SUNY General Education

SUNY General Education framework

SUNY General Education (GE) is a system-wide framework applicable to all SUNY undergraduate degree programs that addresses the fundamental goals of higher education. It promotes proficiency with essential skills and familiarizes students with different ways of knowing, both within and across subjects. It also enhances the values and disposition of an engaged 21st-century global citizenry.

The SUNY GE framework includes ten specific "knowledge and skills areas" and two general  "core competencies." Each of the components addresses distinct learning outcomes. In addition to promoting academic excellence, the overall structure supports seamless transfer of students between and among SUNY institutions.

Students matriculating prior to fall 2023

Students matriculating prior to fall 2023 may follow the prior SUNY GE requirements.

SUNY General Education Prior to Fall 2023

Students matriculating in fall 2023 & after

In accordance with SUNY requirements, JCC students matriculating in fall 2023 and thereafter must complete courses in the following four required SUNY knowledge and skills areas:

  • Communication – Written and Oral
  • Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  • Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
  • Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)

Each degree program also requires a minimum number of SUNY GE credits as follows:

  • A.A. and A.S. degrees: 30 credits distributed among at least seven of the 10 SUNY areas (including the four required areas previously noted)
  • A.A.S. degrees: 20 credits (including the four required areas previously noted)
  • A.S. Engineering Science only: 30 credits distributed among at least five of the 10 SUNY areas (including the four required areas previously noted)
  • ART 1500*
  • ART 1510*
  • ART 1520*
  • ART 1530*
  • ART 1540*
  • ART 1560*
  • ART 1570*
  • ART 1590*
  • ART 1610*
  • ART 1620*
  • ART 1670*
  • ART 1730*
  • ART 1740*
  • ART 1750*
  • ART 2510*
  • ART 2590*
  • ART 2600*
  • ART 2610*
  • ART 2620*
  • ART 2740*
  • CMM 1610*
  • CMM 1630*
  • CMM 1710*
  • CMM 1750*
  • CMM 2530*
  • ENG 2540*
  • ENG 2740*
  • ENG 2890*
  • MUS 1510*
  • MUS 1530*
  • MUS 1570*
  • MUS 1630*
  • MUS 1670*
  • MUS 1680*
  • MUS 1690*
  • MUS 1730*
  • THE 1510*
  • ENG 1530*
  • PHL 1570
  • ANT 1510*
  • ANT 1520*
  • ANT 1530*
  • ANT 2510*
  • ANT 2520*
  • ANT 2560*
  • ANT 2590*
  • ART 1500
  • CMM 2500
  • EDU 2450
  • HIS 2610*
  • INT 8555*
  • PHL 2630
  • PSY 8503*
  • SOC 1510*
  • SOC 2510*
  • SOC 2520*
  • SOC 2560*
  • SOC 2580*
  • SOC 2590*
  • CMM 1750*
  • ENG 1510*
  • ENG 1540*
  • ENG 2580*
  • ENG 2590*
  • ENG 2730*
  • PHL 1510
  • CSC 2670*
  • MAE 2510*
  • MAE 2520*
  • MAT 1500*
  • MAT 1540*
  • MAT 1590*
  • MAT 1600*
  • MAT 1670*
  • MAT 1710*
  • MAT 1720*
  • MAT 2650*
  • MAT 2670*
  • MAT 2680*
  • AST 1510*
  • BIO 1500*
  • BIO 1510*
  • BIO 1550*
  • BIO 1551*
  • BIO 1570*
  • BIO 1580*
  • BIO 1830*
  • BIO 2510*
  • BIO 2520*
  • BIO 2531*
  • BIO 2532*
  • BIO 2550*
  • BIO 2560*
  • BIO 2620*
  • BIO 2650*
  • BIO 2660*
  • BIO 2670*
  • BIO 2760*
  • BIO 2800*
  • BIO 2830*
  • BIO 2840*
  • CHE 1500*
  • CHE 1550*
  • CHE 1560*
  • ENR 2510*
  • GLG 1510*
  • GLG 1520*
  • GLG 1550*
  • GLG 1810*
  • PHY 1500*
  • PHY 1510*
  • PHY 1610*
  • PHY 1620*
  • PHY 1710*
  • PHY 2510*
  • PHY 2710*
  • ANT 1510*
  • ANT 1520*
  • ANT 1530*
  • ANT 2560*
  • ANT 2590*
  • ECO 1530*
  • ECO 2610*
  • ECO 2620*
  • GEO 1520*
  • POL 1510*
  • POL 1520*
  • POL 2860*
  • PSY 1510*
  • PSY 2500*
  • PSY 2510*
  • PSY 2520*
  • PSY 2530*
  • PSY 2540*
  • PSY 2550*
  • PSY 2560*
  • PSY 2570*
  • PSY 2580*
  • PSY 2600*
  • PSY 2710*
  • REL 1530*
  • SOC 1510*
  • SOC 2510*
  • SOC 2520*
  • SOC 2540*
  • SOC 2560*
  • SOC 2580*
  • SOC 2590*
  • SPT 1320
  • HIS 1530*
  • HIS 1540*
  • HIS 2610*
  • HIS 8512*
  • POL 1510*
  • ENG 2730
  • GLS 1500*
  • HIS 1510*
  • HIS 1520*
  • POL 1520*
  • ARA 1510*
  • ARA 1520*
  • ASL 1510*
  • ASL 1520*
  • CHI 1510*
  • FRE 1510*
  • FRE 1520*
  • FRE 2510*
  • FRE 2520*
  • RUS 1510*
  • SPA 1510*
  • SPA 1520*
  • SPA 2510*
  • SPA 2520*
  • SPA 2530*
  • SPA 2550*

*Equivalent courses transferred to JCC from another institution may be used to fulfill the SUNY requirement.