Michigan Transfer Agreement - MTA

The Michigan Transfer Agreement (MTA) is designed to facilitate the transfer of general education requirements from community colleges to four year colleges and universities within Michigan.

Students can view a list of participating institutions or learn more about the MTA by going online at www.grcc.edu/MTA

The MTA requirements should fulfill all or the majority of the student’s lower level general education requirements dependent on the requirements of their major.

To fulfill the MTA, students must complete a total of 30 credits in English Composition and Communications, Humanities, Social Science, and Natural Science & Mathematics from the approved list below. Students must receive a grade of C or higher in each course in order to be awarded the MTA. Students may use credit earned at another institution to fulfill an MTA distribution area (below) for courses that met the general education or MTA requirements at the institution where the credits were earned.

MTA

English Composition and Communications

EN 101 - English Composition I Credit Hours: 3
Select an EN or COM course from the list below (based on your transfer requirements).
EN 102 - English Composition II Credit Hours: 3
OR
COM 131 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
OR
COM 135 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3

Humanities

Select two (2) Humanities courses from two (2) different disciplines (subjects) from the list below.

Art

AT 105 - History of Art Before 1400 Credit Hours: 3
AT 106 - History of Art Since 1400 Credit Hours: 3
AT 270 - History of Architecture Credit Hours: 3

English

EN 118 - Introduction to Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 233 - Poetry Credit Hours: 3
EN 235 - Drama Credit Hours: 3
EN 242 - Popular Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 247 - Creative Writing I Credit Hours: 3
EN 248 - Creative Writing II Credit Hours: 3
EN 251 - Multicultural American Literature for Children Credit Hours: 3
EN 252 - Shakespeare Credit Hours: 3
EN 261 - Great American Writers I Credit Hours: 3
EN 262 - Great American Writers II Credit Hours: 3
EN 270 - Multicultural Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 271 - African American Literature I Credit Hours: 3
EN 272 - African American Literature II Credit Hours: 3
EN 278 - Introduction to Women’s Literature Credit Hours: 3
EN 284 - LGBTQ Literature Credit Hours: 3

Foreign Language

Only one (1) Foreign Language course may be used as a Humanities General Education Elective.

Arabic
ARA 101 - Introductory Arabic I Credit Hours: 4
ARA 102 - Introductory Arabic II Credit Hours: 4
Chinese
CHI 101 - Introductory Chinese I Credit Hours: 4
CHI 102 - Introductory Chinese II Credit Hours: 4
French
FR 101 - Introductory French I Credit Hours: 4
FR 102 - Introductory French II Credit Hours: 4
FR 231 - Intermediate French I Credit Hours: 4
FR 232 - Intermediate French II Credit Hours: 4
German
GR 101 - Introductory German I Credit Hours: 4
GR 102 - Introductory German II Credit Hours: 4
GR 231 - Intermediate German I Credit Hours: 4
GR 232 - Intermediate German II Credit Hours: 4
Spanish
SP 101 - Introductory Spanish I Credit Hours: 4
SP 102 - Introductory Spanish II Credit Hours: 4
SP 231 - Intermediate Spanish I Credit Hours: 4
SP 232 - Intermediate Spanish II Credit Hours: 4

History

For students who are in the 2016-2017 catalog year and after, a History course can now meet either a Humanities or Social Sciences requirement. Please note each History course can only count as either a Humanities or Social Science, not both.

HS 101 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 102 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 120 - World History to 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 121 - World History since 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 160 - U.S. History Through Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3
HS 161 - U.S. History From Reconstruction to the Present Credit Hours: 3
HS 215 - The Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HS 230 - The History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HS 251 - African-American History and Culture Credit Hours: 3
HS 290 - History of Russia and East Europe Credit Hours: 3

Social Science

Select two (2) Social Sciences General Education Electives from two (2) different subject areas.

Anthropology

AN 201 - Introduction to Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
AN 205 - Introduction to Archaeology Credit Hours: 3
AN 210 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
AN 280 - Native American Culture Credit Hours: 3

Economics

EC 251 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
EC 252 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Gender Studies

GST 200 - Introduction to Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Geography

GE 135 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
GE 210 - Cultural Geography Credit Hours: 3
GE 235 - Introduction to Globalization and Inequality Credit Hours: 3
GE 253 - Geography of the U.S. and Canada Credit Hours: 3
GE 281 - Immigration and Ethnicity in America Credit Hours: 3

History

HS 101 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 102 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 4
HS 120 - World History to 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 121 - World History since 1500 CE Credit Hours: 3
HS 160 - U.S. History Through Reconstruction Credit Hours: 3
HS 161 - U.S. History From Reconstruction to the Present Credit Hours: 3
HS 215 - The Modern World Credit Hours: 3
HS 230 - The History of Latin America Credit Hours: 3
HS 251 - African-American History and Culture Credit Hours: 3
HS 290 - History of Russia and East Europe Credit Hours: 3

Political Science

PS 110 - American Government Credit Hours: 3
PS 200 - State and Local Politics Credit Hours: 3
PS 201 - Comparative Governments Credit Hours: 3
PS 202 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
PS 215 - Asian Politics Credit Hours: 4

Psychology

PY 201 - General Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Sociology

SO 251 - Principles of Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SO 254 - Social Problems Credit Hours: 3
SO 260 - Race and Ethnicity Credit Hours: 3

Natural Science and Mathematics

Select one (1) math course from the list below. Select two science courses from two (2) different disciplines (subjects) from the list below. One of the science courses must be a lab science.