Requirements Effective through Summer 2023
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.
The SUNY General Education requirements do not apply to A.A.S. degree programs. However, if you are in any A.A.S. program and plan to transfer to a SUNY school, we strongly recommend that you fulfill as much of the SUNY General Education requirements as possible. Be sure to discuss this with your advisor.
| Basic Communication (BC) |
| ENGL 101 |
Freshman English I |
| ENGL 104 |
Advanced Expository Writing |
| Mathematics (M) |
| MATH 102 |
Intermediate Algebra |
| MATH 104 |
College Algebra and Trigonometry |
| MATH 106 |
Precalculus |
| MATH 108 |
Calculus I |
| MATH 112 |
Contemporary Math |
| MATH 115 |
Concepts of Elementary Math I |
| MATH 116 |
Concepts of Elementary Math II (two-course unit) |
| MATH 121 |
Fundamentals of Statistics Using Technology |
| MATH 201 |
Calculus II |
| MATH 202 |
Calculus III |
| MATH 203 |
Linear Algebra |
| MATH 204 |
Differential Equations |
| MATH 210 |
Math/Data Structures |
| MATH 212 |
Discrete Mathematics |
| MATH 214 |
Statistics |
| Humanities (H) |
| COMM 101 |
Introduction to Mass Media |
| COMM 201 |
Media and Society |
| ENGL 102 |
Freshman English II |
| ENGL 165 |
Literary London |
| ENGL 230 |
The Bible as Literature |
| ENGL 231 |
Comics as Literature |
| ENGL 237 |
Film and Literature |
| ENGL 240 |
Mythology |
| ENGL 247 |
Native American Myth, Legend, and Literature |
| ENGL 255 |
Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| American History (AH) |
| HIST 103 |
Pre History and Early American History |
| HIST 104 |
19th Century American History |
| HIST 105 |
America in the 20th and 21st Centuries |
| HIST 228 |
Reform Movements in the United States |
| Western Civilization (WC) Gen Ed Req 5 |
| ENGL 205 |
English Literature to the 19th Century |
| ENGL 206 |
English Literature 19th Century to Present |
| ENGL 230 |
The Bible as Literature |
| HIST 101 |
Western Civilization I |
| HIST 102 |
Western Civilization II |
| Natural Sciences (NS) |
| BIOL 100 |
Human Biology |
| BIOL 101 |
Essentials of Biology |
| BIOL 103 |
General Biology I |
| BIOL 104 |
General Biology II |
| BIOL 110 |
Introduction to Kinesiology |
| BIOL 203 |
Anatomy and Physiology I |
| BIOL 204 |
Anatomy and Physiology II |
| BIOL 207 |
Human Genetics |
| BIOL 208 |
Introduction to Environmental Science |
| BIOL 209 |
Nutrition |
| BIOL 211 |
Genetics |
| BIOL 214 |
Cell and Molecular Biology |
| BIOL 216 |
General Microbiology |
| BIOL 217 |
Aquatic Science |
| BIOL 218 |
Emerging Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism |
| BIOL 219 |
Introduction to Cancer Biology |
| BIOL 223 |
General Ecology |
| BIOL 225 |
Botany |
| BIOL 226 |
Zoology |
| BIOL 227 |
Animal Behavior |
| CHEM 101 |
Introduction to Chemistry |
| CHEM 103 |
General Chemistry I |
| CHEM 104 |
General Chemistry II |
| CHEM 207 |
Organic Chemistry I |
| CHEM 208 |
Organic Chemistry II |
| GEOL 101 |
Earth Science |
| GEOL 110 |
Physical Geology |
| GEOL 111 |
Historical Geology |
| GIS 101 |
Foundations of GIS |
| PHYS 103 |
General Physics I |
| PHYS 104 |
General Physics II |
| PHYS 200 |
Physics I Mechanics |
| PHYS 201 |
Physics II Electricity and Magnetism |
| PHYS 202 |
Physics III Modern Physics |
| Social Sciences (SS) |
| ANTH 101 |
Introduction to Anthropology |
| COMM 130 |
Human Communication |
| COMM 201 |
Media and Society |
| ECON 201 |
Introduction to Economics I |
| ECON 202 |
