Elective Course Disciplines
Certain programs of study include elective courses in various academic categories. Course disciplines within these categories are as follows, along with their corresponding prefixes:
Behavioral Sciences
- Anthropology (ANTH)
- Behavioral Sciences (BEH)
- Psychology (PSY)
- Sociology (SOC)
Social Sciences
- American Sign Language (ASL) *
- Economics (ECON)
- Geography (GEOG)
- History (HIST)
- Political Science (PSCI)
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 110, 111, and 205 may be applied as Social Sciences electives
* American Sign Language is approved for SUNY General Education as meeting all students’ World Languages General Education category.
Science and Mathematics
- Biology (BIOL)
- Chemistry (CHEM)
- Electronics (ELEC)
- Geology (GEOL)
- Mathematics (MATH)
- Physics (PHYS)
- Science (SCI)
- Engineering (ENGR) 201, 202, and 210 may be applied as Mathematics electives
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 101 may be applied as a Science elective
Communications
- Communications (COMM)
English
- English (ENGL)
Humanities
- Art (ART)
- World Languages *
- French (FREN)
- Italian (ITAL)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Music (MUSI)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Theatre Arts (THA)
* For information about American Sign Language, see Social Sciences above.
Liberal Arts
- Includes all disciplines above, as well as the Honors (HON) seminar, Interdisciplinary Studies (INT), and SOMA (SOMA).
Other Elective Disciplines
Certain courses in other disciplines may apply as electives in specific degree programs. Prefixes for these may include BUS, CJ, CS, CULA, DRFT, ECH, EDU, ENGR, ENTR, GIS, HLTH, INT, LIB, MMT, NURS, OTA, PE, SD, TELC. See degree program pages for details.
These disciplines and all Liberal Arts elective categories may also be used to fulfill non-specific electives in any degree program.