Illinois Articulation Initiative
The purpose of the Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) is to identify common curriculum requirements across associate and baccalaureate degrees and across institutions in order to facilitate student transfer. The Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum identifies the common general education coursework. SIUE is a participant in the Illinois Articulation Initiative. Completion of the general education core curriculum at any participating college or university in Illinois assures transferring students that lower-division general education requirements for a bachelor’s degree have been satisfied.
For more information, contact the Transfer Center at (618) 650-2133 or e-mail transfercredit@siue.edu. Additional information is available on the IAI website, itransfer.org.
Illinois Articulation Initiative General Education Core Requirements
Communication
3 courses (9 semester credits), including a two-course sequence in writing (6 semester credits, C grade required) and one course in oral communication (3 semester credits)
Mathematics
1 course (3 to 5 semester credits)
Physical and Life Sciences
2 courses (7 to 8 semester credits), with one course selected from the life sciences and one course from the physical sciences and including at least one laboratory course
Humanities and Fine Arts
3 courses (9 semester credits) with at least one course selected from humanities and at least one course from the fine arts
Social and Behavioral Sciences
3 courses (9 semester credits), with courses selected from at least two disciplines
Total: 12 to 13 courses (37 to 41 semester credits)
