General Education Requirements - Science, Math, & Computer Science

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:

  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 a student success coach.

The complete and official list of courses approved as General Education/Discipline Studies is maintained by the Curriculum Committee.

Criteria for General Education/Discipline Studies Course Approval are developed by the Curriculum Committee based on the General Education Philosophy statement and the statewide outcomes and criteria for Discipline Studies for the AAOT.

Science, Math, & Computer Science Course List

CourseTitleLab Science
BI 101Biology I
BI 102Biology II
BI 103Biology III
BI 112Cell Biology for Health Occupations
BI 141Habitats: Life of the Forest
BI 142Habitats: Marine Biology
BI 143Habitats: Freshwater Biology
BI 211Principles of Biology I
BI 212Principles of Biology II
BI 213Principles of Biology III
BI 231Human Anatomy & Physiology I
BI 232Human Anatomy & Physiology II
BI 234Microbiology
CH 151Preparatory Chemistry
CH 221ZGeneral Chemistry I
CH 222ZGeneral Chemistry II
CH 223ZGeneral Chemistry III
CS 160Exploring Computer Science 
ESR 171Environmental Science: Biological Perspectives
ESR 173Environmental Science: Geological Perspectives
G 184Global Climate Change
G 201Earth Materials and Tectonics
G 202Earth Surface Processes
G 203Evolution of Planet Earth
G 207Geology of the Pacific Northwest 
G 208Volcanoes and Their Activity 
GS 106Physical Science (Geology)
GS 108Physical Science (Oceanography)
MTH 105ZMath in Society 
MTH 111ZPrecalculus I: Functions 
MTH 112ZPrecalculus II: Trigonometry 
MTH 211Foundations of Elementary Math I 
MTH 212Foundations of Elementary Math II 
MTH 213Foundations of Elementary Math III 
MTH 241Calculus for Management, Life and Social Science 
MTH 244Statistics II 
MTH 251ZCalculus I 
MTH 252ZCalculus II 
MTH 253ZCalculus III 
MTH 254Vector Calculus I 
PHY 201General Physics
PHY 211General Physics (Calculus)
STAT 243ZElementary Statistics I