SUNY General Education Courses

The following are the General Education courses listed by degree type and categories. For information about general education requirements, visit the General Education Requirements  page.

• Communications - Written and Oral
• Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
• Humanities
• Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
• Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
• Social Sciences
• The Arts
• US History and Civic Engagement
• World History and Global Awareness
• World Languages

• COMM 109 - Speech Communication  
• COMM 109H - Speech Communication – Honors  
• ENG 101 - Writing and Research  
• ENG 101H - Writing and Research - Honors  
• ENG 244 - Science Fiction  

• ANTHR 101 - Cultural Anthropology  
• ANTHR 120 - Native People of North America  
• EDU 103 - Teaching in Today’s Diverse Classroom  
• HIS 110 - U.S. History Colonial-1800  
• HIS 111 - 19th Century U.S. History  
• HIS 112 - 20th Century United States History  
• HIS 112H - 20th Century United States History-Honors  
• HIS 133 - African American History to 1865  
• HIS 134 - African American History from 1865 to Present  
• HSERV 200 - Diversity & Social Justice  
• NUTR 110 - Nutrition Equity and Social Justice  
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology  
• SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology - Honors  
• SOC 102 - Sociology of Families  
• SOC 103 - Social Problems  
• SOC 206 - Race and Ethnicity in the U.S.  

• ART 108 - Art of the Ancient World: Prehistory to Fourteenth Century  
• ART 109 - Art of the Modern World: Fifteenth Century to Contemporary  
• ART 109A - Contemporary Art  
• COMM 101 - Understanding Mass Media  
• COMM 101H - Understanding Mass Media - Honors  
• ENG 102 - Writing and Literature  
• ENG 102H - Writing and Literature - Honors  
• ENG 115 - Creative Writing  
• ENG 200 - American Literature to 1865  
• ENG 201 - American Literature from 1865  
• ENG 202 - Children’s Literature  
• ENG 203 - African American Literature  
• ENG 206H - Cambridge Literature Studies - Honors  
• ENG 209 - Studies in the Short Story  
• ENG 210H - The American Dream - Honors  
• ENG 211 - Modern Drama  
• ENG 215 - Introduction to Shakespeare  
• ENG 217H - Holocaust Studies - Honors  
• ENG 224H - Great Books - Honors  
• ENG 227 - Contemporary Global Literature  
• ENG 227H - Contemporary Global Literature - Honors  
• ENG 240 - Studies in American Poetry  
• ENG 241 - Latin-American Literature  
• ENG 242 - Caribbean Literature  
• ENG 243 - Coming to America - Immigrant Literature  
• ENG 244 - Science Fiction  
• ENG 245 - LGBTQ Literature  
• FILM 101 - Film 1895 to 1945  
• FILM 102 - Film 1945 to Present  
• FILM 103 - The Great Directors  
• MUSIC 100 - History of Western Music: Up to 1800  
• MUSIC 101 - History of Western Music: 1800 to Present  
• MUSIC 102 - History of Electronic Music  
• MUSIC 103 - History of Jazz  
• MUSIC 150 - Music Appreciation 1  
• PHIL 101 - Philosophy Ancient/Medieval  
• PHIL 102 - Philosophy/Modern  
• PHIL 111 - Philosophy of Love  
• PHIL 150 - Applied Logic  
• PHIL 160 - Ethics  
• READ 105 - Analytical Reading  
• THEAT 101 - Introduction to the Theatre  

• MATH 116 - The Development of Mathematical Thought  
• MATH 117 - College Quantitative Reasoning  
• MATH 120 - The Nature of Mathematics  
• MATH 131 - College Algebra  
• MATH 138 - Elements of Geometry  
• MATH 140 - Statistics  
• MATH 161 - Precalculus (Functions and Coordinate Geometry)  
• MATH 180 - Calculus for Business  
• MATH 181 - Calculus 1  
• MATH 191 - Calculus 2  
• MATH 230 - Calculus 3  
• PSYCH 201 - Behavioral Statistics  

