GECC

Do you want to know more about which courses listed on the IVC Web site will count toward your General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) requirements?

The links below will take you to pages with lists of courses that meet one of the seven categories of GECC requirements, as well as to some of the common subcategories. Note that a single course might fulfill more than one category. For example, a chemistry course might fulfill a requirement in the Physical Sciences area and also fulfill a requirement for the chemistry major.

We have included the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) number next to each GECC course. You could use this number when speaking with an advisor about a potential course, or when comparing courses listed elsewhere.

If you are looking for one or more courses with a particular IAI number, go to the Courses Search page, and at the bottom of the page is a box where you can enter the IAI number, then click Search, and find a page with courses that have the IAI number you are interested in.

Communication: Three courses (9 semester credits)
Select a two-course sequence in writing (6 semester credits, C grade required) and,
Select one course in oral communication (3 semester credits).

Mathematics: One course (3 semester credits)

Physical and Life Sciences: Two courses (7 to 8 semester credits)
Select one course from Physical Sciences.
Select one course from Life Sciences.
OR Select two interdisciplinary science courses. (If choosing interdisciplinary courses, students should take both an LP 900 or LP 900L course and an LP901 or LP901L course.) Select at least one laboratory course. (IAI laboratory course numbers end with L. {e.g., P1 905L}) (Students with the appropriate preparation may substitute an initial course designed for science majors for a more general course.)

Humanities and Fine Arts: Three courses (9 semester credits)
Select one course from Humanities,
Select one course from Fine Arts and
Select one course from either Humanities or Fine Arts.

Social and Behavioral Sciences: Three courses (9 semester credits)
Select three courses from at least two different disciplines (e.g., no more than 2 courses from, for example, psychology).