General Education Requirements for AAS Degree

Students will learn to write and speak standard English in a grammatically correct, well-organized and coherent manner for a variety of purposes; they will demonstrate an understanding of the various forms of rhetoric; and they will demonstrate library/research skills.

• ENG 101-Composition and Rhetoric
• SPE 108-Oral Communication

Students electing Humanities will learn to understand and assess cultural achievements. Students electing Fine Arts will learn to analyze and interpret aesthetic reasoning, or to express themselves by creating or performing works of verbal or non-verbal art.

• ART 101-Drawing I
• ART 105-History of Art, Survey I
• ART 106-History of Art, Survey II
• ART 107-Art Appreciation
• ART 109-Ceramics
• ART 110-Metals and Jewelry
• ART 111-Two-Dimensional Design
• ART 112-Three-Dimensional Design
• ART 113-Color Theory and Practice
• ART 201-Painting
• ART 218-History of Art, Baroque through Modern
• ART 219-Non-Western Art
• ART 221-The History of Art in Architecture
• DRM 151-Theatre Appreciation
• DRM 152-Plays and Playwrights
• ENG 103-Introduction to American Literature I, 1607-Civil War
• ENG 104-Introduction to American Literature II, Civil War to Present
• ENG 111-Introduction to Literature I
• ENG 122-Creative Writing
• ENG 123-Ethnic Studies in African American Literature
• ENG 124-Introduction to Linguistics, Structure and Function of English Language
• ENG 202-Introduction to British Literature I
• ENG 203-Introduction to British Literature II
• ENG 204-Shakespeare
• ENG 206-World Literature
• ENG 207-World Literature II
• ENG 208-Introduction to Women’s Literature
• HFA 108-Intro to Film Appreciation
• HFA 109-Intro to Film History
• HFA 120-Music Appreciation
• HFA 158-Drama Into Film
• HFA 201-General Humanities I
• HFA 202-General Humanities II
• HFA 203-Humanities of Eastern Asia
• HFA 210-Introduction to African American Music
• HUM 205-Introduction to Rock & Roll
• HUM 206-Introduction to Jazz
• MUS 106-Fundamentals of Music
• MUS 116-Music Theory I
• MUS 115-Introduction to Music Literature
• MUS 151-165-Private Applied Music
• MUS 169-Class Instruction Piano I
• MUS 170-Class Instruction Piano II MUS
• 173-Class Instruction, Voice
• MUS 174-Class Instruction, Voice
• MUS 190-South Suburban College Chorale
• MUS 195-Symphonic Band
• MUS 197-Jazz Lab (dance band workshop)
• PHL 101-Introduction to Philosophy
• PHL 102-Ethics
• PHL 103-World Religions
• PHL 105-Logic
• SPN 101-Elementary Spanish I
• SPN 102-Elementary Spanish II
• SPN 113-Elementary Conversational Spanish
• SPN 115-Spanish for Health Care Providers I
• SPN 203-Intermediate Spanish I
• SPN 204-Intermediate Spanish II
• SPN 205-Spanish for the Spanish Speaking
• SPN 213-Intermediate Conversational Spanish
• URB 141-African-American Art

Students will learn about a variety of behaviors, populations, cultures and settings, and will develop the ability to analyze, interpret, and apply social and behavioral science knowledge in a variety of settings.

• ANT 101-Anthropology
• ECO 201-Principles of Economics, Macro
• ECO 202-Principles of Economics, Micro
• GEO 103-Geography of the Developed World
• GEO 104-Geography of the Emerging World
• HIS 101-History of Modern Eastern Asian Civilization
• HIS 109-Europe to the 19th Century
• HIS 110-History of Modern Europe (19th and 20th Centuries)
• HIS 151-African American History
• HIS 203-Early American History
• HIS 204-Later American History
• HIS 271-History of Modern African Civilization
• HSA 101-Introduction to Mental Health
• PSC 101-American National Government
• PSC 102-American Local and State Governments
• PSC 108-Contemporary Political Problems
• PSC 210-Comparative Foreign Governments
• PSY 101-Introduction to Psychology (Science of Human Behavior)
• PSY 103-Psychology of Personal Adjustment
• PSY 204-Social Psychology
• PSY 205-Theories of Personality
• PSY 206-Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 211-Human Growth and Development (Life-span)
• PSY 212-Adolescent Psychology
• PSY 220-Human Sexuality
• SOC 101-Introduction to Sociology
• SOC 102-Social Problems
• SOC 205-Marriage and the Family
• SOC 206-Juvenile Delinquency
• SOC 225-Ethnic and Racial Relations
• URB 101-Introduction to Urban Studies

All students must demonstrate minimum math competency equivalent to MTH 095 in those programs in which mathematics is not a specific requirement. Students will be able to demonstrate analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills, and they will develop an understanding of the relationships between mathematics, the sciences, and other fields of endeavor.

• MTH 100-Intermediate Algebra
• MTH 103-Fundamentals of Mathematics
• MTH 106-Technical Mathematics I, Algebra and Trigonometry
• MTH 111-Technical Mathematics II, Analytic Geometry and Introduction to Calculus
• MTH 115-General Education Mathematics
• MTH 126-Fundamentals of Statistics
• MTH 145-Math Concepts & Structures I
• MTH 146-Math Concepts & Structures II
• MTH 161-Finite Mathematics
• MTH 165-College Algebra
• MTH 167-Plane Trigonometry
• MTH 169-Precalculus
• MTH 170-Discrete Mathematics
• MTH 180-Calculus for Business and Social Science
• MTH 190-Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
• MTH 211-Statistics
• MTH 200-Introduction to Linear Algebra
• MTH 203-Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
• MTH 204-Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
• MTH 205-DIfferential Equations
• BUS 105-Business Mathematics

Students will be able to demonstrate analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills, and they will develop an understanding of the relationships between mathematics, the sciences, and other fields of endeavor.

• AST 101-Introduction to Astronomy
• BIO 101-Concepts of Biology
• BIO 102-Introductory Biology
• BIO 103-Environmental Biology
• BIO 104-Microbes and Society
• BIO 105-General Biology I
• BIO 115-Human Body Structure
• BIO 185-Human Anatomy and Physiology I
• BIO 152-Man and His Environment
• CHM 101-Chemistry and Society
• CHM 111-Introductory Chemistry I
• CHM 113-General Chemistry I
• GLG 101-Physical Geology
• PHS 101-Physical Science
• PHY 101-Mechanics, Heat and Sound
• PHY 115-Topics in Applied Physics
• PHY 210-University Physics I