catalog - Prairie State College

2006-2008 CATALOGILLINOIS ARTICULATION INITIATIVE(IAI) www.iTransfer.orgPrairie State College participates in the Illinois ArticulationInitiative (IAI), a statewide agreement that allows transfer of thecompleted Illinois Transferable General Education CoreCurriculum between participating institutions. Completion ofthe Transferable General Education Core Curriculum at anyparticipating college or university in Illinois assures transferringstudents that lower-division general education requirements foran associate’s or bachelor’s degree have been satisfied. Thisagreement became effective statewide in the Summer of 1998.It applies to students who enrolled in an associate or baccalaureatedegree-granting institution as a first-time freshman insummer 1998 or later. More than 100 schools, including allcommunity colleges and all public state universities in Illinois, aswell as most independent colleges and universities in the state,participate in the IAI.IAI COURSE CODESIAI has its own course numbering sequence for the IllinoisTransferable General Education Core Curriculum (GECC).Here is an example of an IAI GECC course –S7 903D: Racial and Ethnic RelationsThis code would be noted for a PSC course listed in this catalogas follows:SOCIO 220 (IAI: S7 903D)Race Relations: A Multicultural PerspectiveThe first letter in the IAI GECC code indicates the disciplinefield for the course. The letter S, for example, indicatesSocial/Behavioral Sciences. IAI letter codes and their correspondingdisciplines are as follows:General Education Core Curriculum Course Codes:IAI: C CommunicationIAI: F Fine ArtsIAI: H HumanitiesIAI: HF Interdisciplinary Humanities and Fine ArtsIAI: HS Interdisciplinary Humanities/Fine Arts andSocial/Behavioral SciencesIAI: L, LP Life SciencesIAI: M MathematicsIAI: P, LP Physical SciencesIAI: S Social/Behavioral SciencesThe first number after the letter indicates the sub-area of thediscipline. The S7 in this example represents the Sociologysub-area of Social/Behavioral Sciences. The next numbersrepresent the unique content category within this subdiscipline.Letters at the end of course numbers identify specific perspectivesrelated to the course. The D in S7 903D, for example,represents courses that examine aspects of human diversitywithin the United States. Other end-of-course letters include:N for courses designed to examine aspects of humandiversity from a non-U.S./non-European perspectiveL for laboratory coursesR for research paper coursesDEGREES, CERTIFICATES, COURSESCOURSE DESCRIPTIONSCodes which represent the IAI Baccalaureate Majors recommendationshave two parts: a letter code that represents thefield of study and a unique number that represents the coursecontent.Baccalaureate Major Course Codes:IAI:AGAgricultureIAI:ART Art & Art EducationIAI: BIO Biological SciencesIAI: BUS BusinessIAI: CHM ChemistryIAI: CLS Clinical Laboratory SciencesIAI: CSComputer ScienceIAI: CRJ Criminal JusticeIAI: ECE Early Childhood EducationIAI: EDU Teacher EducationIAI: EGL EnglishIAI: EGR EngineeringIAI: HST HistoryIAI: MC Mass CommunicationIAI: MTH MathematicsIAI: MTM Manufacturing Tech./MachiningIAI: MUS Music & Music EducationIAI: NUR NursingIAI: PHY PhysicsIAI: PLS Political ScienceIAI: PSY PsychologyIAI: SOC SociologyIAI: SPC Speech CommunicationIAI: SW Social WorkIAI:TATheatre ArtsDEGREES,CERTIFICATES,COURSES107