General Education Core Curriculum (0537)

Richland Community College is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), a statewide agreement that allows transfer of the completed Illinois General Education Core Curriculum between participating institutions. Completion of the General Education Core Curriculum at any participating college in Illinois assures transferring students that lower-division general education requirements for an associate’s or bachelor’s degree have been satisfied. Students who successfully complete the 37-41 credit hours that satisfy the GECC will receive the GECC Credential noted on their official transcript. This agreement is in effect for students entering an associate or baccalaureate degree-granting institution as a first-time freshman in summer 1998 or thereafter.

Curriculum Requirements

Communications

Number of Courses Required: 3, Number of Credit Hours Required: 9.00. All courses required. ‘C’ or better required in both ENGL 101 and ENGL 102

ENGL 101	Composition 1	3.0
ENGL 102	Composition 2	3.0
COMM 101	Public Speaking	3.0

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Number of Courses Required: 3, Number of Categories to Be Completed: 2, Number of Credit Hours Required: 9.00

African American Studies

AFAM 100

Intro to African American Studies

3.0

Anthropology

ANTHR 101	Introduction to Anthropology	3.0
ANTHR 110	Intro to Cultural Anthropology	3.0

Economics

ECON 231	Macroeconomics	3.0
ECON 232	Microeconomics	3.0

History

HIST 101	United States to 1877	4.0
HIST 102	United States since 1877	4.0

Political Science

POL S 100	People & Politics	3.0
POL S 110	American National Government	3.0
POL S 120	Pol in States and Communities	3.0

Psychology

PSYCH 110	Introduction to Psychology	3.0
PSYCH 145	Human Growth & Development	3.0
PSYCH 150	Child Psychology	3.0
PSYCH 210	Social Psychology	3.0

Sociology

SOCIO 110	Introduction to Sociology	3.0
SOCIO 150	Social Problems	3.0
SOCIO 200	Marriage and the Family	3.0
SOCIO 225	Race, Class & Gender in the United States	3.0

Humanities and Fine Arts

Number of Courses Required: 3, Number of Categories to Be Completed: 2, Number of Credit Hours Required: 9.00

Fine Arts

AFAM 103	African-American Experience through the Arts	3.0
AFAM 120	African American Experience	3.0
AFAM 140	African American Women	3.0
ART 100	Art Appreciation	3.0
ART 171	Primitive to Medieval Art	3.0
ART 172	Renaissance to Rococo Art	3.0
ART 173	Neo-Classical Art to the Present	3.0
ENGL 140	Introduction to Film Art	3.0
ENGL 240	Film and Literature	3.0
ENGL 241	Film History	3.0
HUMAN 104	Introduction to Latin American Culture and Civilization	3.0
HUMAN 106	Cultures of Islamic Middle East	3.0
MUSIC 100	Music Appreciation	3.0
MUSIC 180	Non-Western Music	3.0
THTRE 150	Theatre Appreciation	3.0
THTRE 210	Theatre History	3.0

Humanities

AFAM 103	African-American Experience through the Arts	3.0
AFAM 104	African-American Experience Through Literature	3.0
AFAM 120	African American Experience	3.0
AFAM 140	African American Women	3.0
ENGL 115	Introduction to Literature	3.0
ENGL 124	Introduction to Fiction	3.0
ENGL 126	Introduction to Poetry	3.0
ENGL 160	Literature and Gender	3.0
ENGL 162	Children's Literature	3.0
ENGL 201	American Literature to 1900	3.0
ENGL 202	American Literature in 20th Century	3.0
ENGL 240	Film and Literature	3.0
ENGL 251	English Literature to 1800	3.0
ENGL 252	English Literature 19th-20th Century	3.0
ENGL 253	Introduction to Shakespeare	3.0
ENGL 280	Non-Western Literature	3.0
HIST 111	European Civ to Reformation	4.0
HIST 112	European Civ: The Modern Era	4.0
HIST 201	Or & Dev of Imp China & Japan	4.0
HIST 202	Modern East Asia	4.0
HIST 270	History of Non-Western Civilization: China	4.0
HIST 271	History of Japan	4.0
HUMAN 104	Introduction to Latin American Culture and Civilization	3.0
HUMAN 106	Cultures of Islamic Middle East	3.0
HUMAN 112	Leadership Development through the Humanities	3.0
PHIL 100	Critical Thinking	3.0
PHIL 110	Introduction to Philosophy	3.0
PHIL 120	Introduction to Ethics	3.0
PHIL 210	Introduction to World Religions	3.0
PHIL 215	Asian Philosophy	3.0
PHIL 230	Philosophy of Religion	3.0
SIGN 105	Deaf Culture	3.0
SIGN 202	American Sign Language 4	4.0
SPAN 202	Intermediate Spanish 2	4.0

Life and Physical Science

Number of Courses Required: 2, Number of Categories to Be Completed: 2, Number of Credit Hours Required: 7.00

One course must be a laboratory course. One course from life science and physical science required.

Life Science

BIOL 101	Concepts of Biology 1	4.0
BIOL 102	Concepts of Biology 2	4.0
BIOL 106	Issues in Human Biology	3.0
BIOL 210	Environmental Biology	4.0

Physical Science

ASTRO 105	Introduction to Astronomy	4.0
CHEM 100	Concepts of Chemistry	4.0
CHEM 106	Chemistry in Everyday Life	4.0
CHEM 131	General Chemistry 1	4.0
EASCI 210	Physical Geography	4.0
EASCI 220	Intro to Physical Geology	4.0
EASCI 230	Intro to Meteorology	4.0
PHYS 100	Physics of the Modern World	4.0
PHYS 101	Introduction to Physics 1	4.0
PHYS 151	Mechanics and Wave Motion	4.0

Math

Number of Courses Required: 1, Number of Credit Hours Required: 3.00

MATH 110	Concepts of Mathematics	4.0
MATH 112	Math for Elem Sch Teaching 2	4.0
MATH 113	Intro to Applied Statistics	4.0
MATH 121	Calculus & Analytic Geometry 1	5.0
MATH 122	Calculus & Analytic Geometry 2	4.0
MATH 160	Finite Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences	4.0
MATH 171	Concepts of Statistics	4.0
MATH 190	Calculus for Business & Social Science	4.0
MATH 221	Calculus & Analytic Geometry 3	4.0