University of Wisconsin
La Crosse
and
Winona State
University
General Education Equivalency Table
July, 2015
UW - LA CROSSE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
WITH COURSE EQUIVALENTS FOR
WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Students must earn a minimum of 48 credits of General Education (GE) courses; however, the minimum number of credits in the
following GE categories only totals 39 credits. Therefore, a student must take an additional 9 credits. These 9 credits can be from
any combination of categories.
GE1 =LITERACY
(6 credits required)
GE5 =SCIENCE
(Minimum of 4 credits required;
1 course must have lab component)
ENG 111 College Reading and Writing (4)
CMST 191 Introduction to Public Speaking (3)
Note: Students receiving less than a grade of “C” in above
coursework must repeat the course.
GE2 =MATH/LOGICAL SYSTEMS/
MODERN LANGUAGE
(Minimum 7 credits required;
minimum of 3 credits must be taken from list 1)
LIST 1
College Algebra (4)
Precalculus (4)
Applied Calculus (3)
Calculus I (4)
Fundamentals of Statistics (3)
LIST 2
FREN 102 Elementary French II (4)
FREN 201 Intermediate French I or 202 Intermediate French II (4)
GERM 102 Elementary German II (4)
GERM 201 Intermediate German I or 202 Inter. German II (4)
SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (4)
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I or 202 Inter. Spanish II (4)
CS 150
An Overview of Computer Science (3)
CS 234
Algorithms and Problem Solving I or 250 (4)
MATH 115
MATH 120
MATH 140
MATH 160
STAT 110
GE3 =MINORITY CULTURES/
MULTIRACIAL WOMEN STUDIES
(Minimum of 3 credits required)
EDUC 308
PSY 275
SOC 423
WS 148
Human Relations & Student Diversity (3)
Psychology of Women & Gender (3 or 4)
Race Relations & Minority Groups (3)
Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies (3)
GE4 =WORLD HISTORY/GLOBAL STUDIES
(Minimum of 6 credits required)
LIST 1 (choose one course)
No equivalent. Take HIS 101 (3) or HIS 102 (3) at UW-L
LIST 2 (choose one course)
BIOL 104 Environment, Society and Conservation (3)
ECON 202 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
GEOG 110 World Regional Geography (3)
GS 200
Introduction to Global Studies (3)
HIST 120 Western Civilization to 1500 (3)
HIST 121 Western Civilization 1500-1815 (3)
HIST 122 Western Civilization 1815-Present (3)
HIST 123 East Asian Civilization (3)
POLS 130 Introduction to International Relations (3)
POLS 135 Comparative Political Systems (3)
BIOL 118
BIOL 241
CHEM 108
CHEM 212
GEOS 105
GEOS 130
PHYS 201
PHYS 221
General Biology (4)
Basics of Life (4)
Introductory General Chemistry (4)
Principles of Chemistry I (4)
Astronomy with Laboratory (4)
Earth & Life through Time (4)
General Physics I (4)
University Physics I (4)
GE6 =SELF & SOCIETY
(Minimum of 3 credits required)
ECON 201
POLS 120
POLS 221
PSY 210
SOC 150
SOC 216
Principles of Microeconomics (3)
Introduction to American Politics (3)
State & Local Government (3)
General Psychology (3)
Introduction to Sociology (3)
Social Problems (3)
GE7 =HUMANISTIC STUDIES
(Minimum of 3 credits required, one course must be
literature course from list 1)
ENG 120
ENG 223
ENG 224
ENG 301
LIST 1
Introduction to Literature (3)
Classical Mythology (3)
The Bible as Literature (3)
British Literature to 1660 (3)
PHIL 120
PHIL 130
PHIL 201
LIST 2
Introductory Philosophy (3)
Moral Problems (3)
Classical Philosophy(3)
GE8 =ARTS
(Minimum of 4 credits required)
ART 109
MUS 109
THAD 111
THAD 115
Introduction to Art (3)
Introduction to Music (3)
Theatre Appreciation (3)
Dance Appreciation (3)
GE9 =HEALTH & PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
(3 credits required)
PER 199
Lifetime Fitness (2)
Academic Advising
While we strongly recommend that students work with Winona State University advisors in scheduling their courses and
planning a transfer, Winona State University students are highly encouraged to work with an academic advisor at UW-La
Crosse as well. Therefore, in addition to your current advisor at Winona State University, listed below are advisors at
UW-La Crosse who can help answer further academic advising questions.
College and undergraduate major
College of Business Administration
(accountancy, economics, finance, information systems, international business, management, marketing)
College of Liberal Studies
(psychology)
College of Liberal Studies
(art, English, French, German, music, Spanish, theatre)
Contact person
Becky Vianden
138 Wimberly Hall
608.785.8090
bvianden@uwlax.edu
Kathy Elgin
260 Morris Hall
608.785.5454
kelgin@uwlax.edu
Sandy Keller
260 Morris Hall
608.785.5454
skeller@uwlax.edu
College of Liberal Studies
(archaeology, history, political science, public administration, sociology, women's
studies, communication studies, economics, philosophy, pre-teacher education
students in: early childhood/middle childhood (ages birth - 10/11), middle childhood/early adolescence (ages 6-12/13), early adolescence/adolescence (grades 612, English, social studies, history, sociology, political science), early childhood
adolescence (birth - age 21) (music, art, Spanish, French & German), add-on
teacher certification inquiries, prospective post-baccalaureate teacher certification
inquiries)
Peter Stovall
260 Morris Hall
608.785.5454
pstovall@uwlax.edu
College of Science and Health
(biology, chemistry, clinical laboratory science, computer science, geography/
earth science, microbiology, nuclear medicine technology, occupational therapy,
physical therapy, physician assistant studies, physics, pre-professional programs,
radiation therapy, pre-early adolescence-adolescence education [science, mathematics])
Carla Burkhardt
205 Graff Main Hall
608.785.8156
cburkhardt@uwlax.edu
College of Science and Health
Guy Herling
205 Graff Main Hall
608.785.8156
gherling@uwlax.edu
(athletic training, community health education, exercise and sport science, essfitness, ess-physical education, ess-sport management, recreation management,
school health education, therapeutic recreation)
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Admissions Office
Cleary Center
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Admissions Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Email: admissions@uwlax.edu
Phone: (608) 785-8939
Fax: (608) 785-8940
TTY: (608) 785-6900
www.uwlax.edu
Online application: apply.wisconsin.edu