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.

The college recommends using the Academic Planning, Registration, and My Progress tool l on accessECC to track your progress toward completion.

These degrees are not intended for transfer. For information about courses in the curricula that will transfer or about a transfer-oriented program, see an ECC academic advisor.

Curriculum Requirements

The student must satisfactorily complete all courses specified in the curriculum of their choice. For details, see all AAS degrees and course descriptions on the pages that follow in this catalog.

General Education Requirements

Course List
Course	Title	Credits
Communications
IAI Courses are guaranteed to transfer to participating insitutions. Non-IAI courses may transfer; however, it is dependent on your transfer institution. Take two of the following courses:
IAI Courses:
ENG 101	English Composition I
ENG 102	English Composition II
Non-IAI Courses
BUS 101	Business Communications I
BUS 142	Business Communications II
Social or Behavioral Sciences
IAI Courses are guaranteed to transfer to participating institutions. Non-IAI courses may transfer; however, it is dependent on your transfer institution. Take 3 credit hours from:
IAI Courses:
ATR 120	Introduction to Anthropology
ATR 210	General Prehistoric Archeology
ATR 220	Cultural Anthropology
ATR 250	Human Evolution
ECN 101	Fundamentals of Economics
GEO 116	Human Geography
GEO 216	Geography of the Developing World
HIS 101	History of Western Civilization I
HIS 102	History of Western Civilization II
HIS 115	History of World Civilizations I
HIS 116	History of World Civilizations II
HIS 120	History of the Non-Western World I
HIS 121	History of the Non-Western World II
HIS 130	History of Latin America I
HIS 131	History of Latin America II
HIS 140	History of Asia: Ancient to 1500
HIS 141	History of Asia: 1500 to Present
HIS 151	U S History to 1870
HIS 152	U S History Since 1865
HIS 180	History of U.S. Latinas and Latinos
HIS 189	African American History I
HIS 190	African American History II
POS 150	Amer Government - National
POS 151	Amer Govt State Local
POS 152	Principles of Political Science
POS 250	Comparative Political Systems
POS 251	International Relations
POS 253	Non-Western Comparative Government
PSY 100	Intro to Psychology
PSY 212	Child Psychology
PSY 213	Psychology of Adolescence
PSY 214	Adulthood and Aging
PSY 215	Social Psychology
PSY 216	Abnormal Psychology
PSY 218	Human Growth and Development
SOC 100	Principles of Sociology
SOC 201	Social Problems
SOC 209	Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOC 210	Marriage and Family
SOC 215	Social Psychology
SOC 220	Gender Roles and Social Change
Non-IAI Courses:
ATR 230	Field Archeology	1-3
ATR 240	Topics in Anthropology	3
HIS 100	Topics in History	1-3
HIS 170	History of Illinois	3
HIS 201	Modern European History	3
HIS 219	Honors Seminar in History	1
HIS 297	Independent Study in History	1-3
INS 100	Topics in International Studies	1-3
INS 107	Global Persp. on World Civilizatn	3
INS 204	Introduction to Religious Studies	3
INS 206	Field Study in Foreign Cultures	1-3
INS 208	Life & Work in the 21st Century	3
INS 219	Honors Seminar-International Studies	1
INS 297	Indep. Study in Internat. Studies	1-3
POS 141	Topics in Government	1-3
POS 219	Honors Seminar in Government	1
POS 297	Independent Study in Government	1-3
PSY 201	Experimental Psychology	3
PSY 210	Personality	3
PSY 211	Educational Psychology	3
PSY 220	Special Topics in Psychology	1-3
PSY 225	Human Sexuality	3
SOC 101	Introduction to Family Violence	3
SOC 225	Human Sexuality	3
SOC 230	Criminology	3
Math or Science
IAI Courses are guaranteed to transfer to participating insitutions. Non-IAI courses may transfer; however, it is dependent on your transfer institution Take 3 credits from the following courses:
IAI Courses:
APS 101	Earth Science	4
APS 111	Applied Physical Science	4
ATY 100	Astronomy	3.5
ATY 101	Elementary Astronomy	3
BIO 105	Survey of Environmental Biology	3
BIO 108	Biology for Contemporary Society	4
BIO 110	Principles of Biology	4
BIO 113	Molecular & Cellular Biology	4
BIO 114	Organismal Bio, Evolution, Ecology	4
BIO 115	Environmental Biology	4
BIO 245	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4
CHM 101	Preparatory Chemistry	5
CHM 112	Elements of Chemistry: General	5
CHM 142	General Chemistry I	5
CHM 234	Organic Chemistry I	5
CHM 235	Organic Chemistry II	5
GEO 115	Intro to Physical Geography	3
GLY 105	Environmental Geology	3
MTH 102	General Education Statistics	3
MTH 104	General Education Mathematics	3
MTH 110	Math for Elementary Teaching I	3
MTH 113	Math for Elementary Teaching II	3
MTH 120	Statistics I	4
MTH 123	Computer Science for Engineers	4
MTH 125	Finite Math for Business & Managmt	3
MTH 126	Calculus for Business/Social Science	4
