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Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
SUNY-ESF
1 Forestry Drive
206 Bray Hall
Syracuse, NY 13210
Phone: 315-470-6510
Fax: 315-470-6932
provost@esf.edu

General Education Program
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

The State University of New York requires graduates of bachelor degree (B.S.) programs to successfully complete 27 credit hours of coursework distributed among nine knowledge and skill areas, collectively referred to as general education. The core of the curricula for all ESF undergraduate degree programs satisfy the natural science, basic communications, mathematics, humanities, and other world civilizations general education knowledge and skill areas. For the remaining general education knowledge and skill areas requirements, students in all majors must complete one course chosen from the course selections in the remaining knowledge and skill areas. Specific courses may be designated to fulfill general education requirements in certain categories for certain degree programs; where applicable, these are noted in the tables below.

Grade Policy for General Education courses

General education courses are treated in the same manner as all other courses regarding credit eligible to be applied toward degree programs. For all coursework taken at ESF, a passing grade (“D” or above) must be achieved for credit to be applied toward the satisfaction of degree requirements. For coursework taken at other institutions, credit may only be transferred with a grade of “C” or better.

Implementation of 2010 SUNY-GER Flexibility policies

SUNY-ESF is currently reviewing the new, more flexible SUNY General Education requirements. We anticipate adopting an implementation policy for students entering ESF during the 2010-2011 academic year before January 1, 2011.

General Education Questions

All questions concerning SUNY-ESF’s General Education program may be directed to Scott Shannon, Dean of Instruction and Graduate Studies. Phone: 315-470-6599 or via e-mail at: sshannon@esf.edu

Listing of all General Education Courses

The following list comprises a complete listing of courses meeting specific General Education requirements within SUNY’s specified skill and knowledge areas. SUNY ESF, as a specialized doctoral granting institution, holds an exemption from meeting the SUNY-wide requirement for a foreign language, and none are listed below.

Mathematics

APM	104	College Algebra and Precalculus	3
APM	105	Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I	4
APM	106	Survey of Calculus and Its Applications II	4
APM	391	Introduction to Probability and Statistics	3
MAT	111	Basic Algebra	3
MAT	112	Algebraic Operations and Functions	3
MAT	117	Foundational Mathematics via Problem Solving I	3
MAT	118	Foundational Mathematics via Problem Solving II	3
MAT	121	Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts I	3
MAT	122	Probability and Statistics for the Liberal Arts II	3
MAT	194	Precalculus	3
MAT	295	Calculus I	4
MAT	296	Calculus II	4

Natural Sciences

EFB	120	The Global Environment & the Evolution of Human Society	3
EFB	101	General Biology I	3
EFB	102	General Biology Laboratory I	1
EFB	103	General Biology II	3
EFB	104	General Biology Laboratory II	1
EFB	320	General Ecology	4
EFB	321	Fundamentals of Ecology for Designers and Planners	3
FCH	150	General Chemistry I	3
FCH	151	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
FCH	152	General Chemistry II	3
FCH	153	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
FCH	210	Elements of Organic Chemistry	3
FCH	221	Organic Chemistry I	3
FCH	222	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory	1
FCH	223	Organic Chemistry II	3
FCH	224	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory	1
GOL	101	Dynamic Earth	4
PHY	211	General Physics I	3
PHY	221	General Physics I Laboratory	1
PHY	212	General Physics II	3
PHY	222	General Physics II Laboratory	1

Social Sciences

EFB	120	The Global Environment & the Evolution of Human Society	3
EST	221	Introduction to American Government	3
EST	366	Attitudes, Values and the Environment	3
EST	390	Social Processes and the Environment	3
FOR	202	Introduction to Sociology	3
FOR	207	Introduction to Economics	3
GEO	103	America and the Global Environment	3
MAX	132	Global Community	3
PAF	101	An Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy	3
PSC	123	Comparative Government and Politics	3
PSC	124	International Relations	3
PSC	125	Political Theory	3
PSY	205	Foundations of Human Behavior	3
SOC	248	Ethnic Inequalities and Intergroup Relations	3
SOC	281	Sociology of Families	3

American History

For all students:

EST	201	American History: Reconstruction to Present	3
FOR	204	Natural Resources in American History	3
HST	101	American History to 1865	3
HST	102	American History Since 1865	3

For students scoring above 84 on the U.S. History Regents examination:

EST

361

History of the American Environmental Movement

Western Civilization

ETS	211	Early European Literary History	3
FIA	105	Arts and Ideas I	3
FIA	106	Arts and Ideas II	3
FOR	203	Western Civilization and the Environment	3
HST	111	Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815	3
HST	210	The Ancient World	3
HST	211	Medieval and Reformation Europe	3
LIT	203	Greek and Roman Epic in English Translation	3
LIT	211	Greek and Roman Drama in Translation	3
LSA	205	Art, Culture and Landscape I	3
LSA	206	Art, Culture and Landscape II	3
LSA	405	History of Landscape Architecture	3
PSC	125	Political Theory	3
REL/JSP	114	The Bible	3
REL	205	Ancient Greek Religion	3
REL	206	Greco-Roman Religion	3
REL/JSP	215	Hebrew Bible	3

Other World Civilizations

AAS	241	African Religions: An Introduction	3
ANT	121	Peoples and Cultures of the World	3
ANT	185	Global Encounters: Comparing World Views and Values Cross-Culturally	3
ANT/SAS/WSP	324	Modern South Asian Cultures	3
ANT	326	Africa Through the Novel	3
EFB	217	Peoples, Plagues, and Pests	3
EST	200	Cultural Ecology	3
GEO	272	World Cultures	3
HST	320	Traditional China	3
HST	321	Modern China	3
REL	101	Religions of the World	3
REL/SAS	185	Hinduism	3
REL/SAS	186	Buddhism	3

Humanities

AAS	231	African American Literature to 1900: An Introduction	3
AAS	235	African American Drama	3
EWP	290	Perspectives on the Environment	3
EST	245	Nature and Popular Culture	3
ETS	107	Living Writers	3
ETS	141	Readings and Interpretation I: From Language to Discourse	3
ETS	151	Interpretation of Poetry	3
ETS	153	Interpretation of Fiction	3
ETS	192	Gender and Literary Texts	3
LIN	201	The Nature and Study of Language	3
LIT	203	Greek and Roman Epic in English Translation	3
PHI	107	Theories of Knowledge and Reality	3
PHI	111	Plato’s Republic	3
REL	217	New Testament	3
REL	231	Judaic Literature	3
REL	235	Judaism	3
REL	248	American Religious Thought	3
REL	252	Religious Ethics and Social Issues	3
REL	256	Christianity	3

The Arts

APH	241	Art Photography, Introduction	3
EFB	215	Interpreting Science through Art	3
ETS	215	Sophomore Poetry Workshop	3
ETS	217	Sophomore Fiction Workshop	3
FIA	105	Arts and Ideas I	3
FIA	106	Arts and Ideas II	3
FIA	115	The Visual Arts in North America	3
FIA	125	Introduction to Music Theory	3
FIA	165	Understanding Music I	3
FIA	166	Understanding Music II	3
FIA	301	Masterpieces of Art	3
FIA	317	Nineteenth-Century American Art	3
LSA	182	Drawing Studio	3
LSA	205	Art, Culture and Landscape I	3
LSA	206	Art, Culture and Landscape II	3
PSE	201	The Art and Early History of Papermaking	3

Basic Communication

EWP

190

Writing and The Environment