• ANTHR 103 - Biological Anthropology  
• BIOL 101 - Principles of Biological Science (and Lab)  
• BIOL 103 - Human Biology (and Lab)  
• BIOL 115 - General Biology 1 (and Lab)  
• BIOL 117 - General Biology 2 (and Lab)  
• BIOL 121 - Anatomy and Physiology 1 (and Lab)  
• BIOL 123 - Anatomy and Physiology 2 (and Lab)  
• BIOL 140 - Evolution and Ecology  
• BIOL 143 - Environmental Science  
• BIOL 155 - Environmental Studies  
• BIOL 159 - Problems in Pollution  
• BIOL 203 - Basic Microbiology (and Lab)  
• CHEM 107 - Inorganic Chemistry 1 (and Lab)  
• CHEM 111 - Inorganic Chemistry 2 (and Lab)  
• CHEM 113 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry (and Lab)  
• CHEM 117 - Principles of Organic Chemistry (and Lab)  
• CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry 1 (and Lab)  
• CHEM 205 - Organic Chemistry 2 (and Lab)  
• EMS 115 - Human Body Systems  
• HIT 110 - Health Sciences 1  
• NUTR 101 - Foundations of Nutrition  
• PHYSC 111 - College Physics 1 (plus required lab and workshop)  
• PHYSC 112 - College Physics 2 (plus required lab and workshop)  
• PHYSC 120 - Physical Science Explorations  
• PHYSC 121 - Engineering Physics 1 (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 122 - Engineering Physics 2 (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 129 - Introduction to Oceanography (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 143 - Earth Science (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 145 - Weather and Forecasting (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 151 - Astronomy (and Lab)  
• PHYSC 162 - Climate Change and Our Future  
• PHYSC 165 - Principles of Energy  
• PHYSC 167 - The Solar System - Lecture  
• PHYSC 168 - The Solar System Lab  
• PSYCH 113 - Health Psychology  

• ANTHR 101 - Cultural Anthropology  
• ANTHR 102 - Intro to Archaeology  
• ANTHR 102H - Intro to Archaeology - Honors  
• ANTHR 103 - Biological Anthropology  
• ANTHR 201 - Introduction to Linguistics  
• CJ 111 - Introduction to Criminology  
• ECE 170 - Early Childhood Development  
• ECON 101 - Macroeconomics  
• ECON 101H - Macroeconomics-Honors  
• ECON 102 - Microeconomics  
• ECON 102H - Microeconomics-Honors  
• GEOG 101 - World Geography  
• HSERV 102 - Human Behavior in the Social Environment  
• HSERV 200 - Diversity & Social Justice  
• LIN 201 - Introduction to Linguistics  
• POLSC 111 - Introduction to World Politics  
• POLSC 111H - Introduction to World Politics - Honors  
• POLSC 115 - Comparative Politics  
• PSYCH 101 - Introduction to Psychology  
• PSYCH 101H - Introduction to Psychology - Honors  
• PSYCH 103 - Abnormal Psychology  
• PSYCH 103H - Abnormal Psychology - Honors  
• PSYCH 107 - Social Psychology  
• PSYCH 109 - Child Development  
• PSYCH 110 - Adolescent Development  
• PSYCH 111 - Human Sexuality  
• PSYCH 112H - Personality - Honors  
• PSYCH 116 - Lifespan Development  
• PSYCH 201 - Behavioral Statistics  
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology  
• SOC 101H - Introduction to Sociology - Honors  
• SOC 102 - Sociology of Families  