PHY 101	General Physics I	5
PHY 102	General Physics II	5
Non-IAI Courses
BIO 101	Nutrition for Contemporary Society	3
BIO 104	Biotechnology and Society	4
BIO 234	Special Topics in Biology	1
BIO 235	Special Topics in Biology	2
BIO 236	Special Topics in Biology	3
BIO 240	Human Anatomy and Physiology	5
BIO 246	Human Anatomy and Physiology II	4
BIO 265	Microbiology	4
BUS 120	Business Mathematics	3
CHM 170	Elementary Organic Chemistry	5
CHM 290	Special Topics in Chemistry	1-4
GLY 101	Survey of Geology	3
GLY 112	Physical Geology	4
MTH 107	Technical Math I	4
MTH 109	Technical Math II	4
MTH 112	College Algebra	4
MTH 114	Trigonometry	3
Humanities and Fine Arts
IAI Courses are guaranteed to transfer to participating insitutions. Non-IAI courses may transfer; however, it is dependent on your transfer institution Take 3 credit hours from the following courses:
IAI Courses:
ART 115	Art Appreciation
ART 130	Art of Film
ART 151	History of Art, Prehistory to 1300
ART 152	History of Art, 1300 to the Present
ART 154	Survey of Non-Western Art
ART 155	History of Photography
FRN 202	Intermediate French II
GRM 202	Intermediate German II
SPN 202	Intermediate Spanish II
SPN 251	Spanish for Spanish Speakers I
HIS 118	Foundations of Civilization
HIS 160	American Civilization
HUM 101	Ancient & Medieval Western Humanities
HUM 102	Modern Western Humanities
HUM 103	Intro to Non-Western Humanities
HUM 110	Introduction to Philosophy
HUM 112	Ancient & Medieval Western Philosophy
HUM 113	Modern Western Philosophy
HUM 115	Critical Reasoning
HUM 116	Logic
HUM 202	Philosophy of Religion
HUM 203	Comparative Religions
HUM 204	Introduction to Religious Studies
HUM 205	Introduction to Mythology
HUM 216	Ethics
LIT 201	Introduction to Literature:Fiction
LIT 202	Introduction to Literature:Drama
LIT 203	Introduction to Literature:Poetry
LIT 205	Introduction to Shakespeare
LIT 210	Multicultural American Literature
LIT 211	Intro to Literature by Women
LIT 220	LGBTQ Literature
LIT 223	International Literature
LIT 225	Children's Literature
LIT 229	Novel and Film
LIT 230	Masterpieces of World Lit
LIT 235	Bible as Literature
LIT 241	Great Books Seminar I
LIT 242	Great Books Seminar II
LIT 243	Great Books Seminar III
LIT 244	Great Books Seminar IV
LIT 245	Great Books Seminar V
MUS 104	Musics of the World
MUS 105	Music Appreciation
MUS 106	Music Literature From 1400 to 1750
MUS 107	Music Liter. From 1750 to Present
CMS 106	Introduction to Film Appreciation
CMS 120	Oral Interpretation of Literature
THE 100	Theatre Appreciation
THE 122	Intro-Theatre History & Literature
THE 124	American Drama
Non-IAI Courses
FRN 101	Elementary French I
FRN 102	Elementary French II
FRN 201	Intermediate French I
FRN 211	Conversational French I
GRM 101	Elementary German I
GRM 211	Conversational German I
SPN 101	Elementary Spanish I
SPN 102	Elementary Spanish II
SPN 171	Basic Spanish: Medical Personnel I
SPN 172	Basic Spanish: Medical Personnel II
SPN 201	Intermediate Spanish I
SPN 211	Conversational Spanish I
SPN 212	Conversational Spanish II
SPN 252	Spanish for Spanish Speakers II
SPN 261	Spanish Conversation Composition
SPN 262	Advanced Spanish Composition Conv
SPN 281	Topics in Spanish
CHN 101	Elementary Chinese I
CHN 102	Elementary Chinese II
CHN 201	Intermediate Chinese I
CHN 202	Intermediate Chinese II
JPN 101	Elementary Japanese I
JPN 102	Elementary Japanese II
JPN 202	Intermediate Japanese II
ITN 101	Elementary Italian I
ITN 102	Elementary Italian II
ITN 201	Intermediate Italian I
ITN 202	Intermediate Italian II
HUM 100	Topics in Humanities
HUM 117	Social & Political Philosophy
HUM 219	Honors Seminar in Humanities
HUM 297	Independent Study in Humanities
INS 280	Non-Traditional Language I
INS 281	Non-Traditional Language II
LIT 232	Topics in Literature

¹: Some curricula require CMS 101 Fundamentals of Speech in addition to the 6 hours of written communications.
²: Except GEO 115 Intro to Physical Geography
³: Please note: Although it does not have a MTH or science prefix, BUS 120 Business Mathematics fulfills this requirement.
⁴: GEO 115 Intro to Physical Geography only

College Requirements

A total of 60 hours or more must be completed in courses numbered 100 and above as specified in the curriculum. This total cannot include any courses with ABE, ASE, AMT, ARW, ECO, or ESL prefixes.
A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for all courses that are applied to the degree.
Meet the college’s Academic Residency Requirement for Associate of Applied Science degrees: A minimum of 15 semester hours of coursework that are degree requirements, six of which must also be discipline-specific, in courses numbered 100 and above and must have been achieved at ECC, excluding AP, CLEP, and proficiency credits.
Students may apply up to six hours of Independent Study credit toward any associate degree.