General Requirements for Associates in Arts and
Associates in Science Degrees
1. Complete at least 64 semester hours of credit in courses numbered
1000 or above (or equivalent) for each degree.
2. Possess a minimum 2.0 (C) average in the combined grade point a v e r a g e of all College of DuPage courses numbered 1000 and above and all courses accepted for transfer from other institutions.
3. Complete a minimum of 20 semester hours of applicable degree credit at College of DuPage with the final 10 hours of credit at the college.
4. Students who break enrollment for more than one full academic year are subject to the degree requirements as stated in the College of
DuPage Catalog that is current at the time of re-entry. Students w ho are covered under a catalog prior to 2011-2013 should consult with a counselor or adviser.
5. Earn no more than 4 semester credits from Physical Education activity courses.
6. Only one of the following may count for overall degree credit:
Math 1428 or 1431.
7. Only one of the following may count for overall degree credit:
Math 1635, Psychology 2280, or Sociology 2205.
8. Earn no more than 42 semester credits by demonstrated competence through the Advanced Placement Program (AP), the s u b j e c t examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and the
College of DuPage Proficiency Through an Instructor.
9. File a Petition for a Degree one term before the anticipated completion date.
10. Be in good standing at the time final credits for the degree are earned.
11. To officially check your up-to-date degree stat us go to “MyAccess” and select degree audit listed under academic profile and select your appropriate degree.
Additional Associate in Arts and Associate in
Science Degree Requirements
1. A maximum of 10 semester credits in courses from the
Career & Technical Educational section can be applied for this degree.
2. All General Education Core Curriculum courses must be taken with a letter grade, not satisfactory/fail grades.
3. No more than 6 semester hours of History in the Humanities and
Social/Behavioral Sciences categories combined may apply toward
General Education requirements. Additional credits in History may be earned as General Elective credit.
4. Earn no more than 16 semester credits in courses numbered 1800 or
2800, 1840 or 2840, 1820 to 1829, and 2820 to 2829, or labeled as independent study, experimental/pilot, selected topics or field/experiential.
5. Earn no more than 12 semester hours of Additional Coursework credit on a satisfactory/fail basis.
6. Earn an additional 1 0 credits for each additional degree.
This degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting school to pursue a bachelor's degree in a liberal arts area or in a business area. General Education requirements shown below are minimums. Any credit earned above the minimum will be applied toward credit hour total.
General Education Core Curriculum
Communications
Science
9
7
37
Mathematics
Humanities/Fine Arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Additional Coursework
3
9
9
27
MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS 64
This degree is designed for students who plan to transfer to a baccalaureate-granting school to pursue a bachelor's degree in science or a science related field.
General Education Core Curriculum 37
(same as AA degree requirements above)
Additional Coursework, including extra Math/Science 27
Applicable courses listed on pg. 3
Life or Physical Science . . two courses, min. 6 credits
Mathematics. . . . . . . . . . . one course, min. 3 credits
MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS
Other associate degrees offered at College of DuPage
64
Please refer to programs of study and other
Student Planning Worksheets
 www.cod.edu
 click “ Programs of Study”
OR
 www.cod.edu

Click “Current Student”, click
“Counseling and Advising”, and click “Student Planning
Worksheets
Revised: 9/5/12

TOTAL CREDITS (*SHs): 64 MINIMUM
General Education Core: AA: 37 AS: 37
Additional Course Work AA: 27 AS: 18
Additional Math /Science AS: 9
Associates Degree Total AA: 64 AS: 64
General Education Requirements
COMMUNICATIONS
(9 credits)
Grade of “C” or higher required.
Written (6 credits)
□
ENGLI 1101(3) _______________
□
ENGLI 1102(3) _______________
Oral (3 credits)
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SPEECH 1100(3) _____________
PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES
(7 to 10 credits)

Select one course from Life Sciences and one course from Physical
Sciences.

