Major Code
GECC00

Transfer Ready Pathway

Guided pathways are recommended course sequences for earning a certificate or degree. Waubonsee’s academic and career advising and counseling professionals are available to guide students on their path to graduate.

Transfer Degree Guided Pathway - General Education Core Curriculum (GECC)

The General Education Core Curriculum consists of 37-41 credits of Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) general education courses taken from five different categories including communications, social and behavioral sciences, physical and life sciences, mathematics, and humanities and fine arts. Successful completion of this credential ensures a seamless transfer of lower level general education requirements to four-year universities in the State of Illinois. Students must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 (C average) or higher in all courses and are encouraged to consult with an Academic Advisor for course selection. Students must also meet the college's credit hour residency requirement: a minimum of 15 semester hours in 100 and 200 level courses applied toward this credential must be completed at Waubonsee. Transfer credit and credit for prior learning assessment do not apply to the credit hour residency. The GECC credential can be included on official transcripts. The GECC is not considered a degree, certificate or industry recognized credential.

College Requirements
Waubonsee’s requirements conform to IAI General Education Core Curriculum guidelines. (Courses are 3 semester hours unless indicated.)

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Communications
Complete the courses listed.

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Communications: COM 100
English: ENG 101* and 102*

Humanities and Fine Arts
Select at least one course from Humanities and one course from Fine Arts. Courses in bold identify Non-Western and Diversity options: N indicates non-Western; D indicates diversity

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Humanities
English: ENG 211, 215, 220 (D), 221, 222, 225, 226, 228, 229, 230, 235, 240, 245, 255 (D), 265 (D)
Film Studies: FLM 270***
French: FRE 202
German: GER 202
History**: HIS 111, 112
Humanities***: HUM 101, 102 (N), 108, 112, 201, 202, 233 (D)
Philosophy: PHL 100, 101, 105, 110, 120 (N), 201, 202
Religious Studies: RLG 120 (N), 220, 230, 240
Spanish: SPN 202, 205, 215

Fine Arts
Art: ART 100, 101, 102, 103 (N), 104, 105 (D),106
Film Studies: FLM 250, 260, 270***
Humanities***: HUM 101, 102 (N), 201, 233 (D)
Music: MUS 100, 101 (N), 102
Theatre: THE 100

Mathematics
Select from the courses listed.

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Mathematics: MTH 101, 102, 107, 131 (4), 132 (4), 202, 210, 211 (4), 233 (4)

Physical and Life Sciences
Select at least one course from Physical Sciences and one course from Life Sciences. Select at least one lab course. (L indicates lab course.)

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Physical Sciences
Astronomy: AST 100, 105 (4-L)
Chemistry: CHM 100, 101 (1-L), 102, 103 (1-L), 121 (4-L)
Earth Science: ESC 100, 101 (1-L), 110, 120 (4-L), 125, 130
Geography: GEO 121 (4-L)
Geology: GLG 100, 101 (1-L), 102 (4-L),103,120
Physics: PHY 103, 104 (1-L), 111 (4-L), 221 (5-L)

Life Sciences
Biology: BIO 100, 101 (1-L), 102, 110, 111 (1-L), 120 (4-L), 122 (4-L)

Social and Behavioral Sciences
Select courses from at least two of the following disciplines. Courses in bold identify Non-Western and Diversity options: N indicates non-Western; D indicates diversity.

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Anthropology: ANT 101 (N), 102, 110
Economics: ECN 100, 201, 202
Geography: GEO 120 (N), 220 (N)
History**: HIS 101 (N), 102 (N), 121, 122, 205 (N), 215 (N), 225 (N), 235 (N)
Political Science: PSC 100, 220, 240, 260
Psychology: PSY 100, 205, 215, 220, 226, 235
Sociology: SOC 100, 120 (D), 130, 210, 230 (D)

Program Total

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* IAI General Education requires a C or better in these courses.

** No more than two history courses can be used to fulfill general education requirements.

*** Interdisciplinary humanities courses that encompass both humanities and fine arts may be used for either humanities or fine arts credit.


Additional College Requirement
Non-Western or Diversity
One course satisfying degree requirements must have a non-Western (N) or diversity (D) emphasis. Courses that satisfy the Non-Western or Diversity requirement are identified as follows: N indicates non-Western; D indicates diversity in the General Education Requirements Social and Behavioral Sciences and Humanities and Fine Arts. This is not an additional credit hour requirement.