General Education Mobile (GEM)
Program description
Southwestern Illinois College has partnered with the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) in implementing its General Education Mobile (GEM) program.
GEM is an agreement between the CCAF and academic institutions to offer general education courses through online delivery.
Southwestern Illinois College offers online courses in each of the five general education areas—Humanities, Mathematics, Oral Communication, Social Sciences, and Written Communication.
Contact information
Michelle Deverman
618-235-2700, ext. 5056
On-line academic support
(i.e. technical support, on-line chat, advisor help)
Apply/enrollment
Tuition cost
Course schedule
List of approved GEM courses
| Oral Communication | Length (Weeks) | |
| COMM151 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 8, 12, 16 |
| Written Communication | Length (Weeks) | |
| ENG101 | Rhetoric & Composition I | 8, 12, 16 |
| ENG102 | Rhetoric and Composition II | 8, 12, 16 |
| Mathematics | Length (Weeks) | |
| MATH107 | General Education Statistics | 12, 16 |
| MATH111 | Liberal Arts Mathematics | 16 |
| MATH112 | College Algebra | 12, 16 |
| MATH114 | Trigonometry | 16 |
| MATH191 | Introduction to Statistics | 12, 16 |
| Social Science | Length (Weeks) | |
| GEOG152 | World Regional Geography | 8, 16 |
| HIST180 | U.S. History to 1865 | 8, 16 |
| HIST181 | U.S. History, 1865 to the Present | 16 |
| HIST101 | World Civilization I | 8, 16 |
| HIST286 | History of Religion | 12, 16 |
| POLS150 | Intro to American Government | 12, 16 |
| ECON201 | Principles of Economics I (Macro) | 16 |
| ECON202 | Principles of Economics II (Micro) | 16 |
| PSYC 151 | General Psychology | 8, 12, 16 |
| SOC 153 | Introductory Sociology | 8, 12, 16 |
| Humanities | Length (Weeks) | |
| LIT215 | Contemporary Multicultural American Literature | 8, 16 |
| ART101 | Art Appreciation | 8, 16 |
| ART103 | Survey of Non-Western Art | 12, 16 |
| ART110 | Art & Gender | 12, 16 |
| MUS110 | World Music | 16 |
| FILM115 | Film Appreciation | 16 |
| PHIL150 | Introduction to Philosophy | 8, 16 |
| LIT 113 | Introduction to Fiction | 8, 16 |
| MUS 101 | Music Appreciation | 16 |
| THEA 120 | Theatre Appreciation | 8 |