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.
Science, Math, & Computer Science Course List
Course | Title | Lab Science |
BI 101 | Biology | ✓ |
BI 102 | Biology | ✓ |
BI 103 | Biology | ✓ |
BI 112 | Cell Biology for Health Occupations | ✓ |
BI 141 | Habitats: Life of the Forest | ✓ |
BI 142 | Habitats: Marine Biology | ✓ |
BI 143 | Habitats: Fresh Water Biology | ✓ |
BI 211 | Principles of Biology 1 | ✓ |
BI 212 | Principles of Biology 2 | ✓ |
BI 231 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | ✓ |
BI 232 | Human Anatomy & Physiology II | ✓ |
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 172 | Environmental Science: Chemical Perspectives | ✓ |
ESR 173 | Environmental Science: Geological Perspectives | ✓ |
FN 110 | Personal Nutrition | |
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 107 | Physical Science (Astronomy) | ✓ |
GS 108 | Physical Science (Oceanography) | ✓ |
GS 109 | Physical Science (Meteorology) | ✓ |
MTH 105 | Math in Society | |
MTH 111 | College Algebra | |
MTH 112 | Elementary Functions | |
MTH 211 | Foundations of Elementary Math I | |
MTH 212 | Foundations of Elementary Math II | |
MTH 213 | Foundations of Elementary Math III | |
MTH 243 | Statistics I | |
MTH 244 | Statistics II | |
MTH 251 | Calculus I | |
MTH 252 | Calculus II | |
MTH 253 | Calculus III | |
MTH 254 | Vector Calculus I | |
PHY 101 | Force, Motion, and Energy | ✓ |
PHY 102 | Atoms, Matter, and Heat | ✓ |
PHY 103 | Sound, Light, and Electricity | ✓ |
PHY 201 | General Physics | ✓ |
PHY 211 | General Physics (Calculus) I | ✓ |