General Information

The Campus Senate, the faculty General Education Board, and the colleges have developed campus wide common general education requirements. See www.courses.uiuc.edu/gened for a current listing of the general education categories and individual courses that satisfy each requirement on this campus. Students are advised that some general education requirements may be fulfilled by courses already required in the major. All FAA curricula require students to meet the minimum campus general education requirements for graduation. Some programs require additional general education courses. See the individual programs of study (www.courses.uiuc.edu/programs) for each curriculum for more information.

Approval for any course not contained in the campus general education list must be requested by written petition to the College Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, supported by an advisor and approved by the Associate Dean prior to registration in the course. Only in exceptional circumstances are such petitions grated retroactively.

Each course in the general education list has an effective date. If you took a course during its effective date(s), it will count toward the Gen Ed requirement. If you took it before or after its effective date, it will not count toward Gen Ed, but may be used for some other requirement.

Students are urged to consult their advisors regarding the choice of courses to complement their programs and to meet educational objectives. Some of the courses have prerequisites and/or require concurrent registration in another course.

The Credit/No Credit option may not be used for courses that are taken to meet general education requirements. For more information regarding credit/no credit follow this link Additional Scholastic Information. Petitions for the substitution of courses that do not appear on this list will not be accepted by the College of Fine and Applied Arts, as, this list is approved by the Campus General Education Board.

Because the General Education requirement lists may be revised twice per year, students are cautioned to confirm courses in the College Office, 110 Architecture, or on the Web at the link below.

Follow this link for the list of courses that satisfy the General Education Requirement

Elective Areas

FAA students may receive elective credit from the University of Illinois campus and other institutions with the following qualifications:

• Air Force aerospace studies, military science, and naval science--advanced courses only (Maximum of 12 hours)
• Art--courses specified for non-majors do not count for art and design majors (for art and design majors, please refer to curriculum)
• Aviation--maximum of 6 hours
• Band--choral ensembles, jazz bands, and orchestras: maximum of three hours (this limitation does not apply to music majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum)
• Dance--maximum of eight hours in dance studio courses (for dance majors, please refer to curriculum)
• French(1)
• Kinesiology (PE)-- maximum of eight hours of activity courses
• Landscape Architecture--for landscape architecture majors, please refer to curriculum
• Mathematics(1)
• Music--courses for non-majors do not count for music majors; for music majors, please refer to curriculum
• Spanish, Italian & Portuguese(1)
• Theatre--for theatre majors, please refer to curriculum for courses that may count toward the degree
• Urban Planning--for urban planning majors, please refer to curriculum for courses that may count as elective credit