2025-2026 College Catalog

Admission Requirements For Transfer Degree Programs

Students pursuing a transfer degree (Associate of Arts, Associate in Science, or Associate in Engineering Science) must successfully complete specific high school or college courses as outlined in Illinois Public Act 86-0954.

Students who do not meet these requirements at the time of enrollment are provisionally admitted as pre-baccalaureate transfer students. Once course deficiencies are completed, students are reclassified as baccalaureate transfer students.

High School Requirements

Required Courses

Subject Years Course Requirements
Language Arts 4 Includes at least one year of a writing-intensive course.
Mathematics 3 Must include Algebra I and a course that includes geometry content.
Science 2 Laboratory sciences.
Social Studies 2 Must include one year of U.S. history (or a combination of American history and government) and one semester of civics.
Writing-Intensive 2 One year must be in an English course; the other may be embedded in another subject.
Electives 1 One year selected from foreign language, fine arts, music, or career and technical education (vocational).

Students with academic deficiencies are considered by RVC to have satisfied these deficiencies upon successful completion of 32 college-level credits (courses numbered 100 or above with a minimum 2.0 GPA). These credits must include ENG 101, SPH 131, one social sciences course, one four-credit laboratory science course, and one mathematics course (MTH 115 or higher).