SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION Facts

Very often during the next few years, while studying here at FIT, you will hear the terms Liberal Arts Courses, SUNY General Education Requirements!  Liberal Arts course are the courses outside your major area, English, Math Science, Social Science, History, Art History and Foreign Languages, which you are required to take to complete your degree.  The SUNY General Education Requirements are courses that meet the New York State mandated general education required learning outcomes.  All FIT students intending to graduate with a bachelor’s degree must complete 30 credits in General Education approved courses to fulfill the SUNY General Education Requirements. When you complete your major liberal arts requirements, you will automatically take these required courses.  Three credits in each of the following ten areas from a list of approved courses must be completed (unless a waiver has been granted):

G1- Basic Communication

G2- Math                           

G3- Science                                                

G4- Social Science

G5- Western Civilization

G6- The Arts                   *(Some G6 courses are only 1.5 credits)

G7- Humanities

G8- Foreign Language   *(Must be 3.5 credit non-conversational course)

G9- Other World Civilizations

G10-American History

See yourDARS (follow links on online information site)

See list of approved courses:  Approved Courses