SUNY General Education framework
SUNY General Education (GE) is a system-wide framework applicable to all SUNY undergraduate degree programs that addresses the fundamental goals of higher education. It promotes proficiency with essential skills and familiarizes students with different ways of knowing, both within and across subjects. It also enhances the values and disposition of an engaged 21st-century global citizenry.
The SUNY GE framework includes ten specific "knowledge and skills areas" and two general "core competencies." Each of the components addresses distinct learning outcomes. In addition to promoting academic excellence, the overall structure supports seamless transfer of students between and among SUNY institutions.
Students matriculating prior to fall 2023
Students matriculating prior to fall 2023 may follow the prior SUNY GE requirements.
Students matriculating in fall 2023 & after
In accordance with SUNY requirements, JCC students matriculating in fall 2023 and thereafter must complete courses in the following four required SUNY knowledge and skills areas:
- Communication – Written and Oral
- Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice
- Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
- Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
Each degree program also requires a minimum number of SUNY GE credits as follows:
- A.A. and A.S. degrees: 30 credits distributed among at least seven of the 10 SUNY areas (including the four required areas previously noted)
- A.A.S. degrees: 20 credits (including the four required areas previously noted)
- A.S. Engineering Science only: 30 credits distributed among at least five of the 10 SUNY areas (including the four required areas previously noted)
* Equivalent courses transferred to JCC from another institution or completed at JCC before fall 2023 may be used to fulfill the SUNY requirement.