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Associate in Science (Plan An Associate Degree)
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Catalog Description
The Associate in Science degree is designed to parallel the first two years of a science-related baccalaureate degree program. Students complete freshman and sophomore level courses for majors in such areas as biology, chemistry, physics and related professional fields. Since differences in course requirements exist at different universities and in different science disciplines within the same university, it is important that students work closely with a CLC academic success advisor and their transfer school to choose appropriate courses.
Completion of the A.S. degree does not fulfill the requirements of the Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Curriculum (IAI GECC). Many science majors are highly structured and require extensive sequential lower-division mathematics and science courses. In order to take courses required for the major in a similar pattern to those of the freshman and sophomore students at a university, some general education courses are postponed until after transfer. Students then either complete the general education requirements of the transfer institution or are given the opportunity to complete the IAI.
Free Form Requisites
COMMUNICATION | A grade of "C" or better is required for both ENG courses. | |
Course | Hours | IAI Code |
|---|---|---|
3 | C2 900 | |
3 | C1 900 | |
C1 901 R | ||
3 | C1 901 R | |
SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE 6 CREDIT HOURS | Select courses from at least two different disciplines i.e. different prefixes. | |
Course | Hours | IAI Code |
3 | S1 900N | |
3 | S1 901N | |
3 | S1 902 | |
3 | S1 903 | |
3 | S1 904D | |
3 | S3 901 | |
3 | S3 902 | |
3 | S4 900N | |
3 | S4 900N | |
3 | S9 900 | |
3 | S7 904D | |
3 | S2 902 | |
3 | S2 903 | |
3 | S2 905N | |
3 | S2 920N | |
3 | S2 919N | |
3 | S2 900 | |
3 | S2 901 | |
3 | S2 920N | |
3 | S2 920N | |
3 | S5 903 | |
3 | S5 900 | |
3 | S5 902 | |
3 | S5 905 | |
3 | S5 904N | |
3 | S6 900 | |
3 | S6 902 | |
3 | S6 903 | |
3 | S8 900 | |
3 | S6 904 | |
3 | S7 900 | |
3 | S7 901 | |
3 | S7 902 | |
3 | S7 905D | |
3 | S7 904D | |
PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES | One course must be selected from Physical Science and one course from Life Science. Both courses must be IAI and laboratory science courses (L). A third course should be selected from the Physical Science course list or the Life Science course list or the Additional Science course list. | |
Course | Hours | IAI Code |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES | ||
4 | P1 902L | |
5 | P1 902L | |
4 | P1 903L | |
4 | P1 905L | |
4 | P1 907L | |
4 | P1 905L | |
4 | P1 906L | |
4 | P1 909L | |
4 | P1 900L | |
5 | P1 900L | |
5 | P2 900L | |
LIFE SCIENCE | ||
4 | L1 905L | |
4 | L1 900L | |
4 | L1 900L | |
4 | L1 910L | |
ADDITIONAL SCIENCE COURSE LIST: Any BIO, CHM, ESC, GEG, HRT or PHY course with a 1.1 PCS code, excluding GEG 122 and GEG 123. | ||
MATHEMATICS | One course MUST be selected from the courses with an IAI number (shown in bold) in order to meet CLC graduation requirements. | |
Course | Hours | IAI Code |
3 | ||
5 | ||
3 | ||
3 | M1 906 | |
5 | ||
5 | M1 900-1 | |
4 | M1 900-2 | |
3 | M1 903 | |
4 | M1 902 | |
4 | M1 900-B | |
4 | ||
3 | M1 905 | |
5 | M1 900-3 | |
HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS | At least one course must be selected from the Humanities section and one course from the Fine Arts section. | |
Course | Hours | IAI Code |
HUMANITIES | ||
4 | H1 900 | |
3 | H2 909D | |
4 | H1 900 | |
3 | H3 911D | |
3 | H3 912 | |
3 | H3 913 | |
3 | H3 905 | |
3 | H3 906 | |
3 | H3 915 | |
3 | H3 903 | |
3 | H3 901 | |
3 | H9 901 | |
3 | H3 908N | |
3 | H3 918 | |
4 | H1 900 | |
3 | H1 900 | |
3 | H1 900 | |
3 | H1 900 | |
3 | HF 902 | |
3 | HF 903 | |
3 | H4 906 | |
3 | H2 903N | |
3 | HF 904N | |
3 | HF 904N | |
3 | HF 906D | |
3 | HF 907D | |
4 | H1 900 | |
4 | H1 900 | |
3 | HF 906D | |
3 | H4 900 | |
3 | H4 906 | |
3 | H4 905 | |
3 | H4 904 | |
3 | H5 904N | |
3 | H4 907 | |
3 | H4 903N | |
3 | H1 900 | |
3 | H1 900 | |
3 | H1 900 | |
FINE ARTS | ||
3 | F2 900 | |
3 | F2 901 | |
3 | F2 902 | |
3 | F2 904 | |
3 | F2 903N | |
3 | F1 906 | |
3 | F1 911D | |
3 | HF 902 | |
3 | HF 903 | |
3 | F2 908 | |
3 | F9 900 | |
3 | HF 904N | |
3 | F2 909 | |
3 | HF 904N | |
3 | HF 906D | |
3 | F2 908 | |
3 | HF 907D | |
3 | HF 906D | |
3 | F1 900 | |
3 | F1 902 | |
3 | F1 907 | |
3 | F1 909D | |
+ International/Multicultural Requirements
Choose one course with a + following the course number OR one of the following: ASI 121, CMM 127, EDU 224, ENG 263, 264, GXS 221, 299, HST 128, LAT 121, PDS 123, PHI 128, 129, PSY 229, SSI 121. This course can fulfill both the I/M requirement and a Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts, or Elective requirement.
Area of Concentration/Elective Requirements- 21 Credit Hours
Choose elective courses with a 1.1 (transfer course) PCS code that relate to your intended major. Students should choose electives only after consulting with an Academic Success Advisor.
Exception: Up to twelve hours of courses with a 1.2 (career course) PCS code may be used as general electives in the degree. All 199 courses are exempt from this rule. Students should select these courses only after they have verified their transferability with their academic success advisor or the transfer institution. EDU 999 does not count toward this twelve-hour limit.
Students may not receive credit towards degree for both CHM 140 and CHM 142, or both BIO 120 and BIO 140, or both ESC 123 and ESC 127.
Students with credit for both MTH 122 and MTH 123 will not be given credit for MTH 144. Students may not receive credit towards degree for both (MTH 122 and MTH 144) or (MTH 123 and MTH 144).
Each program has a list of recommended courses to meet the degree requirements, please review those pages for more guidance.
Other Graduation Requirements
Completion of CLC 120 -College Success Seminar (A grade of "D" or higher)
Cumulative CLC GPA of 2.00 or higher
Completion of at least 15 credit hours at CLC
At the beginning of the semester in which you believe you will complete your degree or certificate submit a Request to Graduate available through the Graduation tile in StudentCenter. Instructions on how to complete this step can be found here.
Additional guidelines found on the Steps to Graduate page.