Associate in Engineering Science Degree

Baccalaureate engineering programs are highly structured in order to meet the standards established by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for candidates seeking state of Illinois registration as a professional engineer. Community college students are strongly encouraged to complete an associate in engineering science degree prior to transferring to a four-year institution. The AES degree does not include the entire general education core curriculum.Therefore, students will need to complete MORE general education courses after transfer by completing the GECC curriculum while enrolled at the participating Illinois transfer institution OR fulfilling the general education requirements of their selected non-participating transfer institution.

To transfer as a junior into a baccalaureate engineering program, students must complete all essential prerequisite courses. Since admission is highly competitive, completion of the suggested courses does not guarantee admission at the four-year college of the student's choice.

• General Education (29-32 Semester Hours)
  • Communications (6 semester hours)

    A grade of “C” or better is required in the Communication writing courses.

    • ENG 101
    • ENG 103
  • Humanities/Fine Arts (3-6 semester hours)

    Students are encouraged to select at least one course in either the humanities/fine arts or the social and behavioral sciences that emphasizes non-Western cultures or minority cultures within the United States. If two courses are selected in a field, a two-semester sequence in the same discipline is recommended. If only three hours are completed in Humanities/Fine Arts, then six hours are required in Social/Behavioral Sciences and vice-versa. Certain specialty areas in engineering require only three hours (1 course) from both Humanities/Fine Arts and Social/Behavioral Sciences. In turn, more credit hours are required in engineering specialty courses. Refer to AES degree chart in the SVCC catalog for specific course recommendations by specialty area. Also, see an academic advisor to complete required paperwork (substitution form) to document this combination of courses. Interdisciplinary courses encompassing both the humanities and the fine arts may be used for either category. Please refer to the Associate in Engineering Science Degree Chart link below. See an Academic Advisor to complete required paperwork for this program. Associate in Engineering Science Degree Chart

    • Humanities (6 semester hours)

      Only one course noted with identical subscript letters can be utilized toward general education credit

      • Foreign Language
        • LAN 262
      • Literature
        • ENG 160
        • ENG 201
        • ENG 203
        • ENG 212*
        • ENG 225
        • ENG 226
        • ENG 227
        • ENG 228
        • ENG 230*
      • Philosophy
        • PHL 101
        • PHL 102
        • PHL 103
      • Religious Studies
        • PHL 104
      • Interdisciplinary Humanities
        • HUM 150*
        • HUM 210
    • Fine Arts
      • Performing Arts
        • MUS 201
        • THE 141
      • Visual Arts
        • ART 118*
        • ART 119
        • ART 120
        • ART 121_A
        • ART 122_A
        • HUM 112
      • Interdisciplinary Fine Arts
        • HUM 150*
        • HUM 210
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences (3-6 semester hours)

    Only one course noted with identical subscript letters can be utilized towards general education credit.

    • Anthropology
      • SOC 115*
      • SOC 116*
    • Economics
      • ECO 211
      • ECO 212
    • History
      • HIS 131
      • HIS 132
      • HIS 155*
      • HIS 221
      • HIS 222
    • Human Geography
      • GEO 122*
    • Political Science
      • PSC 163
      • PSC 164
      • PSC 232
      • PSC 233*_B
      • PSC 251*_B
      • PSC 261
    • Psychology
      • PSY 103
      • PSY 200
      • PSY 214
      • PSY 215
    • Sociology
      • SOC 111
      • SOC 112
      • SOC 251
  • Science (5 semester hours)
    • Science
      • CHE 105
  • Mathematics (12 semester hours)
    • Mathematics
      • MAT 203
      • MAT 204
      • MATH 205
• Required Prerequisite Courses (21 Semester Hours)
  • Mathematics (3 semester hours)
    • MAT 211
  • Science (15 semester hours)
    • PHY 211
    • PHY 212
    • PHY 213
  • Computer Programming (3 semester hours)

    MAT 150 or CIS 207 or CIS programming course - Structured Language.
• Engineering Specialty Courses (12-16 Semester Hours)
  • Engineering Specialty Courses
    • BIO 105
    • BIO 131
    • CHE 106
    • CHE 201
    • CHE 202
    • CIS 208
    • EGR 103
    • PHY 221
    • PHY 222
    • PHY 246
    • PHY 247
• SVCC Degree Requirements (1 Semester Hour)
  • First Year Experience (1 semester hour)

    (SVCC Requirement-This is not a General Education Core Curriculum IAI course and is not required by the State for degree completion.)

    • FYE 101
• Total Credit Hours for Degree (66-67 Semester Hours)

*Human Diversity

While General Education Core Curriculum courses incorporate as much as possible throughout all of its courses, authors, sources, and topics that expose students to the realities of a culturally diverse world, several courses (marked with an asterisk) are designed specifically to recognize and engender respect and value for human diversity. Therefore, as a state mandate, one or more courses incorporating human diversity for the purpose of improving human relations throughout an educated citizenry should be completed as part of graduation from SVCC.

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