First Semester

• Choose one First Year Seminar, Student Success, or Orientation course: UNIV 100  or UNIV 101  or UNIV 300  or AECT 100  or BUSI 105  or HOSP 100  or HORT 100  or SRMT 100  or NURS 101  Credit Hours: 1-3
• General Education 23OC: COMM 100 - Public Speaking  or BUSI 120 - Business Communications  Credit Hours: 3
• General Education Elective: 23SS  or 23UC  or 23WG  or 23HU  or 23WL  Credit Hours: 3
• General Education  Elective: choose one course from any General Education category Credit Hours: 3
• Liberal Arts and Sciences course Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3

Second Semester

• General Education 23WC/23IL: ENGL 100 - Composition I  or ENGL 200 - Composition II  Credit Hours: 3
• General Education: 23NS/23RE  Credit Hours: 3-4
• General Education 23MA: MATH 110 - Contemporary Mathematics  or higher General Education Math course Credit Hours: 3-4
• Unrestricted Electives Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Electives Credit Hours: 3

Third Semester

• General Education: 23DV  Credit Hours: 3
• 200-level Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3

Fourth Semester

• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3
• Unrestricted Elective Credit Hours: 3

Minimum Total Credit Hours Required = 63

Program Learning Outcomes

A graduate of the Individual Studies AAS should be able to: 

• Summarize sources accurately and analyze them effectively.
• Communicate effectively through a variety of methods.
• Utilize college-level quantitative skills in problem-solving.
• Utilize scientific methods in problem-solving.
• Identify a problem; seek out, gather, organize, and summarize data; and propose a reasonable solution.

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):