General Education Courses for Transfer Degrees

For transfer degrees, students choose General Education courses from a variety of options in the following categories:

• Communications
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Humanities
• Fine Arts
• Mathematics
• Physical and Life Sciences

 All course options in these categories are approved by the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI)  to fulfill General Education requirements. The IAI code for each course is listed next to it.  This code can help identify course equivalencies at a transfer institution that participates in IAI.

Transfer degrees include:

• all Associate in Arts (A.A.)  degrees
• all Associate in Science (A.S.)  degrees
• all Associate in Fine Arts degrees
• the Associate in Engineering Science (A.E.S.)  degree
• the General Education Core Curriculum Certificate  

General Education Courses for Transfer Degrees

Communications

Take all three:

• COM 103 - Introduction to Public Speaking (IAI C2 900)  
• ENG 101 - Composition I (IAI C1 900)  - Grade of C or higher required
• ENG 102 - Composition II (IAI C1 901R)  - Grade of C or higher required

Social/Behavioral Sciences

Anthropology

• ANT 101 - Introduction to Anthropology (IAI S1 900N)  - Non-Western
• ANT 103 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (IAI S1 901N)  - Non-Western 
• ANT 105 - Introduction to Physical Anthropology (IAI S1 902)  
• ANT 200 - Introduction to Archaeology (IAI S1 903)  

Economics

• ECO 101 - Principles of Macroeconomics (IAI S3 901)  
• ECO 102 - Principles of Microeconomics (IAI S3 902)  

Geography

• GEO 140 - World Geography (IAI S4 901)  
• GEO 143 - Geography of Underdeveloped Areas (IAI S4 902N)  - Non-Western

History

• HIS 101 - History of Western Civilization I (IAI S2 902)  
• HIS 102 - History of Western Civilization II (IAI S2 903)  
• HIS 104 - History of the United States to 1877 (IAI S2 900)  
• HIS 105 - History of the United States since 1877 (IAI S2 901)  
• HIS 108 - World History I (IAI S2 912N)  - Non-Western
• HIS 109 - World History II (IAI S2 913N)  - Non-Western
• HIS 120 - African American History to 1865 (IAI S2 923D)  
• HIS 121 - African American History from 1865 to Present (IAI S2 923D)  
• HIS 123 - History of the Middle East (IAI S2 920N)  - Non-Western
• HIS 128 - History of Asia and Pacific Region (IAI S2 920N)  - Non-Western
• HIS 129 - History of Africa (IAI S2 920N)  - Non-Western
• HIS 140 - History of Latin America (IAI S2 920N)  - Non-Western

Political Science

• POS 120 - Introduction to Political Science (IAI S5 903)  
• POS 122 - American National Government (IAI S5 900)  
• POS 124 - State and Local Government (IAI S5 902)  
• POS 202 - International Relations (IAI S5 904)  

Psychology

• PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology (IAI S6 900)  
• PSY 205 - Introduction to Social Psychology (IAI S8 900)  
• PSY 207 - Introduction to Child Psychology (IAI S6 903)  
• PSY 208 - Adolescent Psychology (IAI S6 904)  
• PSY 209 - Human Growth and Development (IAI S6 902)  
• PSY 223 - Introduction to Adult Development and Aging (IAI S6 905)  

Sociology

• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology (IAI S7 900)  
• SOC 102 - Social Problems (IAI S7 901)  
• SOC 200 - Sociology of Marriage and the Family (IAI S7 902)  
• SOC 203 - Diversity and Society (IAI S7 903D)  
• SOC 240 - Gender and Society (IAI S7 904D)  

Humanities

• FRE 104 - Intermediate French II (IAI H1 900)  
• GER 104 - Intermediate German II (IAI H1 900)  
• JPN 104 - Intermediate Japanese II (IAI H1 900)   
• HUM 101 - Western Culture: Antiquity to Renaissance (IAI HF 902)  
• HUM 102 - Western Culture: Renaissance to Present (IAI HF 903)  
• HUM 103 - Cultural Values in the Eastern World (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 104 - Islamic Culture and Civilization (IAI H2 903N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 105 - Cultures and Civilization of Sub-Saharan Africa (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 106 - Latin American Cultures and Civilizations (IAI H2 903N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 107 - Introduction to Mexican Culture (IAI H2 903N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 109 - Cultural Values of India and Its Neighbors (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 121 - Women in Arts, Cultures, and Societies (IAI HF 907D)  
• LAS 188 - Diverse U.S. Cultural Expression (IAI HF 906D)  
• LIT 120 - Introduction to Literature (IAI H3 900)  
• LIT 121 - Introduction to Poetry (IAI H3 903)  
• LIT 125 - Introduction to Shakespeare (IAI H3 905)  
• LIT 126 - Introduction to Drama (IAI H3 902)  
• LIT 127 - Introduction to Fiction (IAI H3 901)  
• LIT 141 - Introduction to African American Literature (IAI H3 910D)  
• LIT 146 - Introduction to Non-Western Literature (IAI H3 908N)  - Non-Western
• LIT 147 - Introduction to African Literature (IAI H3 908N)  - Non-Western
• PHI 100 - Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking (IAI H4 906)  
• PHI 103 - Introduction to Philosophy (IAI H4 900)  
• PHI 105 - Introduction to Ethics (IAI H4 904)  
• REL 101 - Introduction to Religion (IAI H5 900)  
• REL 102 - The World’s Great Religions (IAI H5 904N)  - Non-Western
• SPA 104 - Intermediate Spanish II (IAI H1 900) 

