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Transfer programs<br />
At KCC, students can begin the first two years of study for<br />
virtually any bachelor’s degree program.<br />
The sample transfer majors described in this section include<br />
statewide recommended courses typically taken by freshmen<br />
and sophomores who wish to gain a solid academic foundation<br />
and transfer credits toward specific bachelor’s degrees at Illinois<br />
four-year colleges and universities. These transfer major<br />
recommendations, identified through the Illinois Articulation<br />
Initiative (IAI), are meant for students who are undecided<br />
about their intended transfer institution. The recommended<br />
courses build upon the IAI general education core curriculum<br />
by identifying prerequisite courses and courses in the major that<br />
students my need to complete to transfer as a junior.<br />
Students who already know where they will transfer and<br />
students interested in a major not included in this section should<br />
contact a KCC adviser for assistance in obtaining the information<br />
needed to develop an appropriate educational plan.<br />
Students planning to transfer should refer to Page 37 of this<br />
catalog for Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) general education<br />
requirements.<br />
TRANSFER PROGRAM INFORMATION<br />
The following information applies to all transfer programs:<br />
• To satisfy requirements for a transfer degree, the first digit in<br />
the KCC course number must be a 1 or a 2, and the second<br />
digit must be either a 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.<br />
• Non-specific electives can be any course with a transfer<br />
number, including those without an Illinois Articulation<br />
Initiative code (see details below).<br />
• The maximum number of physical education activity credits<br />
which can be applied to an associate in arts or associate<br />
in science degree is four (4) for non-physical education<br />
majors and seven for physical education majors.<br />
• Students are encouraged to take ORIN 1501 - College<br />
Success Skills during the first semester of enrollment.<br />
• Exceptions to all degree requirements must be approved<br />
by petitioning the Graduate Review Committee.<br />
• It is the responsibility of the student intending to transfer<br />
to a baccalaureate college/university to familiarize him/<br />
herself with admissions and lower division requirements<br />
of the particular institution. Resources including print,<br />
the Internet, and CD-ROM catalogs of many senior<br />
institutions are available in the Office of Transfer Services<br />
in Student Services and in the Learning Resource Center.<br />
Illinois Articulation Initiative<br />
Sponsored by the Illinois Board of Higher Education and<br />
the Illinois Community College Board, the Illinois Articulation<br />
Initiative (IAI) ensures that completion of the general education<br />
core curriculum at any participating institution in Illinois transfers<br />
to meet lower division (freshman and sophomore) general<br />
education core requirements at more than <strong>10</strong>0 participating<br />
Illinois colleges and universities.<br />
The agreement is in effect for students entering an<br />
as sociate or baccalaureate degree-granting institution as a firsttime<br />
freshman in summer 1998 and thereafter.<br />
General Education Core<br />
The IAI General Education Core requirements are out lined<br />
on Page 37. An IAI course number followed by an L designates a<br />
laboratory course; a number followed by an N designates a non-<br />
Western culture course.<br />
The General Education Core courses also are identified by<br />
code at the end of the individual course descriptions (Pages 118-<br />
161). Those codes include:<br />
IAI: Communications<br />
IAI: Mathematics<br />
IAI: Fine arts<br />
IAI: Physical science<br />
IAI: Humanities<br />
IAI: Social and behavioral science<br />
IAI: Life science<br />
Major-Specific courses<br />
The Illinois Articulation Initiative panels have designated<br />
some courses as major-specific within cur riculums. While the<br />
IAI General Education Core specifies elective choices, IAI<br />
Major-Specific courses clarify which courses are appropriate for<br />
transfer into the selected major at a four-year institution.<br />
A notation is included at the end of course descriptions for<br />
IAI Major-Specific courses (Pages 120-164).<br />
IAI information<br />
For the latest information on IAI requirements, visit the IAI<br />
Internet site: http://www.itransfer.org.<br />
Use www.transfer.org as a guide<br />
To see how your courses transfer, log on to U.Select (formerly<br />
CAS), at www.transfer.org. U.Select is an online tool that will<br />
help you view program requirements, course equivalencies,<br />
and see how courses you have taken or plan to take transfer to<br />
another college or university.<br />
36 <strong>Kankakee</strong> Community College • 20<strong>09</strong>-<strong>10</strong> catalog
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