Nassau Community College - SUNY General Education Guidelines

TRANSFER GUIDE TO ALL SUNY FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY CENTERS Courtesy of the Academic Advisement Center
To obtain your Bachelor's degree from a SUNY school, you must complete three credits in each of the following categories called General Education Requirements (GER). To facilitate your graduation from a SUNY four-year institution in a timely fashion, it is recommended that you take three credits or one course from at least seven of the following categories as you complete your Associate's degree at NCC. You may take courses in all ten categories if desired.
I. Mathematics	VI. Western Civilization
II. Natural Sciences	VII. Other World Civilizations
III. Social Sciences	VIII. American History
IV. Humanities	IX. Foreign Language
V. Basic Communication	X. The Arts
SUNY General Education Requirements	Select one course from each of the first five categories below to satisfy five SUNY General Education Requirements.
I)SUNY GER Mathematics	MAT 100, 101, 102, 103, 109, 111, 112, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123
II) SUNY GER Natural Sciences (*Note: This course does not satisfy NCC 4 credit Lab Science requirement)	AHS 131, 132, 201, 202, 234* BIO 101, 102, 103, 104, 109, 110, 115, 116, 118, 119, 162/165, 203, 204, 211, 212, 214, 215, 231 CHE 107, 108, 131, 132, 135, 151, 152, 201, 202, 221 GSS 106, 108, 111, 112, 120 MDS 101, 102 PHY 101, 102, 103, 104, 122, 123, 151, 152, 222, 223 SCI 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 119, 120, 203
III) SUNY GER Social Sciences (*Note: For Students Scoring Above 84 on NYS Regents American History)	ANT 203, 204, 205 ECO 100, 207, 208, 212, 215, 216, 218, 230 GEO 103, 111, 201 HIS 101-109, HIS 110/AFR 143, HIS 113/GEO 101, HIS 124, 125, 130, 137, HIS 140/POL 111, HIS 150, 161, 162, HIS 176/AFR 140, HIS 177/AFR 141, HIS 178/AFR 200, HIS 179/AFR 201, HIS 180, 205, 206, 209, 210, 212, 219,220, HIS 221/AFR 203, HIS 222, 228, 230, 232, 234, 235, 236, 240, 250, 255*, 260, 265, 270 IGS 101, 102 POL 101, 205, 206, 208, 209, 210, 260, 261 PSY 203, 204, 206, 207, 212, 213, 214, 215, 219, 220, 235, 240, 241 SOC 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 209, 210-212, 214, 215, 216, 219, 220, 222, 225
IV) SUNY GER Humanities (*Note: This course does not Satisfy a Humanities requirement at NCC)	AFR 100, AFR 112/DAN 125, AFR 130/ENG 207, AFR 131/ ENG 208 ART 100 -104, 124, 201, ART 202 COM 104, 112 ENG 203-206, ENG 207/AFR 130, ENG 208/ AFR 131, ENG 209, 218, 220, 222, 227, 229, 231, 233, 236, 241, 242, 243, 247, 248, 251, 261, 263, 265, 267, 271, 281, 298, ENG 300/THR 300, ENG 301, 302, 305, 307, 309, 311, 312, 314 MDC 101, 102, 120, 130 MUS 105, 107, 135, 201, 204, MUS 208 PHI 101-105, PHI 108/AFR 170, PHI 110, 111, 201, 203, 204, 208 THR 101, 201
V) SUNY GER Basic Communication	Satisfied with Composition I (English 101) COM 101,103, 109, 113, 123, 125, 202, 220 ENG 101, 102, 105, 108, 109, 111, 121, 200, 215, 216, 225, 226
Categories VI - X	To complete the recommended minimum of seven General Education Requirements, select at least one course from two different categories below. If you wish to complete all ten General Education Requirements, select one course from every one of the ten categories.
VI) SUNY GER Western Civilization (*Note: This course does not satisfy a Social Science requirement at NCC)	HIS 101, HIS 102 , HIS 107, HIS 108, HIS 109, HIS 124, HIS 180, HIS 206, HIS 209, HIS 230, HIS 270, MDC 101*
VII) SUNY GER Other World Civilizations (*Note: This course does not satisfy a Social Science requirement at NCC)	ECO 216 HIS 110/AFR 143, HIS 161,HIS 205, HIS 210, HIS 212, HIS 219, HIS 220, HIS 221/AFR 203, HIS 222, HIS 228, HIS 236, HIS 240 IGS 101, IGS 102 MDC 110* POL 260 WST 201*
VIII) SUNY GER American History	For all students: HIS 103 & HIS 104 For students scoring above 84 on Regents: HIS 106, 125, 130, 137, 150, HIS 176/AFR 140, HIS 177/AFR 141, HIS 178/AFR200, HIS 179/AFR 201, HIS 250, HIS 255

Updated on February 6, 2009

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Transferring to a SUNY Four Year Institution:

The SUNY General Education Requirements are a variety of courses needed to graduate from any four-year SUNY school. There are 10 categories of study. Each can be fulfilled by a number of courses. The categories and their courses are listed on the transfer guide. In general, you need to take one course from each category to graduate.

Yes. As an example, HIS 240, Revolutions in the Modern World, can be used to meet both Other World Cultures and Social Sciences categories. However, you will still need to have a total of 30 credits from the general education categories as a whole. You may take more than one course from any of the categories. There is one exception: courses used to meet the Humanities category cannot be used to meet any other requirement.

How can I be sure if my courses are going to meet the SUNY General Education Requirements?

Use the transfer guide to look up the categories and their respective courses offered at NCC that satisfies them. Meet with an advisor to review these courses as they apply to the SUNY General Education Requirements.

No. You do not have to meet the requirements either to graduate from Nassau or to transfer to a SUNY school or a non-SUNY school. However, students planning to transfer with an A.A. or A.S. degree to a SUNY school are recommended to have completed 21 hours of SUNY General Education Requirements (seven categories) before they graduate from NCC. You are encouraged to take the full 30 credits before you transfer to maximize the strength of your transfer courses and to begin taking elective courses in your major at the four-year SUNY institution.

If I'm planning to transfer to a non-SUNY school, do I need to meet these requirements?

No. Each four-year institution has its own General Education Requirements. To learn what the requirements are for a non-SUNY four-year institution, check with that institution via phone, e-mail, or Web site.

To keep current on the courses that satisfy the SUNY General Education Requirements, consult an advisor at the Advisement Center.