The General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) Certificate is intended for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution in pursuit of a bachelor of arts degree. Completing the GECC Certificate enables students to document that they have fulfilled all the lower-division general education course requirements for both the Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees.
Kankakee Community College participates in the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI), a statewide transfer agreement intended to provide easier transfer of credits among more than 100 participating colleges and universities in Illinois. A key component of the IAI is that participants have agreed to accept the completed GECC as a package in lieu of their own lower-division general education courses. Completing the GECC Certificate signifies that all lower-division general education courses have been completed, and guarantees that all of these courses will transfer as a package.
The GECC Certificate is part of the transferable Associate in Arts degree; it is neither a workforce certificate nor an industry-recognizable credential.
Communications
Social and Behaviorial Science
Choose three courses from the Social and Behavioral Science category in the IAI course options. Must include courses selected from at least two disciplines.
Social and Behavioral Science Courses
Humanities
Choose three courses from the Humanities category in the IAI Course options. Must include at least one Humanities course and at least one Fine Arts course.
Humanities Courses
General Humanities
Fine Arts
Interdisciplinary
Mathematics
Choose one course from the Mathematics category in the IAI course options.
Mathematics Elective
Laboratory Science
Choose from Lab Science category in the IAI course options.