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General Education Requirements
Offered at Southwestern Illinois College.
Communication (total of three courses required)
Written Communication (6 credit hours)
ENGL 101 Rhetoric & Composition I
ENGL 201 Rhetoric & Composition II
Oral Communication (one course is required)
SPCH 151 Fundamentals of Public Speaking
SPCH 155 Interpersonal Communications
Valuing (two course required)
Philosophy (3 credits, one course required)
PHIL 150 Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 152 Ethics
PHIL 153 Intro to History of Phil I: Classical Thought
PHIL 154 Intro to History of Phil II: Contemporary Thought
PHIL 155 Non-Western Philosophy
Specialized Valuing Course (required) Contact institution for required course
ED 255 American Public Education (Education Major only)
Mathematics (total of one course required)
BUS 205 Economics/Business Statistics
MATH 105 Mathematics for Elementary Teacher I
AND MATH 106 Mathematics for Elementary Teacher II
MATH 111 Liberal Arts Mathematics
MATH 112 College Algebra
MATH 113 Finite Math for Bus and Social Science
MATH 191 Introduction to Statistics
MATH 203 Analytic Geometry & Calculus I
MATH 213 Calculus for Business & Social Science
MATH 107 General Education Statistics
Humanities and Fines Arts (total two courses required)
Literature (one course is required)
LIT 113 Introduction to Literature I
LIT 201 World Literature I
LIT 202 World Literature II
LIT 205 Literature of Development I Non-Western Countries
LIT 213 American Literature I
LIT 214 American Literature II
LIT 251 English Literature I
LIT 252 English Literature II
Fine Arts (one course is required)
ART 101 Art Appreciation
ART 102 Art Survey: Modern to Contemporary
ART 103 Art Survey: Primitive & Prehistoric
MUS 101 Music Appreciation
MUS 102 American Popular Music
Social and Behavioral Sciences (total of two or three courses required)
History
HIST 101 World Civilization I
HIST 102 World Civilization II
HIST 180 US History to 1865
HIST 181 US History from 1865 to Present
Human Behavior (one course is required)
BUS 201 Principles of Economics I (Macro)
BUS 202 Principles of Economics II (Micro)
GEOG 152 Global Geography
GEOG 202 Economics Geography
PSYC 151 General Psychology
PSYC 210 Life-Span Development
SOC 153 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 203 Social Problems
US & MO Constitutions (one course required)
POLS 150 Introduction to American Government
POLS 261 American Government (National)
Life and Physical Sciences (total two courses required)
Life Science (one course required)
Biol 101 Principles of Biology I
Biol 106 Environmental Science
Biol 108 General Ecology
Physical Science (one course is required)
Chem 105 Inorganic Chemistry I
Chem 106 Inorganic Chemistry II
Phys 101 General Physical Science
Phys 151 General Physics
Phys 152 General Physics
Information Literacy (total of one course is required)
Computer Information Systems (one course is required)
OAT 130 Word Processing Basics
OAT 131 Database Basics
OAT 132 Electronic Spreadsheet Basics
OAT 133 Presentation Basics
OAT 156 Microsoft Office Suites I
OAT 175 Electronic Spreadsheets
OAT 185 Database Applications
OAT 230 Advanced Electronics Spreadsheets
OAT 240 Advanced Database Applications
ED 260 Intro to Education Technology (Education Majors Only)
Additional Graduation Requirement (one course required)
HST 286 History of Religion
LIT 203 The Bible as Literature I
LIT 204 The Bible as Literature II
PHIL 160 Introduction to Philosophy of Religion