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Illinois Articulation Initiative
Harper College is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative
(IAI), a statewide articulation effort to help Illinois college students
transfer easily. This effort involves public community colleges, public
universities and private colleges and universities, and includes the articulation
of lower-division general education and major field courses. This agreement
is in effect for students entering college as first-time freshmen in summer
of 1998 (and thereafter). The following summary highlights the major features
of the initiative.
- One of the main features of the IAI is the General Education Core
Curriculum and a list of statewide articulated general education courses
that will be accepted for transfer by all participating colleges and
universities in Illinois.
a. Students who complete the A.A., A.S. degree that
contains the General Education Core Curriculum at a community college
will have their lower-division general education core requirements
satisfied at the participating Illinois university to which they transfer.
b. Students who complete the General Education Core Curriculum
at any participating college or university in Illinois will have their
lower-division general education requirements met upon transfer to
another participating college or university in Illinois.
c. The General Education Core Curriculum and the list of statewide
articulated general education courses will be a great advantage for
students who are undecided about what university they want to attend
after transfer as well as for students who are undecided about their
major because the "core" will transfer to all participating colleges
and universities in Illinois.
- Another main feature of the Initiative is a program guide and list
of statewide articulated lower-division courses for each baccalaureate
degree major field that will transfer and satisfy major field requirements
at participating colleges or universities in Illinois that offer that
degree.
- The General Education Core Curriculum, the program guides for the
major fields, and the statewide list of articulated courses will greatly
help counselors and advisors provide accurate information on the articulation
of courses to students planning to transfer.
See the IAI Web site at www.iTransfer.org
for more information.
IAI General Education Core Curriculum Requirements
The IAI General
Education Core Curriculum consists of courses that colleges and universities
consider essential for students' success in college and life. Students
are permitted to transfer this portion of an associate or a bachelor's
degree program from one participating institution to another without loss
of credit and with assurance that lower-division general education requirements
have been satisfied. The curriculum comprises about two-thirds of an associate
degree and about one-third of a bachelor's degree. This transferable curriculum
is included within Harper's 1998 (and thereafter) A.A. and A.S. degrees.
Specifically, the General Education Core Curriculum requires:
- Communications - 3 courses (9 semester credits)
Must include a two-course sequence in writing completed with grades
of C or better (6 semester credits), and one course (3 semester credits)
in oral communication.
- Mathematics - 1 to 2 courses (3 to 6 semester credits)
- Physical and Life Sciences - 2 courses (7-8 semester credits)
Must include one course selected from the life sciences and one course
from the physical sciences. One course must be a lab.
- Humanities and Fine Arts - 3 courses (9 semester credits)
Must include at least one course selected from humanities and at least
one course from the fine arts.
- Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 courses (9 semester credits)
Must include courses selected from at least two disciplines.
- TOTAL: 12 to 13 courses (37-41 credits)
Refer to specific approved courses under course descriptions listed
in the back of the catalog or see the IAI Web site at www.iTransfer.org
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