University of Wisconsin
- La Crosse
and
Viterbo University
General Education Equivalency Table
July, 2015
UW - LA CROSSE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
WITH COURSE EQUIVALENTS FOR
VITERBO 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 credits can be from any combination of categories.
GE5 =SCIENCE
(Minimum of 4 credits required;
1 course must have lab component)
GE1 =LITERACY
(6 credits required)
ENGL 103 Composition and the Elements of Argument (3) OR
ENGL 105 Accelerated Composition (3)
COMM 150 Fundamentals of Speech (2)
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 (3)
College Algebra (3) & 113 Trigonometry (3)
Mathematics: A Way of Thinking (3)
Elements of Stats (4)
Calculus I (4)
Calculus II (4)
Managerial Mathematics (3)
LIST 2
CISS 102
Integrated Software Applications (3)
FREN 102 Beginning French (3)
GERM 102 Introduction to German (3)
ITAL 102 Introduction to Italian (3)
MATH 260 Introduction to Abstract Mathematics (4)
PHIL 320 Logic (3)
SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish (4)
SPAN 250 Intermediate Spanish or 251 (3)
MATH 112
MATH 112
MATH 155
MATH 230
MATH 220
MATH 221
MATH 270
GE3 =MINORITY CULTURES/
MULTIRACIAL WOMEN STUDIES
(Minimum of 3 credits required)
ENGL 228
ENGL 347
SOCL 310
SOCL 320
THTR 200
WMST 100
Multi-Cultural American Literature (3)
Women Writers after 1700 (3)
Sociology of Gender (3)
Racial and Ethnic Groups (3)
Women in Theatre (3)
Introduction to Women’s Studies (3)
GE4 =WORLD HISTORY/GLOBAL STUDIES
(Minimum 6 credits required;
minimum of 3 credits must be taken from list 1)
LIST 1
World History to 1500 (3)
World History Since 1500 (3)
LIST 2
ECON 101 Macroeconomics (3)
HIST 101 Western Civilization to 1600 (3)
HIST 102 Western Civilization since 1600 (3)
HIST 220 Vienna in the History of Europe or HIST 221 (3)
HIST 308 The Vietnam War (3)
HIST 105
HIST 106
BIOL 100 Perspectives in Biology (4)
BIOL 160 General Biology I (3)
CHEM 101 Chemistry and Society (4)
CHEM 106 Chemistry for Health Sciences (4) or
CHEM 120 General Chemistry I (5)
ENVS 101 Environmental Science (4)
ESCI 103 Earth Science (4)
PHYS 102 Physical Science (4)
PHYS 250 General Physics I (4)
GE6 =SELF & SOCIETY
(Minimum of 3 credits required)
ECON 102
HIST 101
HIST 102
PSYC 100
PSYC 171
SOCL 125
SOCL 330
Microeconomics (3)
Western Civilization to 1600 (3)
Western Civilization Since 1600 (3)
Effective Behavior (3)
General Psychology (4)
Introduction to Sociology (3)
Cultural Anthropology (3)
GE7 =HUMANISTIC STUDIES
(Minimum of 3 credits required, one course must be
literature course from list 1)
ENGL 104
ENGL 204
ENGL 208
ENGL 220
ENGL 221
ENGL 231
ENGL 232
ENGL 309
ENGL 341
ENGL 370
PHIL 101
PHIL 316
PSYC 247
LIST 1
Composition & Literature (3)
Environmental Literature (3)
The Short Story (3)
Survey of American Literature I (3)
Survey of American Literature II (3)
Survey of British Literature I (3)
Survey of British Literature II (3)
Non-Western Literature (3)
Greek and Roman Literature (3)
18th Century Literature (3)
LIST 2
Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Philosophy in Literature (3)
World of Ideas (3)
GE8 =ARTS
(Minimum of 4 credits required)
ARTS 105
DANC 100
DANC 110
MUSC 109
THTR 100
THTR 101
Introduction to Art (2)
Dance Appreciation (2)
Fundamentals of Dance (2)
Music Appreciation (2)
Theater Appreciation (2)
Introduction to Theatre (2)
Academic Advising
While we strongly recommend that students work with Viterbo University advisors in scheduling their courses and
planning a transfer, Viterbo 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 Viterbo 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