Lansing Community College

Revised: 03/02/2026
Reviewed: 03/02/2026

For more information, see the Transfer Degrees (MTA) tab or Applied Degrees tab of Lansing Community College (LCC) General Education. 
 
All students must fulfill LCC General Education requirements in order to be awarded an associate degree. The ways in which students can satisfy these requirements are presented below. Because these requirements may be revised each academic year, students should consult an Academic Advisor to stay informed of current options for satisfying General Education requirements. Students should also be aware that not all courses that satisfy General Education – Applied Degrees requirements transfer to all colleges. Students planning to transfer should see an Academic Advisor before enrolling in any course.

For degrees requiring General Education – Applied Degrees, students can satisfy the requirements in any of the following ways:

  1. Achieve grades of 2.0 or higher in approved General Education – Applied Degrees courses. (See the General Education webpage for the full list of options.)
  2. Achieve a grade of 2.0 or higher on a comprehensive examination, where appropriate and available, for an approved course in a General Education area. Upon successfully completing the exam, the student receives transfer credit for the course. (A comprehensive exam is an exam for which the student completes an application, pays the $150 processing fee, and may receive transfer credit on their LCC transcript. See Credit by Examination procedure.)
  3. Present evidence of completed Michigan Transfer Agreement from an accredited Michigan college or university.
  4. Present evidence of an earned associate degree or higher degree from an accredited college or university.
  5. If no degree has been earned, transfer in comparable course credit for an approved course from an accredited institution. General credit does not apply unless use of the general credit is approved by the Provost or designee.
  6. Establish appropriate course credit through the Advanced Placement Examination (AP), Cambridge International, College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST), International Baccalaureate (IB), and/or others as recognized by LCC.
  7. Establish credit for an approved course through the Experiential Learning Process. (See Credit for Experiential Learning.)

For degrees requiring the Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA), students can satisfy the requirements in any of the following ways:

  1. Achieve grades of 2.0 or higher in approved MTA courses. (See the General Education webpage, specifically the MTA tab, for a full list of courses.)
  2. Achieve a grade of 2.0 or higher on a comprehensive examination, where appropriate and available, for an approved course in an MTA area. Upon successfully completing the exam, the student receives transfer credit for the course. (A comprehensive exam is an exam for which the student completes an application, pays the $150 processing fee, and may receive transfer credit on their LCC transcript. (See Credit by Examination procedure.)
  3. Present evidence of completed Michigan Transfer Agreement from an accredited Michigan college or university.
  4. Present evidence of an earned bachelor’s degree or higher degree from an accredited college or university.
  5. If no degree has been earned, transfer in comparable course credit for an approved course from an accredited institution. General credit does not apply unless approved by the Provost or designee.
  6. Establish appropriate course credit through the Advanced Placement Examination (AP), Cambridge International, College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST), International Baccalaureate (IB), credit by examination, or credit for experiential learning. Non-AP areas of prior learning – for example, Cambridge International, College Level Examination Program (CLEP), DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST), International Baccalaureate (IB), credit by examination, and credit for experiential learning – may satisfy LCC General Education requirements but are not applicable to the MTA at this time.

The following do NOT satisfy General Education requirements:

  • LCC placement test scores,
  • A waiver of any course that is also a General Education course,
  • Completion of higher-level courses that are not approved General Education courses.