• ART 101 - Drawing 1  
• ART 103 - Painting 1  
• ART 105 - Sculpture 1  
• ART 108 - Art of the Ancient World: Prehistory to Fourteenth Century  
• ART 109 - Art of the Modern World: Fifteenth Century to Contemporary  
• ART 109A - Contemporary Art  
• ART 112 - 2D Design  
• ART 113 - 3D Design  
• ART 129 - Digital Photography  
• ART 147 - Digital Animation 1  
• ART 195 - Graphic Design 1  
• ART 201 - Experimental Drawing  
• ART 202 - Drawing 2  
• ART 213 - Painting 2  
• DANCE 101 - Elementary Modern Dance 1  
• DANCE 102 - Elementary Modern Dance 2  
• DANCE 107 - Elementary Ballet  
• DANCE 112 - Latin Dance 1  
• DANCE 115 - Hip Hop 1  
• DANCE 120 - Broadway Jazz  
• DANCE 121 - Contemporary Jazz  
• DANCE 205 - Choreography and Dance Performance Combined  
• DANCE 207 - Independent Study in Dance Performance  
• ENG 244 - Science Fiction  
• FILM 100 - Introduction to Film  
• FILM 101 - Film 1895 to 1945  
• FILM 102 - Film 1945 to Present  
• FILM 130 - Digital Storytelling  
• ITECH 100 - Digital Design  
• ITECH 110 - Digital Imaging  
• MUSIC 100 - History of Western Music: Up to 1800  
• MUSIC 102 - History of Electronic Music  
• MUSIC 103 - History of Jazz  
• MUSIC 110 - Basic Musicianship  
• MUSIC 111 - Music Theory 1  
• MUSIC 120 - Piano Class 1  
• MUSIC 121 - Piano Class 2  
• MUSIC 150 - Music Appreciation 1  
• THEAT 111 - Acting 1  
• THEAT 113 - Acting 2  
• THEAT 201 - Acting 3  

• HIS 110 - U.S. History Colonial-1800  
• HIS 111 - 19th Century U.S. History  
• HIS 112 - 20th Century United States History  
• HIS 112H - 20th Century United States History-Honors  
• HIS 133 - African American History to 1865  
• HIS 134 - African American History from 1865 to Present  
• POLSC 102 - American Government and Issues  
• POLSC 102H - American Government and Issues-Honors  
• POLSC 107 - State and Local Government  

• ANTHR 120 - Native People of North America  
• ANTHR 210 - Religions of the World  
• ANTHR 215H - Magic, Myth and Ritual - Honors  
• ART 108 - Art of the Ancient World: Prehistory to Fourteenth Century  
• ART 109 - Art of the Modern World: Fifteenth Century to Contemporary  
• ART 109A - Contemporary Art  
• ENG 227 - Contemporary Global Literature  
• ENG 227H - Contemporary Global Literature - Honors  
• HIS 101 - Western Civilization to 1648  
• HIS 102 - Western Civilization 1648-1914  
• HIS 104 - Global History to 1648  
• HIS 106 - Global History from 1648  
• HIS 107H - Topics Global History-Honors  
• HIS 119 - Modern Latin America  
• HIS 128 - African History to 1600  
• HIS 129 - Caribbean History  
• HIS 131 - Modern Africa  
• MGT 215 - Global Business  
• MUSIC 101 - History of Western Music: 1800 to Present  
• POLSC 111 - Introduction to World Politics  
• POLSC 111H - Introduction to World Politics - Honors  
• POLSC 113 - Middle Eastern Politics  
• POLSC 115 - Comparative Politics  

• ARABC 101 - Elementary Arabic 1  
• ARABC 102 - Elementary Arabic 2  
• ASL 101 - American Sign Language 1  
• CHINS 102 - Elementary Chinese 2  
• FREN 101 - Elementary French 1  
• FREN 102 - Elementary French 2  
• FREN 201 - Intermediate French 1  
• ITAL 101 - Elementary Italian 1  
• ITAL 102 - Elementary Italian 2  
• ITAL 103 - Italian Conversation 1  
• ITAL 201 - Intermediate Italian 1  
• ITAL 202 - Intermediate Italian 2  
• ITAL 250 - Advanced Italian 1  
• JAPNS 101 - Elementary Japanese 1  
• JAPNS 102 - Elementary Japanese 2  
• RUSSN 101 - Elementary Russian 1  
• SPAN 101 - Elementary Spanish 1  
• SPAN 102 - Elementary Spanish 2  
• SPAN 103 - Spanish Conversation 1  
• SPAN 104 - Spanish Conversation 2  
• SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish 1  
• SPAN 202 - Intermediate Spanish 2  
• SPAN 203 - Advanced Spanish 1  
• SPAN 204 - Advanced Spanish 2