The General Education credits must come from the approved OCCC General Education/Discipline Studies List.
In order to ensure a breadth of learning, which is the cornerstone of the General Education requirements, the following limitations apply:
- Courses taken to satisfy the basic college competencies in composition and mathematics will not be accepted.
- For AAS Degrees, no more than two courses may come from courses required by specific programs.*
- 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 advisor or counselor.
The complete and official list of courses approved as General Education/Discipline Studies is maintained by the Instructional Leadership Team.
Criteria for General Education/Discipline Studies Course Approval are developed by the Instructional Leadership Team based on the General Education Philosophy statement and the statewide outcomes and criteria for Discipline Studies for the AAOT.
Arts & Letters Course List
Course | Title | Cultural Literacy |
ART 102 | Understanding the Visual Arts | |
ART 103 | Understanding New Media Arts | |
ART 115 | Basic Design: 2D Foundations | |
ART 116 | Basic Design: Color Foundations | |
ART 117 | Basic Design: 3D Foundations | |
ART 131A | Drawing I | |
ART 181A | Painting I | |
ART 197 | Artist Skills/Practical Issues | |
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 207 | History of Asian Art (India) | ✓ |
ART 208 | History of Asian Art (China) | ✓ |
ART 209 | History of Asian Art (Japan) | ✓ |
ART 210 | Women in Art | ✓ |
ART 213 | Modern Art History - Art Since 1945 | |
ART 231A | Drawing II | |
ART 237A | Life Drawing | |
ART 253A | Ceramics I | |
ART 256A | Ceramics II | |
ART 277A | Life Painting | |
ART 279A | Experimental Media | |
ART 281A | Painting II | |
ART 284A | Water Media I | |
ART 287A | Water Media II | |
COMM 100 | Introduction to Communication | |
COMM 111 | Public Speaking | |
COMM 112 | Persuasive Speaking | |
COMM 140 | Introduction to Intercultural Communication | ✓ |
COMM 214 | Interpersonal Communication: Process and Theory | |
COMM 215 | Small Group Communication: Process and Theory | |
COMM 228 | Mass Communication and Society | |
ENG 104 | Introduction to Literature (Fiction) | |
ENG 105 | Introduction to Literature (Plays) | |
ENG 106 | Introduction to Literature (Poetry) | |
ENG 107 | Introduction to World Literature (Up to 16th-Century) | |
ENG 108 | Introduction to World Literature (16th-Century to Present) | |
ENG 195 | Film Studies: Film as Art | |
ENG 196 | Film Studies: Directors | |
ENG 197 | Film Studies: Contemporary Themes and Genres | |
ENG 201 | Shakespeare: Early Works | |
ENG 202 | Shakespeare: Later Works | |
ENG 204 | Survey of English Literature (Medieval Age to 1700s) | |
ENG 205 | Survey of English Literature (1700 to Present) | |
ENG 207 | World Literature - Asian (India) | ✓ |
ENG 208 | World Literature - Asian (China) | ✓ |
ENG 209 | World Literature - Asian (Japan) | ✓ |
ENG 212 | Biography and Autobiography | |
ENG 213 | Latin American Literature | ✓ |
ENG 214 | Literature of the Northwest | |
ENG 216 | Teen and Children's Literature | |
ENG 222 | Images of Women in Literature | ✓ |
ENG 230 | Environmental Literature | |
ENG 237 | Working-Class Literature | ✓ |
ENG 240 | Introduction to Native American Literatures | ✓ |
ENG 244 | Introduction to Asian-American Literature | ✓ |
ENG 250 | Introduction to Folklore and Mythology | ✓ |
ENG 253 | American Literature to 1865 | |
ENG 254 | American Literature from 1865 | |
ENG 257 | African American Literature (to the Harlem Renaissance) | ✓ |
ENG 258 | African-American Literature (from the Harlem Renaissance) | ✓ |
ENG 260 | Introduction to Women Writers | ✓ |
ENG 261 | Literature of Science Fiction | |
ENG 265 | Literature of Social Protest | |
ENG 266 | Literature of War | ✓ |
ENG 269 | Wilderness Literature | |
ENG 275 | The Bible as Literature | |
J 216 | News Reporting and Writing | |
JPN 261A | Japanese Culture | ✓ |
MUS 105 | Music Appreciation | |
MUS 108 | Music Cultures of the World | ✓ |
MUS 110 | Fundamentals of Music | |
MUS 111 | Music Theory I (Part One) | |
MUS 205 | Introduction to Jazz History | ✓ |
MUS 206 | Introduction to the History of Rock Music | |
MUS 207 | Introduction to the History of Folk Music | ✓ |
PHL 202 | Ethics | |
PHL 209 | Business Ethics | |
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 | ✓ |