General Education Requirements

General Education Requirements

Candidates must have a minimum of 16 general education credits from the distribution below:

Subject Area Credits
Behavioral and Social Sciences 3
Humanities and Fine Arts 3
Natural or Physical Science 4
College-Level Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning 3
English Composition/Writing 6
Humanities/Social Science/Natural or Physical Science/or Mathematics 3
Total 22
  • Distribution of general education credits must include:
    • Must include at least one course in English Composition
    • Must include at least one additional Humanities course
  • Candidates should have a GPA of 2.5 or greater. Candidates with less than a 2.5 may be admitted, but must attend part-time for 1 academic year.

If you have any questions about your academic credits, please contact our Program Director, Dr. Kerri Augusto, at kerri_augusto@williamjames.edu.

Options for Completing General Education Requirements Prior to Admission

  • You may complete your general education requirements at any accredited institution of higher education. For a list of approved courses offered at Massachusetts community colleges, you can review the guide to transferable courses from MA Community Colleges.
  • You may complete courses online, using the preapproved, flexible and cost-effective offerings from Study.com or Sophia Learning, and ACE-credit granting institution. William James College is an ACE-credit accepting institution and will accept official transcripts from Study.com.

The following Sophia Learning, LLC courses are pre-approved and fully transferrable, provided a student earns a grade of C (75%) or higher.

Business

  • Business Communication - BUSI1025
  • Business Ethics - BUSI1020
  • Business Law - BusLaw1001
  • Financial Accounting - BUSI1010
  • Introduction to Business - BUS1001
  • Managerial Accounting - BUSI1011
  • Personal Finance - ECON1010
  • Principles of Management - BUSI1013
  • Principles of Finance - FIN1001
  • Project Management - PM1001

Career Success

  • Career Readiness - CRED1010
  • College Readiness - COLLEGE1001
  • Conflict Resolution - HUMA1041
  • Developing Effective Teams - BUS1200
  • Introduction to Career Readiness - CRED1001
  • IT Career Exploration - CS1003
  • The Essentials of Managing Conflict - ConRes1000
  • Workplace Writing I - ENG1010
  • Workplace Writing II - ENG1020

Computer Science and IT

  • Introduction to Information Technology - CS1001
  • Introduction to Java Programming - CS1101
  • Introduction to Networking - CS1015
  • Introduction to Python Programming - CS1100
  • Introduction to Relational Databases - CS1011
  • Introduction to Web Development - CS1005

English and Communication

  • English Composition I - ENG1001
  • English Composition II - ENG1002
  • Foundations of English Composition - ENG0050
  • Public Speaking - COMM1002
  • Visual Communications - COMM1005
  • Workplace Communication - COMM1010

Health

  • Introduction to Nutrition - HLTH1010
  • Public and Community Health - HLTH1030

Humanities

  • Ancient Greek Philosophers PHIL1001
  • Approaches to Studying Religions REL1001
  • Art History I HUMA1012
  • Art History II ArtHist1002
  • Critical Thinking PHIL1005
  • Introduction to Ethics PHIL1002

Language

  • French I - FREN1001
  • Spanish I - SPAN1001
  • Spanish II - SPAN1002

Math

  • Calculus I - MATH1040
  • College Algebra - MATH1001
  • Foundations of Statistics - ST0050
  • Introduction to College Mathematics - MATH1020
  • Introduction to Statistics - STAT1001
  • Precalculus - MATH1035

Science

  • Anatomy and Physiology I - SCIE1050
  • Anatomy and Physiology I Lab - SCIE1051
  • Environmental Science - ENVS1001
  • Human Biology Lab - SCIE1021
  • Introduction to Chemistry - CHEM1001
  • Introduction to Chemistry Lab - CHEM1002
  • Introduction to Nutrition - HLTH1010
  • Microbiology - SCIE1045
  • Microbiology Lab - SCIE1046

Social Sciences

  • Introduction to Psychology - PSYC1010
  • Introduction to Sociology - SOCI1010
  • Lifespan Development - HLTH1020
  • Macroeconomics - ECON1001
  • Microeconomics - ECON1002
  • U.S. Government - HIST1020
  • US History I - HIST1001
  • US History II - HIST1002

The following Study.com courses are pre-approved and fully transferrable, provided a student earns a grade of C (75%) or higher.

Behavioral and Social Sciences

  • Sociology 101: Intro to Sociology
  • Criminal Justice 101: Intro to Criminal Justice
  • Geography 101: Human and Cultural Geography
  • Criminal Justice 106: Forensic Science
  • Political Science 103: Comparative Politics
  • Criminal Justice 381: Victimology

Humanities and Fine Arts

  • Religion 101: Intro to World Religions
  • Humanities 101: Intro to the Humanities
  • Art 103: History of Western Art
  • Philosophy 102: Ethics in America
  • Humanities 201: Critical Thinking and Analysis

Natural or Physical Science

  • Biology 101L: Intro to Biology with Lab (4 credits)
  • Biology201L: Anatomy and Physiology I with Lab (4 credits)
  • Biology 202L: Anatomy and Physiology II with Lab (4 credits)
  • Chemistry 111L: Chemistry I with Lab (4 credits)
  • Chemistry 112L: Chemistry II with Lab (4 credits)

English Composition/Writing

  • English 104: College Composition I
  • English 105: College Composition II

Mathematics/Quantitative Reasoning

  • Math 101: College Algebra
  • Math 102: College Mathematics