First Semester

• General Education Written Communication and Information Literacy: Choose ENGL 100 - Composition I  or ENGL 200 - Composition II  Credit Hours: 3
• General Education  Lab Science course: General Education Natural Science and Critical Thinking and Reasoning Credit Hours: 3-4
• General Education  Social Science course Credit Hours: 3
• General Education  Elective: Choose one course from Humanities or The Arts or World Languages Credit Hours: 3
• Restricted Liberal Arts & Sciences Elective Credit Hours: 3
• UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar  or UNIV 101 - Student Success  Credit Hours: 3

Second Semester

• COMM 100 - Public Speaking  Credit Hours: 3
• ENGL 200 - Composition II  or ENGL 250 - Special Topics in Writing  or ENGL 310 - Technical Writing   Credit Hours: 3
• General Education  Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (one course) Credit Hours: 3
• General Education  Elective: Choose one course from US History and Civic Engagement or World History and Global Awareness Credit Hours: 3 
• General Education  Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (one course) Credit Hours: 3

Third Semester

• Math or Science Elective - Any 200 level or Higher Credit Hours: 3
• Math or Science Elective Credit Hours: 3
• 200 level or higher LA&S Course Credit Hours: 3
• LA&S Course Credit Hours: 3¹
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3

Fourth Semester

• 200 level or higher LA&S Course Credit Hours: 3
• 200 level or higher LA&S Course Credit Hours: 3
• LA&S Course Credit Hours: 3¹
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• LASC 290 - Capstone: Contemporary Issues  Credit Hours: 3

Minimum Total Credit Hours = 61-64

¹Any Liberal Arts & Sciences course

Note:

• For this program, HONR (Honors) courses count as English, literature, humanities, liberal arts, or social science electives.

Program Learning Outcomes

A graduate of the General Studies AS program should be able to:

• Evaluate sources in order to create and revise communication for specific audiences.
• Employ quantitative methods such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, or statistics to solve problems.
• Utilize scientific methods in problem-solving.
• Analyze the social structures that enact privilege or oppression.
• Articulate an issue or problem and identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work. 

SUNY General Education Requirement

Students should be aware that GE requirements vary by degree type. Some majors require additional categories and/or credits. Consult with your academic advisor for program-specific information; for more information, visit: General Education  

General Education Categories and Abbreviations (in alphabetical order): 

CODES:

SUNY Curriculum Code: 3227

HEGIS: 5649.00

CIP: 240102

Academic Program Enterprise System ID: 4066

NYSED IRP: 22031

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