Introduction to Economics II |
| ENGL 130 |
Human Communication |
| GEOG 101 |
World Geography |
| GIS 110 |
Human Geography |
| GIS 111 |
Introduction to GIS |
| GIS 205 |
Introduction to Vector GIS |
| PSY 101 |
Introductory Psychology |
| PSY 203 |
Social Psychology |
| PSY 205 |
Psychology of Personality |
| PSY 206 |
Abnormal Psychology |
| PSY 212 |
Developmental Psychology: Life Span |
| PSY 215 |
Child Psychology |
| PSY 216 |
Adolescent Psychology |
| PSY 217 |
Introduction to Children with Exceptionalities |
| PSY 222 |
Research Methods in Psychology |
| PSY 223 |
Introduction to Biological Psychology |
| PSCI 102 |
American Government |
| SOC 101 |
Introductory Sociology |
| SOC 110 |
Race and Ethnicity |
| Other World Civilizations (OW) |
| ART 101 |
Art History – Ancient to Gothic |
| ART102 |
Art History – Renaissance to Modern |
| ART 139 |
Art of Diverse Cultures |
| ENGL 201 |
World Literature I |
| ENGL 202 |
World Literature II |
| ENGL 240 |
Mythology |
| ENGL 247 |
Native American Myth, Legend, and Literature |
| ENGL 250 |
Folklore |
| HIST 111 |
World Civilizations I |
| HIST 112 |
World Civilizations II |
| INT 239 |
Interdisciplinary Study in Native American Culture and Education |
| PHIL 203 |
World Religions |
| PSCI 214 |
Comparative Legal Traditions |
| The Arts (AR) |
| ART 101 |
Art History – Ancient to Gothic |
| ART 102 |
Art History – Renaissance to Modern |
| ART 103 |
Essentials of Art |
| ART 104 |
Painting Studio I |
| ART 106 |
Expressive Drawing I |
| ART 112 |
Two-Dimensional Design |
| ART 113 |
Three-Dimensional Design |
| ART 131 |
Introduction to Ceramics |
| ART 160 |
Life Drawing |
| ART 215 |
Computer Graphics/Illustrator |
| ART 231 |
Ceramic Sculpture |
| ART 250 |
Introduction to Photography and Darkroom Techniques |
| ART 252 |
Photoshop |
| ART 255 |
Screen Printing |
| ART 260 |
Printmaking Workshop |
| COMM 103 |
Moving Image |
| COMM 110 |
Media Literacy |
| COMM 150 |
Photography: Digital Imaging, Visual Communication |
| COMM 207 |
Video Production I |
| COMM 208 |
Video Production II |
| ENGL 211 |
Creative Writing |
| MUSI 100 |
College Chorus |
| MUSI 101 |
Music Appreciation |
| MUSI 102 |
Jazz |
| MUSI 104 |
Music Essentials |
| MUSI 111 |
Rock |
| MUSI 112 |
Music in Performance |
| MUSI 117 |
Rock Ensemble |
| MUSI 120 |
World Rhythm Ensemble |
| MUSI 121 |
World Music |
| MUSI 154 |
Piano I |
| MUSI 158 |
Guitar |
| MUSI 200 |
Applied Music Lessons |
| THA 101 |
Introduction to Theatre |
| THA 113 |
Introduction to Technical Theatre (Stagecraft) |
| THA 152 |
Basic Acting |
| Foreign Language (FL) |
| ASL 101 * |
American Sign Language I |
| ASL 102 * |
American Sign Language II |
| FREN 101 |
Elementary French I |
| FREN 102 |
Elementary French II |
| FREN 103 |
Intermediate French I |
| FREN 104 |
Intermediate French II |
| SPAN 101 |
Elementary Spanish I |
| SPAN 102 |
Elementary Spanish II |
| SPAN 110 |
Accelerated Spanish |
| SPAN 111 |
Conversational Spanish I |
| SPAN 112 |
Conversational Spanish II |
| SPAN 150 |
Spanish for the Professions |
| SPAN 201 |
Intermediate Spanish I |
| SPAN 202 |
Intermediate Spanish II |
| SPAN 220 |
Spanish Literature |
| SPAN 230 |
Spanish Grammar |
* American Sign Language is approved for SUNY General Education as meeting Foreign Language General Education category for all students.
To discuss a waiver of General Education requirements, contact the Office of Academic Programs at 315-294-8660.
