Associate in Arts Degree Requirements

Degree Type:

Associate in Arts

Curriculum Code:

AAD.AA.AA (U224A)

Total Program Credits: 60

For students who intend to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree at a four-year school.

Students must meet the prescribed general education requirements listed below for the Associate in Arts degree and should complete the remaining required semester hours according to the requirements of the four-year school to which they plan to transfer. The "◊" symbol on courses means articulated courses.

NOTE: The following AA degree requirements, effective summer 1998, meet the Illinois Community College Board’s recommended model including the IAI General Education Core curriculum.

Total Credit Hours: 60

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

NOTE: The following AA degree requirements, effective summer 1998, meet the Illinois Community College Board’s recommended model including the IAI General Education Core curriculum.

General Education requirements:

AA degree                                                                                           Subtotal: 37-40

Emphasis program electives or other electives toward the AA degree  Subtotal: 20-23

General Education requirements by discipline*:

• Communications: Three courses (nine semester hours).
  • Communications Courses: RHT 101◊, RHT 102◊, SPE 101◊
• Humanities and Fine Arts: Three courses (nine semester hours), with at least one course from selected from Humanities and at least one course from the Fine Arts.
  • Humanities Courses: HUM 100◊, HUM 104◊, HUM 151◊, HUM 152◊, HUM 165◊, HUM 170◊, LIT 101◊, LIT 103◊, LIT 105◊, LIT 170◊, LIT 231◊, PHL 101◊, PHL 102◊, PHL 103◊, PHL 105◊, PHL 113◊, SPN 104◊, SPN 115◊, SPN 116◊, SPN 151◊, SPN 152◊
  • Fine Arts Courses: ART 110◊, ART 111◊, ART 112◊, ART 114◊, HUM 100◊, HUM 104◊, HUM 170◊, MCM 151◊, MCM 152◊, MUS 104◊, MUS 110◊, MUS 215◊, SPE 130◊, SPE 134◊, VIC 160◊
• Social and Behavioral Science: Three courses (nine semester hours), with courses selected from at least two disciplines.
  • Social Science Courses: ANT 101◊, ANT 102◊, ANT 103◊, ANT 105◊, ECO 100◊, ECO 102◊, ECO 103◊, GEO 104◊, GEO 105◊, GEO 106◊, HIS 121◊, HIS 122◊, HIS 141◊, HIS 142◊, HIS 151◊, HIS 152◊, HIS 156◊, HIS 171◊, HIS 172◊, HIS 191◊, HIS 192◊, HUM 175◊, PSC 120◊, PSC 150◊, PSC 151◊, PSC 184◊, PSY 100◊, PSY 201◊, PSY 216◊, PSY 222◊, PSY 228◊, SOC 100◊, SOC 120◊, SOC 131◊, SOC 225◊, SSC 190◊

    Graduation from an Illinois college or university requires satisfactory completion of one or more courses incorporating Human Diversity, which may be taken as a Humanities and Fine Arts or Social and Behavioral Science course and will be fulfilled by taking:

  • ANT 101◊, ANT 103◊, ART 114◊, GEO 104◊, GEO 105◊, GEO 106◊, HIS 141◊, HIS 142◊, HIS 156◊, HIS 171◊, HIS 172◊, HIS 191◊, HIS 192◊, HUM 100◊, HUM 165◊, HUM 170◊, HUM 175◊, PHL 105◊, SOC 225◊ or SPE 134◊.
    

• Mathematics: One course (three semester hours).
  • Mathematics Courses: ECO 170◊, MAT 101◊, MAT 102◊, MAT 117◊, MAT 124◊, MAT 131◊, MAT 133◊, MAT 134◊, MAT 170◊, MAT 235◊
• Physical and Life Science: Two courses (seven to eight semester hours), with one course selected from the Life Sciences and one course from the Physical Sciences, including at least one laboratory course.
  • Physical Science Courses: AST 100◊, AST 101◊, AST 102◊, CHM 100◊, CHM 110◊, CHM 140◊, GEO 200◊, GEO 201◊, GOL 101◊, GOL 102◊, GOL 103◊, PHS 100◊, PHY 100◊, PHY 101◊, PHY 106◊
  • Life Science Courses: BIS 100◊, BIS 101◊, BIS 105◊, BIS 108◊, BIS 113◊, BIS 150◊, BIS 151◊, HRT 125◊

Foreign Language encouraged if transferring.

• While few baccalaureate institutions require a foreign or second language in their campus-wide general education requirements, competency through two, three, or four college semesters (or the high school equivalent) in a single foreign/second language is required for the Bachelor of Arts degree at some universities, for all bachelor’s degrees in some colleges (such as Colleges of Liberal Arts), and for some bachelor’s degree majors.
• Community college students who intend to transfer should complete the foreign language courses required by their intended transfer institution, college within a university, and /or major, prior to transferring.

Additional Notes:

• No more than two courses from any one discipline can be used to fulfill General Education Core curriculum requirements.

• Students must earn a passing letter grade in each course used to fulfill requirements. Passing scores (based on national norms) on appropriate AP and CLEP exams may be used to fulfill requirements for students who earn an Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science degree prior to transfer. For other transfer students, receiving institutions will follow established credit policies.

• It is recommended that students select the remaining courses from their major area of study of the IAI approved or articulated courses with an academic advisor.

• It is highly recommended that students enroll in COL 102◊, CSG 150◊ and HTH 104◊ or HTH 281◊.

*discipline: a subject or field of activity, for example, an academic subject

Interim Dean: Paul Jensen, Ext. 3674, email: pauljensen@triton.edu