Online AA or AS Degree

Associate in Arts or Associate in Science Degree – ONLINE: 64 Hours

If you are pursuing an Online Associate in Arts or Associate in Science Degree, click on the Online Courses List button below to develop your individual degree plan. This is a listing of all available online courses.

Pay special attention to the credit hour requirements for each category as well as which semesters the classes are typically offered.
Some classes needed to complete this degree may require on-campus visits for orientations, lectures/discussions, labs and/or proctored testing.
Additionally, please check the course schedules posted on My SRC in the Online Campus (OTH Campus) to verify availability of the courses listed below.
See the Online Learning page for general information and how to get started.

ENG101, ENG102 & COM103 are required courses. (*Students in AA/AS must receive a ―C or better in ENG 101 and 102)
Course Code	Course Title	Semester(s) Offered	Credits
ENG101	Composition I	FA \| SP \| SU	3
ENG102	Composition II	FA \| SP \| SU	3
COM103	Speech Communication	FA \| SP	3
Humanities and Fine Arts – 9 credits required for AA; 6 credits required for AS (*must include at least one from the humanities list and one fine arts list)
Humanities
ENG255	The American Short Story	SP	3
PHI110	Introduction to Philosophy	FA \| SP	3
PHI115	Ethics	FA \| SP \| SU	3
PHI120	Logic and Critical Thinking	FA \| SP	3
REL101	World Religions	FA \| SP \| SU	3
Fine Arts
ART120	Introduction to Art	FA \| SP \| SU	3
ART122	Survey of Art I	FA	3
ART224	History of 20th Century Art	SP	3
ENG141	Introduction to Visual Communications	SP	3
MUS102	Introduction to American Music	FA \| SP \| SU	3
MUS111	Music Appreciation	FA \| SP \| SU	3
Social and Behavioral Sciences – 6 credits required for AA; 9 credits required for AS
BUS250	Principles of Micro-Economics	FA \| SP	3
BUS251	Principles of Macro-Economics	FA \| SP	3
GEO200	World Regional Geography	FA \| SP \| SU	3
HIS161	Development of Western Civilization	SP	3
HIS260	American History to 1865	FA	3
HIS261	American History 1865 to Present	SU	3
POL180	American Government National	FA \| SP \| SU	3
PSY130	General Psychology	FA \| SP	3
PSY236	Human Growth and Development	FA \| SU	3
SOC100	Introduction to Sociology	FA \| SP \| SU	3
SOC110	Contemporary Social Problems	FA \| SP \| SU	3
Mathematics and Natural Sciences – AA/AS students have two options in mathematics and natural sciences. Option One (AA degree): Complete one IAI approved math course, and three science courses with at least one being a lab course. One of the three science courses must be an IAI physical science, and one an IAI life science course. Option Two (AS degree) Complete 6-9 credit hours of college-level math courses-one math course must have IAI approval; and 10-11 credit hours of science courses-one an IAI life science course and one an IAI physical science course-One science course must be a lab course.
MAT132	Statistics	FA \| SP \| SU	3
MAT125	College Algebra (NON-IAI Approved Course)	FA \| SP \| SU	3
MAT126	Plane Trigonometry (NON-IAI Approved Course)	SU	3
Natural Sciences (+ Meets Lab Science Requirement) AA/AS degree-seeking students must complete one IAI life science and one IAI physical science. At least one of the science courses must be a lab class.
BIO105	Principles of Biology I	FA \| SP	4
BIO140	Introduction to Environmental Science (Non-Lab)	SP \| SU	3
BIO145	Microbes and Society (Non-Lab)	FA	3
BIO128	Plants and Society (Non-Lab; NON-IAI Approved Course)	SP	3
BIO111	Anatomy & Physiology Fundamentals (NON-IAI Approved Course)	SP	4
BIO117	Evolution (Non-Lab; NON-IAI Approved Course)	FA	3
Health Sciences – 3 credits total
HS 103	Personal, Physical/Mental Health	FA \| SP \| SU	3
HS 104	Human Sexuality	FA \| SP \| SU	3
HS 106	Nutrition I	FA \| SP \| SU	3
HS 108	Lifelong Nutrition	FA \| SP \| SU	1
HS 109	Drugs and Addictions	FA \| SP \| SU	3
Electives – 20-21 credits required for AA degree; 21-23 credits required for AS degree. Electives can be chosen from any available online courses, but only 9 credit hours of career/technical (CTE) courses can be used towards the AA/AS degrees. CTE courses include those with the prefixes ABM, AH, CDT, CHD, CIS, DTT, FS, GDN, GT, NA, NUR, SBM, WEB, and WEL.

Complete your Bachelor's Degree Online

Spoon River College Degree Completion Program offers graduates of Spoon River College the opportunity to complete a bachelor's degree online from Eastern Illinois University, Franklin University, SIU Edwardsville – School of Nursing, University of Illinois – Springfield, or Western Illinois University. For more information, see the Transfer Planning page.