Articulation Agreements

Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University 4+1 Master’s Programs

Earn your Bachelors Degree from Kalamazoo College and your Master’s Degree from Western Michigan University in five years. Apply 6 to 12 undergraduate credits-by-examination and transfer credits from Kalamazoo College toward one of the following programs:

Applied Economics

As stated in this Cooperative Agreement between Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College students may be able to transfer a maximum of six undergraduate credits between Kalamazoo College and WMU for application toward a WMU master’s degree.

Additionally, Kalamazoo College students may take Economics 5040 (Mathematics for Economists) at WMU as guest students during the fall of their senior year. Kalamazoo College students who take Economics 5040 during their senior year, and received a grade of B or higher, will receive three credits as “credit by examination” toward the M.A. at WMU.

Course Transfer

Up to six credit hours may be transferred to Western Michigan University from Kalamazoo College with the successful completion of any combination of the following courses with a grade of B or better:

Economics 360–Econometrics
Economics 405–International Trade
Economics 410–Open Economy Macroeconomics
Economics 415–Public Sector Economics
Economics 593–Senior Individualized Project

Comparative Religion

Students majoring in religion at Kalamazoo College will be able to transfer up to 12 credit hours of work towards their master’s degree in comparative religion at Western Michigan University.

Course Transfer

Up to six credit hours may be transferred directly for credit from Kalamazoo College to WMU upon the successful completion of at least two of the following Kalamazoo College courses with a grade of B or better:

RELG 200–Religion and Science
RELG 201/ARTX 205/SEMN 205–Religious Art and Material Culture
RELG 202/SEMN 230–Same Sex, Gender, and Religion
RELG 204–Feminist Studies in Religion
RELG 210–Sex and the Bible
RELG 211/CLAS 255–Religion From Alexander to Constantine
RELG 212–Contemporary Biblical Studies
RELG/SEMN 213–Christianity & the Family
RELG/HIST 218–American Jewish Experience
RELG 220–Catholicism in the Americas
RELG 221–Black Religious Experiences in the Americas
RELG 250–Buddhism in East Asia
RELG 251–Buddhas and Buddhist Philosophies
RELG 260/CLAS 261–Judaism in Antiquity
RELG/HIST 263–Jews in a Changing Europe, 1750-1880
RELG/HIST 264–Jewish Revolutions: 1881-1967
RELG/HIST 265–Zionism: From Idea to State
RELG/HIST 267–Women and Judaism
RELG/HIST/SEMN 268–Jews on Film
RELG 270–Islam in the Modern World
RELG/AFST/HIST 274–Islam in Africa
RELG/HIST 275/SEMN 274–African Christianity
RELG 295–Religion & Sexuality in the US
RELG 295–Race, Religion, and Migration in the US
RELG 295–Love in a Dead Language
RELG 295–Race and Islam in America

To receive up to six credits at WMU as REL 5000 equivalents, students from Kalamazoo College will be required to submit their final writing projects from any of the following Kalamazoo College courses for evaluation by the WMU Department of Comparative Religion faculty. The work will be graded “credit” or “no credit.” “Credit” will be posted on the transcript as “Credit earned by examination” without letter grade or honor points. Examination fees are assessed on a credit hour basis and are the same for all students.

RELG 390–Junior Seminar in Religion
RELG 490–Senior Seminar in Religion
RELG 593–Senior Individualized Project

Political Science

As stated in the Cooperative Agreement between Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo College students may be able to transfer a maximum of six undergraduate credits (non-entry level) between KC and WMU for application toward a WMU master’s degree in political science. Additionally, Kalamazoo College students may also be able to obtain from WMU a maximum of three graduate credits by examination based on advanced level coursework at KC. Combined, students may acquire a maximum of nine credits that can be applied toward a master’s degree in political science from WMU.

Course Transfer

Up to six credit hours may be transferred to WMU from Kalamazoo College with the successful completion of any combination of the following courses with a grade of B or better:

POLS 305–International Law and Organization
POLS 310–Women, States, and NGOs
POLS 315–Public Opinion: Race, Class and Gender
POLS 320–Democracy and Democratic Theory
POLS 330–The Politics of the Holocaust
POLS 360–Domination, Liberation, and Justice: Contemporary Political Thought
POLS 375–International Political Economy
POLS 380–Drugs, Democracy, and Human Rights
POLS/SEMN 406–Male Violence Against Women
POLS/SEMN 410–From Social Movements to Non-Profits
POLS 490–Contemporary Behavior, Theory and Methodology

To receive up to three credits hours at WMU as graduate level equivalents, students from Kalamazoo College will be required to submit their final writing projects for POLS 593. WMU Department of Political Science faculty will determine the basis for evaluation and the awarding of the credit.