MACRAO Transfer Agreement

Eastern Michigan University is a participant in the MACRAO (Michigan Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) agreement. This agreement facilitates the transfer of general education credit from Michigan community colleges to senior colleges and universities.

How the Agreement Works

The MACRAO Transfer Agreement stipulates that 30 or more semester hours of transferable, college-level coursework, from four specified distribution areas, may be transferred from a participating community college to a participating Michigan college or university and be applied toward meeting the student's basic general education requirements at the receiving institution. The courses that can be used to satisfy MACRAO are determined by the community college. Students must have their transcripts evaluated and certified as "MACRAO Satisfied" by their community college. Some community colleges require the student to initiate a formal request for a MACRAO evaluation. Check with your community college registrar's office or counseling office.

Minimum Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 30 semester hours in courses selected from the four catagories below. In each category, except English, courses must be taken in at least two academic disciplines.

English Composition.................................................................6 credit hours
Science/Mathematics (one lab science is required)..................8 credit hours
Humanities................................................................................8 credit hours
Social Science..........................................................................8 credit hours

Provisos

Effective Fall 2007 and later:
Eastern Michigan University accepts the MACRAO agreement with the following provisos:

A student whose community college transcript is certified as "MACRAO satisfied" will be required to fulfill only three requirements that are now part of EMU’s general education program:

One approved quantitative reasoning course (unless waived by an ACT math sub-score of 28 or higher or (SAT math sub-score of 670);
One approved course in global awareness or U.S. diversity;
One Learning beyond the Classroom (LBC) course or experience completed at EMU.

The first two requirements may be completed as MACRAO courses at the community college or at EMU. The LBC requirement must be completed as a course or noncredit experience offered by EMU. For more detail about these requirements see the General Education Transfer Student Guidelines. To find courses that may be used to satisfy these requirements, look up the MACRAO transfer guide or General Education transfer guide for your community college in EMU's online transfer guides.

This agreement applies only to general education requirements and does not exempt students from meeting requirements of their specific program, major, or other graduation requirements. Students may obtain a copy of the curriculum for their intended major from EMU's Undergraduate Catalog to determine if any required courses might also be used to satisfy MACRAO.

Before Fall 2007:
For students who started at a community college before fall 2007, Eastern Michigan University accepts the MACRAO agreement with the following provisos:

A student whose community college transcript is certified as "MACRAO satisfied" will be required to fulfill only the four requirements that were part of EMU’s general education program prior to fall 2007:

An advanced writing or speaking course or a foreign language composition course;
A mathematical reasoning course (unless waived by an ACT math sub-score of 23 or higher or SAT math sub-score of 580 or higher);
A computer literacy course;
A cross-cultural/international studies course, all from the approved list.

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