Associate of Applied Science Degrees General Education Requirements
The college recommends that all students create an educational plan with an academic advisor in the Student Success Center prior to registering. Students with previous academic, career, and life experiences are encouraged to explore the proficiency credit options to substitute their acquired knowledge for prerequisite, course and/or degree requirements.
Courses
- APS 101 — Earth Science (4) (3,2)
- APS 111 — Applied Physical Science (4) (3,2)
- ART 115 — Art Appreciation (3) (3,0)
- ART 130 — Art of Film (3) (3,0)
- ART 151 — History of Art, Prehistory to 1300 (3) (3,0)
- ART 152 — History of Art, 1300 to the Present (3) (3,0)
- ART 154 — Survey of Non-Western Art (3) (3,0)
- ART 155 — History of Photography (3) (3,0)
- ATR 120 — Introduction to Anthropology (3) (3,0)
- ATR 210 — General Prehistoric Archeology (3) (3,0)
- ATR 220 — Cultural Anthropology (3) (3,0)
- ATR 230 — Field Archeology (1-3) (1,6)
- ATR 240 — Topics in Anthropology (3) (3,0)
- ATR 250 — Human Evolution (3) (3,0)
- ATY 100 — Astronomy (3.5) (3,1)
- ATY 101 — Elementary Astronomy (3) (3,0)
- BIO 101 — Nutrition for Contemporary Society (3) (3,0)
- BIO 104 — Biotechnology and Society (4) (3,2)
- BIO 105 — Survey of Environmental Biology (3) (3,0)
- BIO 108 — Biology for Contemporary Society (4) (3,2)
- BIO 110 — Principles of Biology (4) (3,2)
- BIO 113 — Molecular & Cellular Biology (4) (3,2)
- BIO 114 — Organismal Bio, Evolution, Ecology (4) (3,2)
- BIO 115 — Environmental Biology (4) (3,2)
- BIO 234 — Special Topics in Biology (1) (1,0)
- BIO 235 — Special Topics in Biology (2) (2,0)
- BIO 236 — Special Topics in Biology (3) (3,0)
- BIO 240 — Human Anatomy and Physiology (5) (4,2)
- BIO 245 — Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) (3,2)
- BIO 246 — Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) (3,2)
- BIO 265 — Microbiology (4) (3,3)
- BUS 101 — Business Communications I (3) (3,0)
- BUS 120 — Business Mathematics (3) (3,0)
- BUS 142 — Business Communications II (3) (3,0)
- CHM 101 — Preparatory Chemistry (5) (4,2)
- CHM 112 — Elements of Chemistry: General (5) (4,2)
- CHM 142 — General Chemistry I (5) (4,3)
- CHM 170 — Elementary Organic Chemistry (5) (4,2)
- CHM 234 — Organic Chemistry I (5) (3,6)
- CHM 235 — Organic Chemistry II (5) (3,6)
- CHM 290 — Special Topics in Chemistry (1-4) (1,1)
- CMS 101 — Fundamentals of Speech (3) (3,0)
- CMS 106 — Introduction to Film Appreciation (3) (3,0)
- CMS 120 — Oral Interpretation of Literature (3) (3,0)
- ECN 101 — Fundamentals of Economics (3) (3,0)
- ECN 201 — Principles of Microeconomics (3) (3,0)
- ENG 101 — English Composition I (3) (3,0)
- ENG 102 — English Composition II (3) (3,0)
- FRN 101 — Elementary French I (4) (4,0)
- FRN 102 — Elementary French II (4) (4,0)
- FRN 201 — Intermediate French I (4) (4,0)
- FRN 202 — Intermediate French II (4) (4,0)
- FRN 211 — Conversational French I (3) (3,0)
- GEO 115 — Intro to Physical Geography (3) (3,0)
- GEO 116 — Human Geography (3) (3,0)
- GEO 216 — Geography of the Developing World (3) (3,0)
- GLY 101 — Survey of Geology (3) (3,0)
- GLY 105 — Environmental Geology (3) (3,0)
