Parkland College

General Education Core Courses

Choose courses from the following list for electives required to fulfill degree requirements. More than one course with the same IAI code may not be used to fulfill IAI General Education Core Curriculum requirements.

Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Associate in Science (A.S.)
Associate in Engineering Science (A.E.S.)
Associate in Fine Arts (A.F.A.)

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.)
Associate in General Studies (A.G.S.)
Certificates of at least 21 hours of program courses

Communications
Complete any sequence from the following:
ENG 101, 102, SPE 101
ESL 101, 102, SPE 101
ENG 106, SPE 101
(Grade of C or higher required for ENG 101, 102, and 106.)

Social and Behavioral Sciences
ANT 101*, 103*, 105, 200
ECO 101, 102
GEO 140, 143*, 200*
HIS 101, 102, 104, 105, 123*, 128*, 129*, 140*
POS 120, 122, 124, 202*, 206*
PSY 101, 103, 205, 207, 208, 209
SOC 101, 102, 200, 203, 240

Humanities
FRE, GER, JPN, KIS, RUS, SPA (only 104 courses)
HUM 101, 102, 103*, 104*, 105*, 106*, 121
LIT 120, 121, 125, 126, 127, 141, 142, 146*, 147*, 148*, 201, 202, 204, 205
PHI 100, 103, 104, 105   
REL 101, 102*, 104, 105, 120*, 121*

Fine Arts
ART 161, 162, 163, 165
HUM 101, 102, 103*, 105*, 121
MUS 121, 123, 243, 244
THE 100, 101, 124

Mathematics
MAT 106, 107, 108, 126, 128, 141, 143, 145, 160, 200
(MAT 106 satisfies the general education mathematics requirement only in Elementary Education.)

Physical Sciences
AST 101, 102
CHE 101, 104, 106
ESC 101, 102
PHY 121, 141
PHY 120/129 (pending approval)
(PHY 120 must be paired with PHY 129 to earn general education credit.)

Life Sciences
BIO 101, 104, 107, 109, 121, 141, 106/186
(BIO 106 must be paired with BIO 186 to earn general education credit.)

Interdisciplinary Physical and Life Sciences
Select either SCI 108 or SCI 141 (IAI LP 900L courses)
Select either SCI 142 or SCI 208 (IAI LP 901L courses)
(Students must select one IAI LP 900L course and one IAI LP 901L course.)

Communications
Complete any sequence from the following:
ENG 101, 102
ESL 101, 102
ENG 106
All SPE courses

Social and Behavioral Sciences
ANT 101*, 103*, 105, 200
ECO 101, 102
GEO 140, 143*, 200*
HIS 101, 102, 104, 105, 123*, 128*, 129*, 140*, 145, 203
POS 110, 120, 122, 124, 202*, 206*
PSY 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 203, 205, 207, 208, 209
SOC 101, 102, 200, 202, 203, 204, 240

Humanities/Fine Arts
ART 121, 122, 124, 125, 129, 141, 145, 161, 162, 163, 165, 181, 201, 202, 223, 228, 229
All FRE, GER, ITA, JPN, KIS, RUS, SPA courses
All HUM courses
LAS 189
All LIT courses
MUS 100, 121, 123, 243, 244
PHI 100, 103, 104, 105
REL 101, 102, 104, 105, 120*, 121*
All THE courses

Mathematics
MAT 106, 107, 108, 110, 124, 125, 126, 128, 131, 134, 135, 141, 143, 145, 151, 160, 200

Physical/Life Sciences
Choose from any course numbered 100-299 with any of the following prefixes:
AST, BIO, CHE, ESC, PHY, SCI

*Satisfies Non-Western culture requirement.

Course Numbering System

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