402 Introduction to Geology
PHSC 1406 Intro to Meteorology
PHSC 1408 Astronomy (3 hours)
PRGM 1007 Found Computer Sci
Program-Specific Requirements
Engineering Majors
Aerospace Engineering (AE)
Cybersecurity (CB)
Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Computer Engineering (CE)
Computer Science (CS)
Electrical Engineering (EE)
Industrial Engineering (IE)
Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering (PDME)
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Applied Engineering (APEN)
Applied Engineering Concentrations:
Engineering Management (EM)
Process Automation (PA)
Sustainable and Environmental Engineering (SE)
MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL SCIENCES Required for all College of Engineering majors.
CHEM 1806 College Chem I (L)* (except APEN-PA concentration, CB, CE, CS)
MATH 1832 Analytic Geom/Calc I (except CB)
MATH 1834 Analytic Geom/Calc II (except CB)
MATH 1836 Analytic Geom/Calc III (only AE, EE, ME)
PHYS 1604 Engineering Physics I (L) (except CB)
PHYS 1606 Engineering Phys II (L)* (except APEN-SE concentration, CB)
ACCT 1614 Accounting I and ACCT 1616 Accounting II (EM only)
ECON 1610 Princ Macroeconomics
LIFE 1413 Environmental Science
LIFE 1414 Environm Science (L)
Biomedical Engineering - BME
LIFE 1402 Princ of Biology (L)
LIFE 1407 Anatomy & Physiology I and LIFE 1409 Anat & Phys II (L)
CHEM 1808 College Chem II (L)
CHEM 1821 Fund of Biochemistry
Computer Engineering - CE
Major courses at WSU
Computer Science - CS
PHIL 1605 Reason & Argument
Cybersecurity - CB
ECON 1610 Princ Macroeconomics
MATH 1830 Trigonometry
NTWK 1054 Comp Forensics/Invest
NTWK 1073 Intro to Cyber Security
PHIL 1605 Reason & Argument
PHYS 1600 Physics I (L)
PSYC 1000 General Psychology
PSYC 1016 Social Psychology
Electrical Engineering - EE
Major courses at WSU
Industrial Engineering - IE
Major courses at WSU
Mechanical Engineering - ME
Major courses at WSU
Product Design & Manufacturing Engineering - PDME
Major courses at WSU
Courses that Fulfill General Education & Program Requirements
Certain general education courses are also used as program requirements in the WSU
College of Engineering. 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.