- GLY 112 — Physical Geology (4) (3,2)
- GRM 101 — Elementary German I (4) (4,0)
- GRM 202 — Intermediate German II (4) (4,0)
- GRM 211 — Conversational German I (3) (3,0)
- HIS 100 — Topics in History (1-3) (1,0)
- HIS 101 — Western Civilization to 1500 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 102 — Western Civilization from 1500 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 115 — History of World Civilizations to 1500 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 116 — History of World Civilizations From 1500 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 119 — Gender in World History (3) (3,0)
- HIS 130 — History of Latin America I (3) (3,0)
- HIS 131 — History of Latin America II (3) (3,0)
- HIS 140 — History of Asia: Ancient to 1500 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 141 — History of Asia: 1500 to Present (3) (3,0)
- HIS 151 — US History to 1877 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 152 — U S History Since 1865 (3) (3,0)
- HIS 170 — History of Illinois (3) (3,0)
- HIS 180 — History of U.S. Latinas and Latinos (3) (3,0)
- HIS 182 — History of Mexico (3) (3,0)
- HIS 189 — African American History I (3) (3,0)
- HIS 190 — African American History II (3) (3,0)
- HIS 297 — Independent Study in History (1-3) (1,0)
- HUM 100 — Topics in Humanities (1-3) (1,0)
- HUM 101 — Ancient & Medieval Western Humanities (3) (3,0)
- HUM 102 — Modern Western Humanities (3) (3,0)
- HUM 103 — Intro to Non-Western Humanities (3) (3,0)
- HUM 110 — Introduction to Philosophy (3) (3,0)
- HUM 112 — Ancient & Medieval Western Philosophy (3) (3,0)
- HUM 113 — Modern Western Philosophy (3) (3,0)
- HUM 115 — Critical Reasoning (3) (3,0)
- HUM 116 — Logic (3) (3,0)
- HUM 117 — Social & Political Philosophy (3) (3,0)
- HUM 200 — Introduction to Religious Studies (3) (3,0)
- HUM 201 — Comparative Religions (3) (3,0)
- HUM 202 — Philosophy of Religion (3) (3,0)
- HUM 205 — Introduction to Mythology (3) (3,0)
- HUM 216 — Ethics (3) (3,0)
- HUM 297 — Independent Study in Humanities (1-3) (1,0)
- INS 100 — Topics in International Studies (1-3) (1,0)
- INS 107 — Global Persp. on World Civilizatn (3) (3,0)
- INS 280 — Non-Traditional Language I (2) (2,0)
- INS 281 — Non-Traditional Language II (2) (2,0)
- INS 297 — Indep. Study in Internat. Studies (1-3) (0,0)
- ITN 101 — Elementary Italian I (4) (4,0)
- ITN 102 — Elementary Italian II (4) (4,0)
- ITN 201 — Intermediate Italian I (4) (4,0)
- ITN 202 — Intermediate Italian II (4) (4,0)
- LIT 201 — Introduction to Literature:Fiction (3) (3,0)
- LIT 202 — Introduction to Literature:Drama (3) (3,0)
- LIT 203 — Introduction to Literature:Poetry (3) (3,0)
- LIT 205 — Introduction to Shakespeare (3) (3,0)
- LIT 210 — Multicultural American Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 211 — Intro to Literature by Women (3) (3,0)
- LIT 220 — LGBTQ Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 223 — International Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 225 — Children's Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 229 — Novel and Film (3) (3,0)
- LIT 230 — Masterpieces of World Lit (3) (3,0)