Fine Arts

• ART 161 - Art History I (IAI F2 901)  
• ART 162 - Art History II (IAI F2 902)  
• ART 163 - History of Modern Art (IAI F2 902)  
• ART 164 - History of Photography (IAI F2 904)  
• ART 165 - Art Appreciation (IAI F2 900)  
• ART 166 - Intro to Non-Western Art (IAI F2 903N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 101 - Western Culture: Antiquity to Renaissance (IAI HF 902)  
• HUM 102 - Western Culture: Renaissance to Present (IAI HF 903)  
• HUM 103 - Cultural Values in the Eastern World (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 105 - Cultures and Civilization of Sub-Saharan Africa (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 109 - Cultural Values of India and Its Neighbors (IAI HF 904N)  - Non-Western
• HUM 121 - Women in Arts, Cultures, and Societies (IAI HF 907D)  
• MUS 121 - Music Appreciation (IAI F1 900)  
• MUS 123 - Introduction to American Music (IAI F1 904)  
• MUS 124 - Introduction to Non-Western Music (IAI F1 903N)  - Non-Western
• THE 100 - Theatre Appreciation (IAI F1 907)  
• THE 101 - History of Theatre (IAI F1 908)  
• THE 124 - Film Appreciation (IAI F2 908)  
• THE 125 - Film History (IAI F2 909) 

Mathematics

Note: MAT 106 meets the general education requirement only for Education programs (Early Elementary, Elementary, and Special Education).

• MAT 106 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (IAI M1 903)  
• MAT 107 - General Education Mathematics (IAI M1 904)  
• MAT 108 - Introduction to Applied Statistics (IAI M1 902)  
• MAT 128 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (IAI M1 900-1, MTH 901)  
• MAT 129 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (IAI M1 900-2, MTH 902)  
• MAT 141 - Finite Mathematics (IAI M1 906)  
• MAT 143 - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences (IAI M1 900-B)  
• MAT 160 - Statistics (IAI M1 902)  
• MAT 200 - Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (IAI M1 905, CS 915)  
• MAT 228 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III (IAI M1 900-3, MTH 903) 

Physical and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

• AST 101 - The Solar System (IAI P1 906L)  
• AST 102 - Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (IAI P1 906L)  
• CHE 100 - Introduction to Chemistry (IAI P1 902L)  
• CHE 104 - Chemistry of Everyday Life (IAI P1 903L)  
• CHE 106 - Chemistry for the Health Professions (IAI P1 902L)  
• CHE 141 - General Chemistry I (IAI P1 902L, CHM 911)  
• ESC 101 - Introduction to Weather (IAI P1 905L)  
• ESC 102 - Introduction to Physical Geology (IAI P1 907L)  
• PHY 121 - General Physics I (IAI P1 900L)  
• PHY 120 - How Things Work (IAI P1 901)  with PHY 129 - How Things Work Laboratory (IAI P1 901L)  
• PHY 141 - Mechanics (IAI P2 900L, PHY 911)  

Life Sciences

• BIO 101 - General Biology (IAI L1 900L)  
• BIO 104 - Environmental Biology and Sustainability (IAI L1 905L)  
• BIO 105 - Human Biology (IAI L1 904L)  
• BIO 107 - Introduction to Evolution (IAI L1 907L)  
• BIO 109 - Introduction to Plant Biology (IAI L1 901L)  
• BIO 141 - Principles of Biology I (IAI L1 910L, BIO 910)  
• BIO 142 - Principles of Biology II (IAI L1 910L, BIO 910)  

Interdisciplinary Physical/Life Sciences

• SCI 108 - Essentials of Forensic Science (IAI LP 900L)  
• SCI 208 - Forensic Science II: Death Analysis (IAI LP 901L)