College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Program Description

The Associate of Arts, AA at JCCC is a general transfer degree and partners well with the first two years of most bachelor degree programs. Students pursuing the AA may select courses that satisfy both the AA degree requirements and lower division requirements for a bachelor’s degree at four-year institutions. The elective hours within the AA allow students to complete additional general education and lower division courses required for specific majors. The AA degree requires completion of 60 credit hours. Meeting with a JCCC counselor is strongly recommended for selection of appropriate courses.

WSU Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

The Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees are conferred by Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Each baccalaureate degree requires the completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours, the attainment of an overall grade point average of 2.000 including transfer work, a grade point average of 2.000 in the major and minor fields of study, and a 2.000 WSU grade point average. Some majors may require a higher GPA.

Bachelor of Arts degrees are offered in anthropology, applied linguistics, biological sciences, chemistry, communication, creative writing, economics, English, geology, history, mathematics, modern and classical languages and literatures (French and Spanish), philosophy, physics, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women’s, ethnicity, and intersectional studies . Concentrations in communication sciences and disorders, ethnic studies, geography, German and religion may be designed with the Bachelor of Arts or the Bachelor of General Studies degrees.

The Bachelor of Science is available in biological sciences, chemistry, criminal justice, forensic sciences, homeland security, geology, mathematics and physics.

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences requires their graduates to complete courses that fulfill the following competencies. General Education, major and elective courses may be used to complete the competencies. Courses that meet an LAS competency are identified with ^.

1. Written Communication

2. Textual Analysis

3. Oral Communication

4. Civic Responsibility

5. Cultural Literacy

6. World Language: Only required for Bachelor of Arts degrees and the Bachelor of Science degrees in Criminal Justice and Homeland Security.

7. Quantitative Literacy

8. Scientific Reasoning

9. Technological Literacy 

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. 

WSU General Education Requirement:

• Students transferring to WSU, that complete the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS) degree from JCCC will be considered to have satisfied WSU’s core general education curriculum.

• Students who transfer to WSU, without completing the General Education requirements required for the Associate of Arts (AA), Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) or Associate of Science (AS)  degree will have courses evaluated on a course-by-course basis toward meeting WSU requirements. To learn more about courses that satisfy WSU Core Requirements and WSU Transfer Equivalency Tool.

• WSU Core General Education Guide

• WSU requires Specific General Education Requirements by College.

WSU Transfer Students Should Remember:

• WSU Transfer Policy – Credit Acceptance: It is the policy of Wichita State University (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. To be eligible for graduation from Wichita State University, students transferring from a two-year college must complete at least 60 credit hours of four-year college work and 45 credit hours of upper-division coursework.

• Dual Advising: WSU strongly suggests that potential transfer students involve their WSU advisor in program planning.

• 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.