Transfer Degree Requirements Associate in Science (A.S.) Degree

I. Communication: 9 Credit Hours

• ENG 101 - Rhetoric *
• ENG 102 - Rhetoric *
• SPCH 101 - Principles of Speech Communication

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•  *A grade of C or better is required.

II. Social and Behavioral Sciences: 9 Credit Hours

(At least two areas required)

• ANTH 101 - Introduction to Anthropology
• ANTH 275 - Cultural Anthropology
• ECON 103 - Principles of Economics I (Macroeconomics)
• ECON 104 - Principles of Economics II (Microeconomics)
• GEOG 102 - World Regional Geography
• GEOG 104 - Introductory Economic Geography
• GEOG 106 - Cultural Geography
• HIST 103 - History of the United States to 1865
• HIST 104 - History of the United States, 1865 to Present
• HIST 107 - World History to 1500
• HIST 108 - World History Since 1500
• HIST 260 - History of the Middle East
• HIST 290 - History of Africa
• PSCI 101 - American National Government
• PSCI 102 - American State and Local Government
• PSCI 103 - Introduction to Comparative Government
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology
• PSYC 208 - Social Psychology
• PSYC 210 - Child and Adolescent Development
• PSYC 215 - Life Span: A Survey of Human Development
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 220 - Sex, Gender and Power
• SOC 270 - Marriage and the Family
• SOC 280 - Sociology of Social Problems
• SOC 290 - Cultural Diversity in America

III. Humanities and Fine Arts: 9 Credit Hours

(One course required in humanities, one course required in fine arts, and one additional course from either area)

IV. Physical/Life Sciences: 8 Credit Hours

(one laboratory course from physical sciences and one laboratory course from life sciences)

V. Mathematics: 5 Credit Hours

• MATH 128 - Elementary Statistics
• MATH 137 - Introduction to Discrete Mathematics
• MATH 150 - Mathematical Analysis for Business
• MATH 153 - Finite Mathematics
• MATH 170 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
• MATH 171 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II

VI. Additional Science and Related Areas: 16 Credit Hours

 (see list ) 

VII. Additional Hours Approved for Transfer Degrees: 8 Credit Hours

  (see list ) 

Total Minimum Degree Requirement: 64 Credit Hours

Completion of Categories I-V satisfies the general education requirements for all four-year institutions participating in the Illinois Articulation Initiative.