SUNY General Education Requirements

All students matriculated in A.A. and A.S. programs under 2023 catalog requirements and forward must meet the SUNY General Education requirements as outlined below. Students matriculated in A.A. and A.S. programs under catalog requirements from 2015-2022 must meet the SUNY General Education requirements as outlined in their respective catalog. The requirements described here are for 2023 and forward.

Students enrolled in A.A. and A.S. programs must complete seven of the ten knowledge and skill areas below, for a total of at least 30 credits in SUNY Gen Ed courses. Four of the seven completed areas must be Communication, Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences. The remaining three areas must be chosen from Humanities, Social Sciences, The Arts, US History and Civic Engagement, World History and Global Awareness, or World Languages.

Required Areas

At Least 3 of These 6 Areas

Humanities

ANT 152 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: (3)
ANT 152H Honors Cultural Anthropology Credits: (3)
ANT 154 World Archaeology Credits: (3)
ANT 155 Language and Culture Credits: (3)
ANT 203 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion Credits: (3)
ART 105 History of Art I Credits: (3)
ART 106 History of Art II Credits: (3)
BMC 101 Introduction to Mass Media Communications Credits: (3)
CIN 203 Film and Literature Credits: (3)
CIN 205 American Cinema Credits: (3)
ENG 104 Critical Writing & Literature II Credits: (3)
ENG 203 World Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 213 Children’s Literature Credits: (3)
ENG 221 English Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 222 English Literature II Credits: (3)
ENG 223 American Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 224 American Literature II Credits: (3)
ENG 224H Honors American Literature II Credits: (3)
ENG 225 African American Literature I Credits: (3)
ENG 233 Shakespeare Credits: (3)
ENG 233H Honors Shakespeare Credits: (3)
ENG 250 Voices of Diversity Credits: (3)
HIS 101 World History I Credits: (3)
HIS 102 World History II Credits: (3)
HIS 102H Honors World History II Credits: (3)
HIS 103 Western Civilization in a Global Persp I Credits: (3)
HIS 103H Honors West Civiliz in Global Persp I Credits: (3)
HIS 104 Western Civilization in Global Persp II Credits: (3)
HIS 104H Honors West Civil in Global Persp II Credits: (3)
HIS 214 The Global History of Sexuality Credits: (3)
HON 101 Honors Humanities I Credits: (3)
HON 201 Honors Humanities II Credits: (3)
LBL 101 Introduction to the Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
LBL 101H Honors Introduction to Liberal Arts Credits: (3)
MUS 103 Music Appreciation I Credits: (3)
MUS 104 Music Appreciation II Credits: (3)
MUS 105 Survey of Western Music History I Credits: (3)
MUS 106 Survey of Western Music History II Credits: (3)
PHI 101 The Examined Life: an Introduction to Philosophy Credits: (3)
PHI 102 History of Philosophy - Ancient Credits: (3)
PHI 103 Critical Thinking Credits: (3)
PHI 104 History of Philosophy: Early Modern Credits: (3)
PHI 107 Logic Credits: (3)
PHI 108 Ethics Credits: (3)
PHI 108H Honors Ethics Credits: (3)
PHI 109 Philosophy of Religion Credits: (3)
PHI 120 Ethics in Engineering and Technology Credits: (3)
PHI 130 Environmental Ethics Credits: (3)
PHI 210 Philosophy of Science Credits: (3)
WMS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credits: (3)
WMS 101H Honors Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credits: (3)

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SUNY General Education Requirements

Required Areas

Communication - Written and Oral

Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)

Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)

At Least 3 of These 6 Areas

Humanities

Social Sciences

Core Competencies- 1 course from each competency