Graduation and Transfer
SUNY General Education
Requirements
Effective Fall 2000, new General Education degree
requirements were implemented for all baccalaureate degree students
at SUNY colleges and universities. Community college students planning
to transfer to a SUNY campus are also responsible for meeting these
requirements, particularly students enrolled in the A.A. and A.S.
degree programs.
The General Education guidelines that SUNY has mandated include
ten Knowledge and Skill areas and two Competencies:
The Knowledge and Skill Areas are:
- Mathematics
- Natural
Sciences
- Social
Science
- American
History
- Western
Civilization
- Other
World Civilizations
- Humanities
- The
Arts
- Foreign
Language
- Basic
Communication
The Competencies are:
- Critical
Thinking
- Information
Management
Each student will be required to complete coursework equally in
each of the Knowledge and Skill areas and to acquire the competencies
infused within the approved General Education courses that are taken.Community college students are required to complete courses in
a minimum of seven of the Knowledge and Skill areas for any A.S.
or A.A degree program. However, it is to the advantage of the student
to complete all ten before transfer. If a student has made the decision
to transfer to an SUNY institution it is very important to seek
advisement on the best selection of courses in your degree program.
This should be done at the earliest opportunity and continue throughout
the students studies at the college.
Use the MCC SUNY General
Education Course Plan to monitor your progress towards completing
these requirements.
The MCC SUNY General Education
Course Plan is offered in the Adobe® Acrobat® (.pdf) format.
In order to view and print this form, you must have the Adobe® Acrobat®
Reader installed on your computer. The reader is free and can be downloaded
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