At least one course must have a laboratory component .
Life Science
□
Course: _____________________
ANAT 1500(4), 1551(4), 1571(4);
BIOLO 1100(4), 1110(4), 1120(3)
–
No Lab , 1130(4), 1151(5); BOTAN
1310(4); MICRO 1420(4)
Physical Science
□
Course: ______________________
CHEMI 1105(4), 1205(4),1211(5),
1551(5 ) ; EARTH 1101(4), 1102(4),
1110(4), 1111(3)
– No Lab
, 1115(4),
1122(4), 1124(4), 1126(4), 1130(4),
1135(4), 1140(4) or 1141(3)-No
Lab,) not both; PHYSI 1100(4),
1150(3)-No Lab, 1201(5), 2111(5)
MATHEMATICS (3 to 5 credits)
□
Course: ______________________
MATH 1218(3), 1220(3), 1322(3),
1533(4), 2115(5), 2134(4), 2231(5),
2232(5), 2233(5).
Statistics : MATH 1635(4), PSYCH
2280(3) or SOCIO 2205(3) – Only one of these three courses may apply toward degree requirements .
HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS
(9 to 10 credits)
Select at least one course from
Humanities (group 1) and at least one course from Fine Arts (group 2); the third course can be from either area (group 1 or group 2)
Humanities (Group #1)
□
Course: ______________________
ENGLI 1130(3), 1152(3), 1153(3),
1154(3), 1165(3), 2220(3), 2221(3),
2223(3), 2224(3), 2228(3), 2262(3);
HISTO 1110(3), 1120(3); 1160(3),
HUMNT 1102(3), 1105(3), 1110(3);
2019(3); PHILO 1100(3), 1117(3),
1118(3), 1145(3), 1150(3), 2010 Δ (3),
2011 Δ (3); 2150(3) RELIG 1100(3),
1150(3), 1155(3)
Only one course within each group may apply toward general education core:

ENGLI 1150(3) or 1151(3);

ENGLI 1158(3), RELIG 1110(3),
1120(3) or 2160(3);

ENGLI 1159(3) or HUMNT
1103(3);

ENGLI 1160(3) or ENGLI 1161(3);

ENGLI 2226(3) or 2227(3);

HISTO 2205(3), 2220(3) or
2235(3);

HISTO 2225(3) or 2230(3);

HUMNT 1103(3) or ENGLI
1159(3);

PHILO 1110(3) or 1116(3);

PHILO 1120(3) or 1125(3);

RELIG 1110(3), 1120(3), 2160(3) or ENGLI 1158(3)
Only one course within each group may apply toward general education core:
Chinese 2202(4); French
2202(4), 2251(3), 2252(3);
German 2200(3), 2202(4),
2251(3), 2252(3); Italian 2202(4);
Japanese 2202(4); Korean
2202(4); Russian 2202(4);
Spanish 2202(4), 2206(4),
2208(4), 2251(3), 2252(3)
Fine Arts (Group #2)
□
Course: ______________________
ART 1100(3), 2211(3), 2212(3)
ART 2213(3) or 2214(3) – only one may apply toward gen. educ. credit.
ENGLI 1135(3), 1154(3);
HUMNT 1101(3), 1105(3), 1110(3);
2019(3)
MUSIC 1100(3), 1104(3), 1115(3);
THEAT 1100(3)
Humanities OR Fine Arts
(Group #1 or #2)
□
Course: _____________________
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(9 credits)
Select three courses from at least two different disciplines.
ANTHR 1000(3) or 1101(3),
1100(3), 1120 (3), 1125(3);
ECONO 2200(3), 2201(3), 2202(3);
GEOGR 1105(3), 1120(3), 1130(3);
HISTO 1130(3), 2210(3), 2215(3);
POLS 1100(3), 1101(3), 2203(3),
2220(3);
PSYCH 1100(3), 2230(3), 2233(3),
2235(3), 2237(3), 2240(3);
SOCIO 1100(3), 1120(3), 2210(3),
2215(3), 2220(3)
Only one course within each group may apply toward general education core:

ANTHR 1105(3) or 1130(3);

GEOGR 1100(3) or 1140(3);

HISTO 1140(3) or 2260(3);
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Course: ______________________
□
Course: ______________________
□
Course: ______________________
Your To Do List or Next Steps:
1._____________________________
______________________________
2._____________________________
_____________________________
3._____________________________
_____________________________
*SHs= Semester Hours or credits
General Education Core Curriculum credits may not be earned using satisfactory/fail grade
Earn no more than 6 History credits in
Humanities and Social and Behavioral
Sciences combined. Additional credits in
History may be earned as General Elective credit.

