GE 21

Category

Credits

Course Taken

Requirement Met (Y/N)

Writing (Basic Communication)

Mathematics

Foreign Language (to 102-level)

0-6

Natural Science

World Awareness: courses are organized in the following groups:

World Awareness--Fine and Performing Arts

World Awareness--Humanities,

World Awareness--Natural Sciences,

World Awareness--Social & Behavioral Sciences

Student Choice -- Select from four or more categories:

• Natural Sciences

• Social & Behavioral Sciences

• American History

• Western Civilization

• Non-Western Civilization

• Humanities

• Fine & Performing Arts

• World Awareness: a different course and group from that already completed above.

Elective - Any approved GE course at 200-level or above if necessary* *Needed to reach the required 30 hours only when specific requirements are met without credit-bearing coursework. Most commonly, this applies when the foreign language requirement is met with high school coursework.

0-3

Critical Thinking

Infused in the major

Computer and Information Literacy

Infused in the major

Advanced Expository Writing (5 courses designated by major department or program including at least one that emphasizes oral communication skills)

Total Credits 30-33

30-33

Notes

Double Dipping in GE21 is prohibited;
No course can be used by a student to fulfill more than one general education category.
Transfer Students:
The SUNY General Education Requirement (SUNY-GER) is 30 credit hours in 7 out of 10 SUNY-GER categories; two of the categories must be writing and mathematics. Transfer students beginning at Oswego in Fall 2013, or later, and having completed the SUNY-GER at a previous institution (or institutions) are exempt from all of Oswego's specific general education requirements. Upon acceptance at Oswego these transfer students will have completed the General Education Requirement at Oswego.