Candidates for all OCCC degrees are required to complete credits from General Education/Disciplines Studies OCCC courses which meet the requirement are detailed in the table of General Education/Discipline Studies. Students are responsible for consulting the institution to which they will transfer to determine how the credits will be accepted.
This General Education/Discipline Studies list may not be complete. For the most accurate and up to date version of this list please check with an academic advisor.
The following limitations apply to the General Education list:
1. Courses taken to satisfy the basic college competencies in composition and mathematics will not be accepted.
2. For AAS Degrees, no more than two courses may come from courses required by specific programs.*
3. When an existing course meeting a General Education requirement is expanded into a multi- course sequence with the same course number with varying suffixes (e.g., 101 becomes 101a, 101b, 101c), any course in the sequence may be used to meet the General Education requirement. However, an individual student may use only one course in the sequence toward fulfillment of the requirement, even if the student takes multiple courses in the sequence.
* Note: Because of these restrictions, it is possible that a course is acceptable as General Education for some students while it is not acceptable for others. Degree candidates who are unsure of how the General Education Policy applies to their individual cases are responsible for seeking help from an academic advisor.
Arts & Letters Course List
| Course | Title | Cultural Literacy |
| ART 102 | Understanding the Visual Arts | |
| ART 115 | Basic Design: 2D Foundations | |
| ART 117 | Basic Design: 3D Foundations | |
| ART 131A | Drawing I | |
| ART 181A | Painting I | |
| ART 204 | History of Western Art: Prehistoric to Classical | |
| ART 205 | History of Western Art: Early Christian to Medieval | |
| ART 206 | History of Western Art: Renaissance to Baroque | |
| ART 209 | History of Asian Art: Art and Architecture of Japan | ✓ |
| ART 210 | Women in Art | ✓ |
| ART 231A | Drawing II | |
| ART 281A | Painting II | |
| COMM 111Z | Public Speaking | |
| COMM 140 | Introduction to Intercultural Communication | ✓ |
| COMM 218Z | Interpersonal Communication: Process and Theory | |
| COMM 215 | Communicating in Teams and Small Groups | |
| COMM 228 | Mass Communication and Society | |
| ENG 104Z | Introduction to Fiction | |
| ENG 105Z | Introduction to Drama | |
| ENG 106Z | Introduction to Poetry | |
| ENG 195 | Film Studies: Film as Art | |
| ENG 201 | Shakespeare: Early Works | |
| ENG 216 | Teen and Children's Literature | |
| ENG 230 | Environmental Literature | |
| ENG 260 | Introduction to Women Writers | ✓ |
| ENG 261 | Literature of Science Fiction | |
| J 216 | News Reporting and Writing | |
| MUS 105 | Music Appreciation Through Listening | |
| MUS 108 | Music as Culture | ✓ |
| MUS 110 | Fundamentals of Music | |
| MUS 111 | Music Theory I (Part One) | |
| MUS 205 | Introduction to the History of Jazz | ✓ |
| MUS 206 | Introduction to the History of Rock Music | |
| MUS 207 | History of American Roots Music | ✓ |
| R 210 | World Religions | ✓ |
| SPA 201 | Second Year Spanish - First Term | |
| WR 240 | Creative Writing - Nonfiction | |
| WR 241 | Creative Writing - Fiction | |
| WR 242 | Creative Writing - Poetry | |
| WR 246 | Advanced Creative Writing, Editing & Publishing | |
| WS 202 | Women, Activism and Social Change | ✓ |
Science, Math & Computer Science Course List
| Course | Title | Lab Science |
| BI 101 | Biology I | ✓ |
| BI 102 | Biology II | ✓ |
| BI 103 | Biology III | ✓ |
| BI 112 | Cell Biology for Health Occupations | ✓ |
| BI 141 | Habitats: Life of the Forest | ✓ |
| BI 142 | Habitats: Marine Biology | ✓ |
| BI 143 | Habitats: Freshwater Biology | ✓ |
| BI 211 | Principles of Biology I | ✓ |
| BI 212 | Principles of Biology II | ✓ |
| BI 213 | Principles of Biology III | ✓ |
| BI 231 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | ✓ |
| BI 232 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | ✓ |
| BI 234 | Microbiology | ✓ |
| CH 151 | Preparatory Chemistry | ✓ |
| CH 221 | General Chemistry I | ✓ |
| CH 222 | General Chemistry II | ✓ |
| CH 223 | General Chemistry III | ✓ |
| CS 160 | Exploring Computer Science | |
| ESR 171 | Environmental Science: Biological Perspectives | ✓ |
| ESR 173 | Environmental Science: Geological Perspectives | ✓ |
| G 184 | Global Climate Change | ✓ |
| G 201 | Earth Materials and Tectonics | ✓ |
| G 202 | Earth Surface Processes | ✓ |
| G 203 | Evolution of Planet Earth | ✓ |
| G 207 | Geology of the Pacific Northwest | |
| G 208 | Volcanoes and Their Activity | |
| GS 106 | Physical Science (Geology) | ✓ |
| GS 108 | Physical Science (Oceanography) | ✓ |
| MTH 105Z | Math in Society | |
| MTH 111Z | Precalculus I: Functions | |
| MTH 112Z | Precalculus II: Trigonometry | |
| MTH 211 | Foundations of Elementary Math I | |
| MTH 212 | Foundations of Elementary Math II | |
| MTH 213 | Foundations of Elementary Math III | |
| MTH 241 | Calculus for Management, Life and Social Science | |
| MTH 244 | Statistics II | |
| MTH 251 | Calculus I | |
| MTH 252 | Calculus II | |
| MTH 253 | Calculus III | |
| MTH 254 | Vector Calculus I | |
| PHY 201 | General Physics | ✓ |
| PHY 211 | General Physics (Calculus) | ✓ |
| STAT 243Z | Elementary Statistics I |
Social Sciences Course List
| Course | Title | Cultural Literacy |
| EC 201 | Principles of Economics: Microeconomics | |
| EC 202 | Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics | |
| GEO 106 | World Regional Geography | ✓ |
| HST 101 | History of Western Civilization: Ancient to Medieval | ✓ |
| HST 102 | History of Western Civilization: Medieval to Modern | ✓ |
| HST 103 | History of Western Civilization: Modern Europe | ✓ |
| HST 201 | History of the United States to 1840 | ✓ |
| HST 202 | History of the United States 1840-1914 | ✓ |
| HST 203 | History of the United States 1914 to Present | ✓ |
| HST 218 | American Indian History | ✓ |
| HST 240 | Oregon History | ✓ |
| HST 270 | History of Mexico | ✓ |
| HST 285 | The Holocaust | ✓ |
| PS 201 | U.S. Government | |
| PSY 101 | Psychology and Human Relations | |
| PSY 201Z | Introduction to Psychology - Part 1 | ✓ |
| PSY 202Z | Introduction to Psychology - Part 2 | ✓ |
| PSY 213 | Introduction ot Behavioral Neuroscience | |
| PSY 215 | Human Development | |
| PSY 216 | Social Psychology | |
| PSY 231 | Human Sexuality | |
| PSY 239 | Introduction to Abnormal Psychology | |
| SOC 204 | Introduction to Sociology | ✓ |
| SOC 205 | Social Change | |
| SOC 206 | Social Problems | ✓ |
| SOC 213 | Diversity in the United States | ✓ |
| SOC 218 | Sociology of Gender | ✓ |