College-Wide Graduation Requirements

This is an archived copy of the 2015-16 catalog. To access the most recent version of the catalog, please visit http://catalog.cincinnatistate.edu.

During the 2015-2016 academic year, two different sets of graduation requirements are in effect, as a result of transition to new graduation requirements mandated by the Ohio Board of Regents.

The graduation requirements below apply only to the following associate's degree programs for the 2015-2016 academic year.

  • Associate of Technical Studies - Law Enforcement
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic Management Major
  • Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic Science Major
  • Environmental Engineering Technology
  • Environmental Engineering Technology - Stormwater Management Major
  • Environmental Engineering Technology - Water and Wastewater Major
  • Fire Service Technology
  • Fire Service Leadership
  • Medical Laboratory Technology
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Public Safety Technology
  • Welding

As part of the graduation requirements for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB), Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Individualized Study (AIS), and Associate of Technical Study (ATS) degrees, a student must complete at least 15 credit hours in general education areas, distributed as follows:

Communication Skills6 credits
Arts/Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences6 credits
Mathematics3 credits

Communication Skills - 6 credits

6 credits written communicationdepartment code ENG

Arts/Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences - 6 credits selected from two of these areas:

Arts/Humanities, including:
artdepartment code ART
communicationdepartment code COMM1
culture studiesdepartment code CULT
foreign languagesdepartment code FRN,SPN
literaturedepartment code LIT
musicdepartment code MUS
philosophydepartment code PHI
religiondepartment code REL
theatredepartment code THE
1

 Excluding COMM 110

Natural Sciences, including:
biologydepartment code BIO
chemistrydepartment code CHE
environmental sciencedepartment code EVS
physicsdepartment code PHY
physical sciencedepartment code PSC
Social/Behavioral Sciences, including:
economicsdepartment code ECO
geographydepartment code GEO
historydepartment code HST
labor relationsdepartment code LBR
political sciencedepartment code POL
psychologydepartment code PSY
sociologydepartment code SOC

Mathematics - 3 credits

3 credits mathematicsdepartment code MAT

For all associate's degree programs not listed above, the following graduation requirements must be met for the 2015-2016 academic year.

As part of the graduation requirements for the Associate of Applied Business (AAB), Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Associate of Individualized Study (AIS), and Associate of Technical Study (ATS) degrees, a student must complete at least 15 credit hours in general education areas, distributed as follows:

Communication Skills9 credits
Social Sciences and Humanities 6 credits

Communication Skills - 9 credits

6 credits written communicationdepartment code ENG
3 credits oral communicationdepartment code COMM

Social Sciences and Humanities - 6 credits selected from these areas:

Social/Behavioral Sciences, including:
economicsdepartment code ECO
geographydepartment code GEO
historydepartment code HST
labor relationsdepartment code LBR
political sciencedepartment code POL
psychologydepartment code PSY
sociologydepartment code SOC
Arts/Humanities, including:
artdepartment code ART
communicationdepartment code COMM1
culture studiesdepartment code CULT
foreign languagesdepartment code FRN,SPN
literaturedepartment code LIT
musicdepartment code MUS
philosophydepartment code PHI
religiondepartment code REL
theatredepartment code THE
1

but not including course taken to meet oral communication requirement

Students seeking an AAB, AAS, or ATS degree should consult the curriculum for their program, as published in this catalog, to determine how the general education requirements should be met. Individual degree programs may require students to complete program-specified general education courses, or may permit students to choose some general education elective courses. Transfer credit for social science or humanities courses completed at another institution, in disciplines not listed above, may be applied toward Cincinnati State graduation requirements with the program chair’s permission.

Students seeking an AIS degree or an ATS degree not published in this catalog must meet general education requrements established for the specific degree program.

Students seeking the Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree must meet the general education requirements for the degrees as published in the Humanities and Sciences section of this catalog.

Program Graduation Requirements

(Degree Audit Curriculum)

Requirements for each degree and certificate program at Cincinnati State are published each year in this catalog. Students are expected to fulfill the requirements in effect for the catalog year they are admitted to the program. This set of requirements may be referred to as the student’s Academic Evaluation or Degree Audit curriculum.

Students readmitted to the College after an absence of one year or more are expected to fulfill the requirements in effect at the time of readmission.

Students should consult with their program chair or academic advisor to discuss any changes made to program requirements that could affect progress toward completing their degree or certificate program.