Requirements for Incoming Students Effective Fall 2024
For A.A. and A.S. Degrees
SUNY General Education requirements promote broad intellectual, cultural, and social development integrated with the specific goals of individual degree programs. Your curriculum at Cayuga Community College will address SUNY’s requirements for competencies in critical thinking and information management. To fulfill SUNY General Education requirements for an A.A. or AS degree at Cayuga, you must complete 30 credits of General Education courses in at least 7 of the 10 categories. Refer to the program description to find the specific categories needed to meet the requirements of a particular degree program.
For A.A.S. Degrees
To fulfill SUNY General Education requirements for an A.A.S. degree at Cayuga, you must complete at least 20 credits of General Education coursework in the four required areas of Communication (Written and Oral) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ), Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) and Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning). In addition, demonstrate the two required core competencies of Critical Thinking and Reasoning and Information Literacy.
SUNY General Education Core Competencies
All undergraduate degree-seeking students must demonstrate the required student learning outcomes in two core competencies: “Critical Thinking and Reasoning” and “Information Literacy.”