ESF Academic Catalog
General Education

About General Education

The SUNY GE framework includes twelve categories of knowledge, skills and competencies—ten knowledge and skills areas expose students to different ways of knowing so that they can make reasoned judgements outside as well as inside their academic field, and enabling them to develop diverse perspectives and global understanding; and two core competencies that extend beyond discipline-specific knowledge and skills. The core of the curricula for all ESF undergraduate degree programs includes the mandatory knowledge and skills area for the natural science and scientific reasoning, communication (written and oral), mathematics and quantitative reasoning, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice. For the remaining general education knowledge and skill area requirements, students must select courses chosen from at least three of the  remaining knowledge and skill areas, or as specifically designated by their degree programs.

The courses listed below may be chosen to satisfy SUNY general education requirements in each of the knowledge and skill areas. Please note that more than 40 of these courses are taught in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University, including all courses in World Languages. General education courses listed with the prefix APM, EFB, EST, FCH, FOR, LSA, PSE, or SRE are taught at SUNY ESF and can be found in the Course Descriptions section of this catalog. Syracuse University courses descriptions. 

General Education Requirements

Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning*

 

Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning*

Social Sciences

 

US History and Civic Engagement

 

World History and Global Awareness

Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice*

Humanities

 

The Arts

 

Communication (written and oral)*

*Denotes required category
**Fulfills both written and oral communication
⁺Fulfills oral communication only
SU^ Syracuse University course