Student Planning Worksheet
2015–2017
Associate in Arts (AA) Degree
Associate in Science (AS) Degree
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General Requirements for Associate in Arts and
Associate 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
average 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.
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
who 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 or Psychology 2280 or Sociology 2205.
8. Earn no more than 42 semester credits by demonstrated
competence through the Advanced Placement Program (AP), the subject
examinations of the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) and
the College of DuPage Proficiency Through an Instructor.
9. File an Application for a Degree or Certificate 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 status 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 10 credits for each additional degree.
Name: _________________ Date: _______________
Companion to the 2015–2017 College of DuPage Catalog.
This worksheet is only a planning tool. Official evaluation is done
by the Records Office.
Associate in Arts (AA) Degree Requirements
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
Mathematics
Humanities/Fine Arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Additional Coursework
37
9
7
3
9
9
27
MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS
64
Associate in Science (AS) Degree Requirements
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
Communications
Science
Mathematics
Humanities/Fine Arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Additional Coursework
Life or Physical Science
Mathematics
37
9
7
3
9
9
2 courses
1 course
MINIMUM TOTAL CREDITS
18
6
3
64
Other associate degrees offered at College of DuPage:
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”
8/22/16
GENERAL EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS
(For Course Descriptions see
Course Catalog)
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
Communications (9 credits)
Grade of “C” or higher required.
Written (6 credits)
□ ENGLI 1101(3) Check when met
□ ENGLI 1102(3) Check when met
Oral (3 credits)
□ SPEEC 1100(3) Check when met
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), 1137(4), 1205(4),
1211(5), 1551(5);
EARTH 1101(4), 1102(4), 1105(4),
1110(4), 1111(3) – No Lab, 1115(4),
1119(3) – No Lab, 1120(3) – No Lab,
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(3), 2134(4), 2231(5),
2232(5), 2233(5).
Statistics: MATH 1635(4) OR 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)
Social & Behavioral Sciences
(9 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)
Select three courses from at least two different
disciplines.
Humanities (Group #1)
□ Course: ______________________
□ 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)Δ*, 1120(3)Δ*, 1160(3),
HUMNT 1102(3), 1105(3), 1110(3)
PHILO 1100(3), 2010(3), 2011(3);
2150(3)
RELIG 1100(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)
 PHILO 1150(3) or RELIG 1150(3)
 RELIG 1110(3), 1120(3), 2160(3) or
ENGLI 1158(3)
Only one foreign language from this list
may apply toward general education core:
CHINE 2202(4); FRENC 2202(4), 2251(3),
2252(3); GERMA 2202(4), 2251(3),
2252(3); ITALI 2202(4); JAPAN 2202(4);
KOREA 2202(4); RUSSI 2202(4); SPANI
2202(4), 2206(4), 2208(4), 2251(3),
2252(3)
□ Course: ______________________
□ Course: ______________________
ANTHR 1000(3), 1100(3), 1200(3),
1400(3);
ECONO 2200(3), 2201(3), 2202(3);
GEOGR 1105(3), 1120(3), 1130(3);
HISTO 1130(3)Δ*, 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)Δ* or 2260(3)
Your To Do List or Next Steps:
1._____________________________
______________________________
2._____________________________
Fine Arts (Group #2)
□ Course: ______________________
ART 1100(3), 2211(3), 2214(3);
ART 2212(3) or 2213(3) – only one may
apply toward gen. educ. credit.
ENGLI 1135(3), 1154(3);
HUMNT 1101(3), 1105(3), 1110(3);
MUSIC 1100(3), 1104(3), 1115(3);
THEAT 1100(3)
Humanities OR Fine Arts (Group #1 or #2)
□ Course: ______________________
_____________________________
3._____________________________
_____________________________
 General Education Core Curriculum credits may not
be earned using satisfactory/fail grade.
 Δ* May only be applied to either Humanities OR Social
Behavioral Science; NOT BOTH.
 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
Human Relations
ADDITIONAL MATH & SCIENCE
CREDITS
□ AA or AS: One course - Check when met
(For Course Descriptions see
Course Catalog)
ANTHR 1000*, 1100*, 1105*, 1130*
ART 1100*
EDUCA 1101, 1105, 1110
ENGLI 1160*, 1161*, 1165*
GEOGR 1130*
HISTO 2200, 2237, 2242, 2267
HUMAN 1113◊, 1121
HUMNT 1110*
MANAG 2220
OFTI 2600◊
PHILO 1110*, 1112, 1114, 2010*, 2011*
POLS 2230
PSYCH 1150, 2235*, 2240*
SOCIO 1100*, 1120*, 2215*, 2225,
2290
SPANI 1100, 1110
SPEEC 1120, 2200
*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 1137(4)*, 1212(5), 1552(5),
2213(4), 2551(5), 2552(5);
EARTH 1101(4)*, 1102(4)*, 1110(4)*,
1111(3)*, 1115(3)*, 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)
□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)*, or PSYCH
2280(3)* OR SOCIO 2205(3)* – Only
one of these three courses may apply
toward degree requirements.
* Conforms to the Illinois Articulation Initiative
general education standards.
◊
Credits apply to the Career and Technical
Education (CTE) category.
All other courses listed apply toward
additional course category.