A.S. DEGREE ONLY FOR
ADDITIONAL CREDITS:
* Course also meets gen. ed. requirements:
If used for gen. ed. requirements, must choose others to meet the additional math/science for A.S. degree.
Physical/Life Sciences
(6 credits minimum – 2 courses)
□
Course: ______________________
□
Course: ______________________
ANAT 1551(4)*, 1552(4), 1571(4)*,
1572(4); BIOLO 1130(4)*, 1140(3),
1151(5)*, 1152(5), 2150(4), 2151(4);
BOTAN 1320(4), 2350(4), 2360(3);
CHEMI 1212(5), 1552(5), 2213(4),
2551(5), 2552(5);
EARTH 1101(4)*, 1102(4)*, 1110(4)*,
1111(3)*, 1115*, 1116(1), 1117(1),
1122(4)*, 1124(4)*, 1126(4)*, 1130(4)*,
1135(4)*, 1140(4)* or 1141(3)*not both; 2102(4), 2103(3), 2110(4),
2115(4), 2116(1), 2117(1); 2118(2)
MICRO 1420(4)*; PHYSI 1202(5),
2111(5)*, 2112(5), 2115(4); ZOOLO
1220(3), 2250(4), 2260(4)
Mathematics
(3 credits minimum – 1 course)
MATH 1218(3)*, 1220(3)*, 1321(4),
1322(3)*, 1340(3), 1428(3), 1431(5),
1432(3), 1533(4)*, 1635(4)*, 2115(3)*,
2134(4)*, 2231(5)*, 2232(5)*, 2233(4)*,
2245(4), 2270(4), 2300(4) Statistics :
MATH 1635(4)*, PSYCH 2280(3)* or
SOCIO 2205(3)*
–
Only one of these three courses may apply toward degree requirements .
□
Course: ______________________
Conforms to the Illinois Articulation
Initiative general education standards.
◊
Credits apply to the Career and
Technical Education (CTE) category.
Δ Effective spring 2011 degree requirements.
All other courses listed apply toward additional course category.
AA or AS : One course
□
Check when met
Anthropology 1000*, 1100*, 1101*,
1105*, 1130*
Art 1100*
Education 1101, 1105, 1110
English 1160*, 1161*, 1165*
Geography 1130*
History 2242
Human Services 1113
◊
Humanities 1110*
Management 2220
Office Tech. Information 2600
◊
Philosophy 1110*, 1112, 1114, 1117*,
1118*, 2010*
Δ, 2011*Δ
Political Science 2230
Psychology 1150, 2235*, 2240*
Sociology 1100*, 1120*, 2215*, 2225,
2290
Speech 1120
□
AA: One course Check when met
□
AS: One course from
Global/Multicultural studies OR
Contemporary life skills
Check when met
Anthropology 1000*, 1100*, 1101*,
1105*, 1125*, 1130*
Arabic 1101, 1102
Art 1100*, 2214*
Business 2255
Chinese 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
Economics 2220
English 1160*, 1161*, 2221, 2226*,
2227*, 2262
French 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*
Geography 1100*, 1105*, 1120*, 2205,
2235
German 1100, 1101, 1102, 2200*, 2201,
2202*, 2251*, 2252*
History 2205*, 2210*, 2215*, 2220*,
2225*, 2230*, 2235*, 2240, 2242
Human Services 1121
◊
Humanities 1105*
Interior Design 1153
Italian 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*
Japanese 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201,
2202*, 2251*, 2252*
Korean 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
Music 1104*, 1115*
Philosophy 1110*, 1116*, 1150*
Political Science 2203*, 2220*, 2221
Religious Studies 1100*, 1150*, 1155*,
2160*
Russian 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
Social Science 1110
Sociology 2210*, 2220*
Spanish 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*, 2820
Travel, Tourism & Event Planning 2221
◊
□
AA: One course Check when met
□
AS: One course from
Global/Multicultural studies OR
Contemporary life skills
Check when met
Accounting 1110
◊
, 1140
Air Conditioning 1110
Architecture 1100
◊
◊
, 1105
◊
, 1121
◊
Art 1101 , 1105 , 1140 , 1151
Auto. Service Tech . 1040
◊
, 1110
◊
Business 1100
Computer Information Systems (CIS)
1110
◊
, 1120
◊
, 1130
◊
, 1150, 1400
Computer & Internetworking Tech.
( CIT) 1100
◊
, 1121
◊
Criminal Justice 1100
Culinary Arts 1110
◊
( formerly Foods
1110)
Early Childhood Ed. & Care 1110
◊
Economics 1110
Education 1100, 1105, 1110, 1115
Electro-Mechanical Technology 1101
◊
1120
◊
, 1130
◊
, 1300
◊
,
English 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2261
Graphic Arts Technology 1101
◊
, 1102
◊
Graphic Design 1102
Health Sciences
◊
1110
◊
Human Services 1113
◊
, 1150
◊
, 1115
Interior Design 1151
◊
, 1153
◊
◊
Journalism 1100, 1110
Library Technology 1101
◊
Manufacturing Technology 1171
◊
1180
◊
, 1190
◊
, 2280
◊
,
Mathematics 1100, 1220
Motion Picture/Television 1011
◊
,
1020
◊
, 1220
◊
Office Technology Information 1100
◊
,
1200
◊
, 1210
◊
Photography 1100
◊
Physical Education 1101
– 1932
(except 1554, 1557, 1558, 1559,
1800, 1820 and 1840)
Physical Education , 2244, 2251, 2254
Psychology 1140, 1150
Sociology 2290
Speech 1110, 1120, 2210
Theater 1105, 1111, 2230
Travel, Tourism & Event Mgt. 1121
◊
,
1122
◊
Any disciplines “ Coop/Internship ” courses

