Transfer Information

MACRAO Transfer Agreement

Effective Fall Semester 2009

The MACRAO Transfer Agreement is designed to facilitate transfer from community colleges to baccalaureate colleges and universities.  It provides for transferability of up to 30 semester credits to meet many (in some cases all) of the General Education Requirements at participating Michigan four year colleges and universities.  Students may complete the MACRAO Transfer Agreement as part of an associate degree or as a stand-alone package.  Completion of the MACRAO Transfer Agreement does not necessarily mean that a student has completed the requirement for a specific Lansing Community College associate degree.   At least 10 semester credits used to complete the MACRAO Transfer Agreement must be earned in attendance at Lansing Community College. 

The basic two-year requirements are:

When the coursework and residency requirements for meeting the MACRAO Transfer Agreement have been completed, it is the student's responsibility to request that the statement 'MACRAO Agreement Satisfied' be posted on their LCC transcript by filing a MACRAO-CORE AUDIT request in the Counseling & Advising Center.

Effective Fall 2009, the following establishes the approved list of LCC courses under the four major distribution requirements for the MACRAO Transfer Agreement. A course can be used to satisfy only one category even though it may appear in more than one category. Only courses in which at least a 2.0 is received may be applied to this agreement.

A course that is transferred to LCC from another college or university and is not equivalent to a specific LCC course may be used to satisfy MACRAO if it is a general education course, fits into one of the MACRAO areas, and meets LCC's MACRAO Guidelines.  To have such a course considered for MACRAO, a student must obtain documentation about the course from the school where it was completed, and submit the documentation to the Enrollment Services Office. 

1. English Composition (minimum of  6 semester credit hours)
   Select one (1) course from each group:

   1. WRIT 121 or WRIT 131

   2. WRIT 122 or ENGL 122 or WRIT 132 or ENGL 132

   A student with waiver of WRIT 121 indicated on the transcript must elect a second course from the 200-level offerings in WRIT or ENGL. Waiver of WRIT 121 should be printed on the student's transcript.
   
   NOTE: Areas below contain 2, 3, 4 and 5 semester credit hours, which may necessitate taking more than two courses to reach the 8 semester credit hour minimum.
   

2. Science and Mathematics (minimum of 8 semester credit hours)
   Choose courses in at least two (2) subject areas, with a minimum of one laboratory science course. Underlined courses indicate a laboratory course.

   Biological Science: BIOL 120, 121, 127, 128, 145, 201, 202, 203 and 204, 210, 229,  260, 265; ISCI 122; PFHW 123

   Physical Science: ASTR 201; CHEM 120, 125, 135, 151 and 161; GEOG 121; GEOL 221, 222, 230; ISCI 121, 131; METM 190; PHYS 120, 221, 251
   
   Mathematics and Statistics: MATH 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 126, 130, 141. 151, 152, 161, 162, 201, 202; STAT 170, 215

3. Social Science (minimum of 8 semester credit hours)
   Choose courses in at least two (2) subject areas.

   Economics: ECON 120, 201, 202, 213, 260

   Geography: GEOG 120, 200, 202

   Human Services: CHDV 101; CJUS 101, 102, 106, 255; GERO 100; SOWK 101

   Political Science: POLS 120, 121, 201, 260, 270

   Psychology: EDUC 204; PSYC 200, 202, 203, 205, 221, 250

   Sociology/Anthropology: ANTH 270; SOCL 120, 254, 255, 260

4. Humanities (minimum of 8 semester credit hours)
   Take one (1) of the following combinations:

   • HIST 211 & 212 or 214; HUMS 211 & 212; HUMS 213 & 214;
     ENGL 211 & 212; PHIL 211 & 212; RELG 211 & 212

   OR

   Take courses in at least two (2) of the following areas:

   Art History: HUMS 120, 211, 212
   
   Foreign Language: CHIN 121,122, FREN 121, 122, 201, 202; GRMN 121, 122, 201, 202; JAPN 121, 122, 201; SPAN 121, 122, 201, 202

   History: ECON 213; HIST 150, 211, 212, 214, 220, 230, 240, 260

   Humanities: HIST 240, 250; HUMS 125, 140, 160, 213, 214, 215

   Literature: ENGL 201, 202, 203, 208, 211, 212, 255, 256, 260, 266, 267, 270, 290

   Performing Arts: MUSC 199, 240, 241; THEA 110, 210

   Philosophy: PHIL 151, 152, 153, 211, 212

   Religion: RELG 211, 212, 241, 242, 250

   NOTES

   1. Not all Michigan colleges and universities participate in the MACRAO Transfer Agreement; some participate fully and others participate with various limitations and/or provisions (provisos).  As one example, some transfer institutions require courses from all three subject areas under Science and Mathematics for the degree.  Students are advised to review specific transfer guides when available, and to see an advisor. 

   2. Students seeking an LCC associate degree must fulfill specific graduation requirements including the LCC General Education Core requirements. See the LCC Catalog for additional details.

   For further information and advising, contact an LCC academic advisor or counselor located in the LCC Counseling and Advising Center, Room 204, Gannon Building, or by calling  (517) 483-1904.

The following 4-year institutions are signatory to the MACRAO Transfer Agreement:  All students are strongly encouraged to contact a representative at these institutions for more detailed information before transferring.