Global/Multicultural Studies
□ AA: One course - Check when met
□ AS: One course from Global/
Multicultural Studies OR
Contemporary Life Skills
- Check when met
ANTHR 1000*, 1100*, 1105*, 1130*,
1400*
ARABI 1101, 1102
ART 1100*, 2214*
BUSIN 2255
CHINE 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
ECONO 2220
ENGLI 1160*, 1161*, 2221*, 2226*, 2227*,
2262*
FRENC 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*
GEOGR 1100*, 1105*, 1120*, 2205, 2235
GERMA 1100, 1101, 1102, 2200*, 2201,
2202*, 2251*, 2252*
HISTO 2200, 2205*, 2210*, 2215*, 2220*,
2225*, 2230*, 2235*, 2237, 2240, 2242,
2267
HUMAN 1121◊
HUMNT 1105*
INTER 1153
ITALI 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*
JAPAN 1100, 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*,
2251*, 2252*
KOREA 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
MCOMM 1120
MUSIC 1104*, 1115*
PHILO 1110*, 1116*, 1150*
POLS 2203*, 2220*, 2221
RELIG 1100*, 1150*, 1155*, 2160*
RUSSI 1101, 1102, 2201, 2202*
SOCIA 1110
SOCIO 2210*, 2220*
SPANI 1100, 1101, 1102, 1110, 2201,
2202*, 2251*, 2252*
SPEEC 2200
Contemporary Life Skills
□ AA: One course - Check when met
□ AS: One course from Global/
Multicultural studies OR
Contemporary life skills
- Check when met
ACCOU 1110◊, 2140
ARCH 1100◊, 1105◊, 1121◊
ART 1101, 1105, 1140, 1151
AUTO 1040◊, 1110◊
BUSIN 1100
CIS 1110◊, 1120◊, 1130◊, 1150◊, 1400◊
CIT 1100◊, 1121◊
CRIMJ 1100◊
CULIN 1110◊
ECEC 1110◊
ECONO 1110
EDUCA 1100, 1105, 1110, 1115, 2201
ELMEC 1101◊, 1120◊, 1130◊, 1300◊
ENGLI 2250, 2251, 2252, 2253, 2261
FIRE 1150◊
GRDSN 1102◊
HLTHS 1110◊
HVACR 1110◊
HORT 1100◊
HOSP 1102◊;
HUMAN 1113◊, 1115◊, 1125◊
INTER 1151◊, 1153◊
LIBRA 1101◊
MANUF 1171◊, 1180◊, 1190◊, 2280◊
MCOMM 1100, 1105, 1110
MATH 1100, 1220*
MPTV 1011◊, 1020◊, 1220◊
OFTI 1100◊, 1200◊, 1210◊
PHOTO 1100◊
PHYS 1101 – 1932 (except 1554, 1557,
1558, 1559, 1800, 1820 and 1840), 2244,
2251, 2254
PSYCH 1140, 1150
SOCIO 2290
SPEEC 1110, 1120, 1160, 2210
THEAT 1105, 1111, 2230
Any disciplines “Internship” courses
ADDITIONAL COURSE
WORK (ELECTIVES)
AA/AS Degree
AA: 27 credits OR AS: 18 credits
(For Course Descriptions see
Course Catalog)
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 credits of Physical Educ. Activity
Course work may apply toward an associate’s
degree.
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Transfer Oriented Electives
Career & Technical Education
Accounting 2140, 2150, 2205, 2206,
2241, 2242, 2251, 2870**
Anatomy and Physiology
Anthropology
Architecture 1100**
Art
Biology (except 2871)
Botany
Business (except 1111, 1120, 1161,
1170, 2200, 2220, 2860, 2865)
Business Law (except 2860, 2865)
Chemistry
Criminal Justice 1151, 1152, 1210,
2030, 2231, 2240**
Culinary Arts 1110**
Dance
Early Childhood Education and Care
1101, 2870**
Earth Science
Economics
Education
Engineering
English (except 1105, 1110, 2863)
Fashion 1116, 1151, 1183, 1201, 1202,
1205, 2200, 1800, 2261, 2262**
Foreign Language:
Arabic, Chinese (except 1800),
French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Spanish
Geography
History (except 2270)
Horticulture 1101, 1110, 1800**
Human Services 1121**
Humanities
Interior Design 2870**
Mass Communication
Mathematics (except 1100, 1102, 1104,
1115, 1116)
Microbiology
Motion Picture/Television 1111, 2022**
Music
Philosophy
Photography 1105**
Physical Education (except 2863)
Physics (except 1800, 1953, 1963,
2800)
Political Science
Psychology
Religious Studies
Social Science
Sociology
Speech (except 1140)
Theater
Zoology
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
**All other courses in these subject areas
are assigned to the Career & Technical
Education Category
Accounting (except 2140, 2150, 2205, 2206,
2241, 2242, 2251, 2870)
Anesthesia Technology
Architecture (except 1100)
Automotive Service Technology
Cancer Registry Management
Computer Information Systems
Computer and Internetworking
Technologies
Cosmetology
Criminal Justice (except 1151, 1152, 1210,
2030, 2231, 2240)
Culinary Arts
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 Studies
Fire Science Technology
Graphic Design
Health Information Technology
Health Sciences
Hearing Instrument Dispensatory
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning &
Refrigeration (HVACR)
Homeland Security (see Criminal Justice)
Horticulture
Hospitality and Tourism
Human Services
Interior Design
Interpreting
Library and Information Technology
Long-Term Care Administration
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology
Management
Manufacturing Technology
Marketing
Medical Assistant
Motion Picture and Television
Nursing (ADN)
Office Technology Information
Paralegal Studies
Photography
Physical Therapist Assistant
Radiation Therapy
Real Estate
Respiratory Care
Sign Language
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
Surgical Technology
Welding Technology