SUNY Cobleskill Application Process

SUNY General Education Core Requirements

The State University of New York has mandated that students who desire to gain a baccalaureate degree from SUNY must complete a minimum of 30 credits of General Education courses with at least one course (3 credits) in each of the ten content areas listed below. Foreign Language and Mathematics requirements may be met by specified NYS Regents scores but 30 credits of General Education courses are still required. Exception: all Bachelor of Technology and Bachelor of Business Administration programs at SUNY Cobleskill require completing 24 credits of General Education courses in eight of the ten content areas. See individual program descriptions for specific course and content area requirements.

Students who wish to gain an Associate in Arts or an Associate in Science degree must complete 21 credits in seven of the ten content areas. Students who wish to gain an Associate in Applied Science degree should follow the requirements as specified in the individual program descriptions.

The approved courses for each content area are listed below. Not all courses are offered every semester and courses may be added or deleted from the list each semester. Once a course is removed from the list it may no longer be used to meet SUNY General Education requirements in future semesters. It will, however, count as meeting the requirement for students who are currently enrolled in the course or who have previously taken the course while it was on the approved list.

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 score of 84 or higher on the NYS Regents American history exam, the following courses will meet the Trustees’ 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 Contributions
MUSC 131	Instrumental Music

Communications:
Will be met by ENGL 101, a college requirement.
Other courses include:
ENGL 111	Fundamentals of Speech Communication

Foreign Language:
A score of 85 or higher on a NYS language Regents satisfies the Trustees’ 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
For B.B.A. Technology Management - Culinary Arts, B.B.A. Technology Management – Tourism and Resort Marketing, B.S. Child Care and Development, A.A. Social Sciences - Physical Education advisement track, A.A.S. Food Service Administration - Restaurant Management, A.A.S. Hotel Technology, A.A.S. Travel and Resort Management, A.A.S. Early Childhood, and A.S. Child and Family Services, the following courses will meet the Trustees’ foreign language requirement:
AMSL 145	American Sign Language I
AMSL 146	American Sign Language II

Humanities:
ARTS 124	History of Art I
ARTS 125	History of Art II
ARTS 300	History of American Art
COMM 108	Introduction to Mass Media
ENGL 215	Readings in Women's Literature
ENGL 216	Readings in Contemporary 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 Contributions
PHIL 101	Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 102	Introduction to Asian Philosophy
PHIL 305	Ethics in Science, Medicine, and Technology

Mathematics:
A score of 85% or higher on the NYS Regents exam in mathematics Course III or MATH B satisfies the Trustees' mathematics 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 Anatomy and 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 and Civilizations
NAMS 111	Introduction to the Iroquois
NAMS 121	Introduction to Native American Studies