SUNY Cobleskill and the suny board of trustees general education requirements

The Trustees of the State University of New York have mandated that students show competency by taking credits in areas listed below in order to graduate from SUNY institutions.

Students who desire to gain a degree in 4-year programs must show competency by taking three credits each in ten areas listed below. Exception: Bachelor of Technology students in Agricultural Business, Agricultural Engineering Technology, Animal Science, Plant Science and Information Technology must show competency by taking three credits each in eight of the ten areas. Bachelor of Technology students must take a total of 36 credits in the liberal arts and sciences, six of which are upper-division courses.

Information Technology  Bachelor of Technology students are required to take the liberal arts and sciences courses in the following distribution: three credits each in five areas - Communications, Humanities, Natural Science, Mathematics and Social Science; and three credits each from a choice of three areas - American History, Western Civilization, Arts other World Civilizations, and Foreign Language.

Students who wish to gain an Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science degree must show competency by taking three credits each in seven of the ten areas. Students who wish to gain an Associate in Applied Science degree should follow the requirements as determined by the department.

All SUNY Cobleskill students are required to take ENGL101 (which will fulfill the Communications Competency requirement), a math or science course and one credit of physical education (PHED). Individual programs may have further expectations.

SUNY Cobleskill Trustee General Education Courses as of Fall 2008

 American History:

GOVT 242    State and Local Politics

HIST 121      History of the United States I

HIST 122      History of the United States II

If a student has a NYS Regents grade of 84 or higher, the following courses will meet the American history requirement:

AAMS 111    Introduction to African American Studies

GOVT 141    American Government

The Arts:

ARTS 111     Design I

ARTS 114     Drawing I

ARTS 300     History of American Art

COMM 210   Single Camera Video Production

HUMS 110    Introduction to Cinema

HUMS 160    Stagecraft-Theater

MUSC 111    College Choir

MUSC 113    Men's and Women's Choruses

MUSC 121    Introduction to Music

MUSC 123    20th Century Music: American

MUSC 131    Instrumental Music

Communications:

ENGL101      Composition I

ENGL102      Composition II

ENGL 111     Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Foreign Language:

A score of 85 or higher on a NYS language Regents satisfies the Trustee’s foreign language requirement.

FREN 101     Beginning French I

FREN 102     Beginning French II

FREN 201     Continuing French I

SPAN 101    Beginning Spanish I

SPAN 102    Beginning Spanish II

SPAN 201    Continuing Spanish I

BBA Tech. Mgmt. Culinary Arts, BBA Tech, Mgmt. Tourism and Resort Mkt., BS Child Care and Dev., AA Social Sciences – Phys. Ed., AAS FSA Rest. Mgmt., AAS Hotel Tech., AAS Travel and Resort Mgmt., AAS Early Childhood, AS Child and Family Services may substitute AMSL 145 or 146 (American Sign Lang. I & II).

Humanities:

ARTS 124     History of Art I

ARTS 125     History of Art II

ARTS 300     History of American Art

BIOL 305      Ethics in Science, Medicine, and Tech.

COMM 108   Introduction to Mass Media

ENGL 121     Introduction to Literature

ENGL 215     Readings in Women's Literature

ENGL 216     Readings in Native American Literature

ENGL 221     Readings in Literature

ENGL 223     Readings in American Literature

ENGL 241     Short Story

ENGL 320     Writing Nature

HUMS 101    Introduction to Humanities

HUMS 110    Introduction to Cinema

HUMS 243    Children’s Literature

MUSC 121    Introduction to Music

MUSC 123    20th Century Music: American

PHIL 101      Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 102      Introduction to Asian Philosophy

PHIL 305      Ethics in Science, Medicine, and Tech.

 

Mathematics:

A score of 85 or higher on NYS Regents exam in Course III or MATH B satisfies the Trustees' math requirement.

MATH 111    College Algebra

MATH 112    Trigonometry

MATH 125    Statistics

MATH 131    Precalculus

MATH 231    Calculus I

Natural Sciences:

BIOL 101      Introduction to Biology

BIOL 103      Human Biology

BIOL 104      Principles of Animal Anat. & Physiology

BIOL 105      Principles of Genetics

BIOL 106      Environmental Science for Educators

BIOL 111      Biology I

BIOL 116      Botany I

BIOL 117      Botany II

BIOL 158      Human Anatomy and Physiology I

BIOL 159      Human Anatomy and Physiology II

CHEM 101    Introductory Chemistry

CHEM 110    Forensic Science

CHEM 111    General Chemistry I

NTRN 122     Nutrition Science

PHYS 102    Principles of Physics II

PHYS 111    College Physics I

PHYS 211    Calculus Physics I

PSCI 101      Astronomy

PSCI 102      Physical Geology

PSCI 103      Field Geology

PSCI 104      Energy and the Environment

PSCI 105      Environmental Science and Technology

Social Sciences:

ANTH 114     Physical Anthropology

ANTH 115     Cultural Anthropology

ANTH 200     Introduction to Archeology

ECON 123    Micro-Economics

ECON 124    Macro-Economics

GOVT 141    American Government

GOVT 143    Comparative Politics

PSYC 111    General Psychology

PSYC 250    Research Methods in Behavioral Science

SOSC 111    Introduction to Sociology

SOSC 112    Social Problems

SUST 101     Introduction to Sustainability

Western Civilization:

ARTS 124     History of Art I

ARTS 125     History of Art II

HIST 101      History of Western Civilization I

HIST 102      History of Western Civilization II

Other World Civilizations:

GOVT 143    Comparative Politics

HIST 103      History of World Civilization I

HIST 104      History of World Civilization II

HIST 205      Latin American Societies & Civilization

NAMS 111    Introduction to the Iroquois

NAMS 121    Introduction to Native American Studies

 

 

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