2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE –Graduation RequirementsGeneral EducationRequirementsThe courses in the chart below meet the college’sgeneral education requirements for the Associateof Applied Science degree. General educationstudies at St. Charles Community College guide studentsinto a deeper understanding of themselvesand of their responsibilities as citizens and providethe knowledge and skills on which to build a richerappreciation of their world.SCC Institutional Requirements• Complete a minimum of 64 credit hours,including 24 credit hours of general educationcourses adhering to the minimums listed below.• Complete specific program requirements aslisted under each program in the catalog(pages 65-92).• Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours at SCC.• Earn a 2.00 cumulative grade point average.• Complete program-specific 1-credit-hourcapstone course.COMMUNICATIONTo develop students’effective use of the Englishlanguage and quantitativeand other symbolic systemsessential to theirsuccess in school and inthe world. Studentsshould be able to readand listen critically and towrite and speak withthoughtfulness, clarity,coherence, and persuasiveness.9 Credit HoursENG 101ENG 115 or 125SPE 101SOCIALSCIENCETo develop students’understanding of themselvesand the worldaround them throughstudy of content and theprocesses used by historiansand social andbehavioral scientists todiscover, describe,explain, and predicthuman behavior andsocial systems. Studentsmust understand thediversities and complexitiesof the cultural andsocial world, past andpresent, and come to aninformed sense of selfand others.3 Credit HoursHIS 101HIS 102HIS 115POL 101POL 102MATHEMATICSTo develop students’understanding of fundamentalmathematicalconcepts and their applications.Students shoulddevelop a level of quantitativeliteracy that wouldenable them to makedecisions and solveproblems and whichcould serve as a basis forcontinued learning.3 Credit HoursMAT 121 or higherNATURALSCIENCETo develop students’understanding of theprinciples and laboratoryprocedures of life andphysical sciences and tocultivate their abilities toapply the empiricalmethods of scientificinquiry. Students shouldunderstand how scientificdiscovery changes theoreticalviews of theworld, informs ourimaginations, and shapeshuman history. Studentsshould also understandthat science is shaped byhistorical and socialcontexts.3 Credit HoursAny BIOAny CHMAny PHYHUMANITIESTo develop students’understanding of theways in which humanshave addressed theircondition through imaginativework in thehumanities and arts; todeepen their understandingof how that imaginativeprocess is informedand limited by social,cultural, linguistic, andhistorical circumstances;and to appreciate theworld of the creativeimagination as a form ofknowledge.3 Credit HoursAny ARTAny LITAny MUSAny PHLAny THEAny ForeignLanguage courseELECTIVE3 Credit HoursAny ANTAny ARTAny BIOAny CHMAny ECOAny ENGAny GEOAny HISAny LITAny MATAny MUSAny PHEAny PHLAny PHYAny POLAny PSYAny SOCAny SPEAny THECERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT – Graduation Requirements• Using the chart above, complete a minimum of 30 credit hours,including 12 credit hours of general education courses [onecourse from communication column, one course from mathematicscolumn (MAT 098 or above), one course from social sciencecolumn, and one course from any of the three remainingcolumns, or one course from computer science].• Complete specific program requirements as listed under eachprogram in the catalog (pages 65-92).• Complete a minimum of 15 credit hours at SCC.• Earn a 2.00 cumulative grade point average.NOTE: Travel courses may not be used to fulfill generaleducation requirements.64