- LIT 232 — Topics in Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 235 — Bible as Literature (3) (3,0)
- LIT 241 — Great Books Seminar I (3) (3,0)
- LIT 242 — Great Books Seminar II (3) (3,0)
- LIT 243 — Great Books Seminar III (3) (3,0)
- LIT 244 — Great Books Seminar IV (3) (3,0)
- LIT 245 — Great Books Seminar V (3) (3,0)
- MTH 102 — General Education Statistics (3) (4,0)
- MTH 104 — General Education Mathematics (3) (4,0)
- MTH 107 — Technical Math I (4) (4,0)
- MTH 109 — Technical Math II (4) (4,0)
- MTH 110 — Math for Elementary Teaching I (3) (3,0)
- MTH 112 — College Algebra (4) (4,0)
- MTH 113 — Math for Elementary Teaching II (3) (3,0)
- MTH 114 — Trigonometry (3) (3,0)
- MTH 120 — Statistics I (4) (4,0)
- MTH 123 — Computer Science for Engineers (4) (4,0)
- MTH 125 — Finite Math for Business & Managmt (3) (3,0)
- MTH 126 — Calculus for Business/Social Science (4) (4,0)
- MUS 104 — Musics of the World (3) (3,0)
- MUS 105 — Music Appreciation (3) (3,0)
- MUS 106 — Music Literature From 1400 to 1750 (3) (3,0)
- MUS 107 — Music Liter. From 1750 to Present (3) (3,0)
- PHY 101 — General Physics I (5) (3,4)
- PHY 102 — General Physics II (5) (3,4)
- PHY 211 — Engineering Physics I (5) (3,4)
- POS 141 — Topics in Government (1-3) (1,0)
- POS 150 — Amer Government - National (3) (3,0)
- POS 151 — Amer Govt State Local (3) (3,0)
- POS 152 — Principles of Political Science (3) (3,0)
- POS 250 — Comparative Political Systems (3) (3,0)
- POS 251 — International Relations (3) (3,0)
- PSY 100 — Intro to Psychology (3) (3,0)
- PSY 201 — Experimental Psychology (3) (1,4)
- PSY 210 — Personality (3) (3,0)
- PSY 212 — Child Psychology (3) (3,0)
- PSY 213 — Psychology of Adolescence (3) (3,0)
- PSY 214 — Adulthood and Aging (3) (3,0)
- PSY 216 — Abnormal Psychology (3) (3,0)
- PSY 218 — Human Growth and Development (3) (3,0)
- PSY 220 — Special Topics in Psychology (1-3) (1,0)
- PSY 225 — Human Sexuality (3) (3,0)
- PSY 226 — Educational Psychology (3) (3,0)
- SOC 100 — Principles of Sociology (3) (3,0)
- SOC 101 — Introduction to Family Violence (3) (3,0)
- SOC 201 — Social Problems (3) (3,0)
- SOC 209 — Racial and Ethnic Relations (3) (3,0)
- SOC 210 — Marriage and Family (3) (3,0)
- SOC 220 — Gender Roles and Social Change (3) (3,0)
- SOC 225 — Human Sexuality (3) (3,0)
- SOC 230 — Criminology (3) (3,0)
- SPN 101 — Elementary Spanish I (4) (4,0)
- SPN 102 — Elementary Spanish II (4) (4,0)
- SPN 171 — Basic Spanish: Medical Personnel I (3) (3,0)
- SPN 172 — Basic Spanish: Medical Personnel II (3) (3,0)
- SPN 201 — Intermediate Spanish I (4) (4,0)
- SPN 202 — Intermediate Spanish II (4) (4,0)
- SPN 211 — Conversational Spanish I (3) (3,0)
- SPN 212 — Conversational Spanish II (3) (3,0)
- SPN 251 — Spanish for Spanish Speakers I (4) (4,0)
- SPN 252 — Spanish for Spanish Speakers II (4) (4,0)
- SPN 261 — Spanish Conversation Composition (3) (3,0)
- SPN 262 — Advanced Spanish Composition Conv (3) (3,0)
- SPN 271 — Latin American Civilization (3) (3,0)
- SPN 281 — Topics in Spanish (3) (3,0)
- THE 100 — Theatre Appreciation (3) (3,0)
- THE 122 — Intro-Theatre History & Literature (3) (3,0)
- THE 124 — American Drama (3) (3,0)