(Electives)
AA: 27 credits OR AS:18 credits
Students are strongly encouraged to consult with a faculty adviser and/or the transfer institution in selecting transfer oriented elective credit. No more than 10 semester hours of credit from the Career & Technical Education category will be applicable to the AA/AS degrees.
No more than 4 SHs of Physical Educ.
Activity course work may apply toward an associate’s degree.
Δ* No longer being offered after spring
2013
Accounting (except ACCOU 1110)
Anatomy and Physiology
Anthropology
Art
Biology
Botany
Business
Business Law
Chemistry
Criminal Justice:
(CRIMJ 1100, 1130, 1151, 1152,
2231, 2240, 2250**)
Computer Information Systems:
( CIS 1150, 1400**)
Earth Science
Economics
Education
Engineering
English
Foreign Language:
Arabic, Chinese, French, German,
Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Russian, Spanish
Geography
History
Humanities
Journalism and Mass Communication
Management
Marketing
Mathematics
Microbiology
Music
Philosophy
Physical Education
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Science
Sociology
Speech Communication
Theater
Zoology
**All other courses in these subject areas are assigned to the Career & Technical Education Category
Student and College Services
Campus Central: SSC Center Area
(630) 942-2482
Center for Access and Accommodations :
SSC 3249
(630) 942-2154
Financial Aid Office: SSC 2220
(630) 942-2251
Records Office: SRC 2015
(630) 942-3838
Registration Services SSC 2221
(630) 942-2377
Testing Services: BIC 2405
(630) 942-2400
Veterans Services: SSC 3258
(630) 942-2444
Career & Technical Education
A maximum of 10 semester hours of Career & Technical
Education course work may apply toward the A.A. or A.S. degrees. This is not required. Students should verify the transferability of these courses with their transfer institution prior to enrollment
Course: ________________________
Course: ________________________
Course: ________________________
Course: ________________________
Accounting 1110
Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Architecture
Automotive Service Technology
Computer Information
Systems (except 1150, 1400)
Computer and Internetworking
Cosmetology
Criminal Justice (except 1100, 1130, 1151,
1152, 2231, 2240, 2250)
Culinary Arts (formerly Food Administration)
Dental Hygiene
Diagnostic Medical
Imaging Mammography
Diagnostic Medical
Imaging Nuclear Medicine
Diagnostic Medical
Imaging Radiography
Diagnostic Medical
Imaging General Sonography
Diagnostic Medical
Imaging Vascular Sonography
Early Childhood Education and Care
Electro-Mechanical Technology
Electronics Technology
Facilities Management
Fashion Merchandising and Design
Fire Science Technology
Graphic Arts Technology
Δ*
Graphic Design
Health Information Technology
Health Sciences
Homeland Security (see Criminal Justice)
Horticulture
Hospitality Management
Human Services
Interior Design
Library and Information Technology
Long-Term Care Administration
Manufacturing Technology
Motion Picture and Television
Nursing (ADN)
Office Technology Information
Paralegal Studies
Photography
Physical Therapist Assistant
Real Estate
Respiratory Care
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Surgical Technology
Travel and Tourism
Welding Technology