Mar 28, 2024  
NIACC Catalog 2018-2019 
    
NIACC Catalog 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

General Education and Other Transfer Courses


North Iowa Area Community College considers education to be the foundation of a democratic society. At the core of the educational experience is general education, an ongoing endeavor that engages students in acquiring the knowledge and tools necessary to understand their environment and contribute to their communities.

Each of NIACC’s degree programs provides varying levels of general education skill development through their distribution requirements:

To earn an Associate in Arts degree, a student must complete a minimum of 9 semester hours (s.h.) of credit in the communication distribution category and 8 s.h. in each of the humanities, social science, and natural science/mathematics distribution categories listed below, plus an additional 8 s.h. of credit selected from any of the aforementioned categories for a total minimum of 41 s.h. of general education credit within the degree program. Within the natural science/mathematics category, a student must select at least one mathematics and one science course.

To earn an Associate in Science degree, a student must complete a minimum general education core of 41 s.h. distributed in the following fashion: communication (9 s.h.); humanities and/or social science (8 s.h.); natural science/mathematics (20 s.h.); and distributed requirement (4 s.h.). Within the natural science/mathematics category, a student must select at least one mathematics and one science course.

Listed as follows are the general education courses for the Associate in Arts and Associate in Science degrees.


Communications



Humanities


Music



Natural Science/Mathematics



Social Sciences


Business Electives  


Business Electives (Career/Technical)


Note: Up to 16 semester hours of Career/Technical courses can be used as elective credit. See Course Descriptions for a complete list of Career/Technical courses.

Career/Technical


Ed-to-Go Courses


(limited to 3 s.h. maximum of Ed-to-Go Courses)


General Education Diploma


To earn a Diploma, a student must complete a minimum of 3 s.h. of credit in any one of the categories listed below. Requirements vary according to the academic program selected. Please consult with an advisor or a faculty member for further information.

Students may choose from the General Education courses  and/or the courses listed on this page, unless following a prescribed program curriculum. Requirements vary according to the academic program selected. Please consult with an advisor or a faculty member for further information.

Possible general education courses for Associate in Applied Science Degrees and Diplomas: