Retiring SUNY General Education Courses

Expand the list of courses for each area or you may open the printable SUNY Gen Ed Chart.

SUNY Gen Ed Definitions:

AMERICAN HISTORY (SUNY-AH)
Students will demonstrate:

• knowledge of a basic narrative of American history: political, economic, social, and cultural, including knowledge of unity and diversity in American society;
• knowledge of common institutions in American society and how they have affected different groups; and
• understanding of America's evolving relationship with the rest of the world.

(THE) ARTS (SUNY-A)
Students will demonstrate:

• understanding of at least one principal form of artistic expression and the creative process inherent therein.

BASIC COMMUNICATION (SUNY-BC)
Students will:

• produce coherent texts within common college-level written forms;
• demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts;
• research a topic, develop an argument, and organize supporting details;
• develop proficiency in oral discourse; and
• evaluate an oral presentation according to established criteria.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES (SUNY-FL)
Students will demonstrate:

• basic proficiency in the understanding and use of a foreign language; and
• knowledge of the distinctive features of culture(s) associated with the language they are studying.

HUMANITIES (SUNY-H)
Students will demonstrate:

• knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities in addition to those encompassed by other knowledge areas required by the General Education program.

MATHEMATICS (SUNY-M)
Students will be able to:

• interpret and draw inferences from mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tables and schematics;
• represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically and verbally;
• employ quantitative methods such as, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, or statistics to solve problems;
• estimate and check mathematical results for reasonableness; and
• recognize the limits of mathematical and statistical methods.

NATURAL SCIENCES (SUNY-NS)
Students will demonstrate:

• understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical analysis; and
• application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural (or physical) sciences.

OTHER WORLD CIVILIZATIONS (SUNY-OWC)
Students will be able to describe:

• knowledge of either a broad outline of world history, OR
• the distinctive features of the history, institutions, economy, society, culture, etc., of one non-Western civilization.

SOCIAL SCIENCES (SUNY-SS)
Students will demonstrate:

• understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis; and
• knowledge of major concepts, models and issues of at least one discipline in the social sciences.

WESTERN CIVILIZATION (SUNY-WC)
Students will:

• demonstrate knowledge of the development of the distinctive features of the history, institutions, economy, society, culture, etc., of Western civilization; and
• relate the development of Western civilization to that of other regions of the world.