Pathways: II. College Option

Students at City College are required to take 12 additional credits of General Education. Transfer students will need to take 6 to 12 College Option credits depending on how many credits they had at the time of transfer. Visit: http://www.cuny.edu/academics/initiatives/pathways/gened/college-option.html for more details on the College Option requirement for transfer students and consult an advisor.

College Option requirement at City College varies by major:

I. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (with the exception of the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at The Center for Worker Education)

1. BA candidates: Philosophy, 3 crs.; Foreign Language, 9 crs. in a single language, or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency.

2. BS and BFA: Philosophy, 3 crs.; Speech, 3 crs. or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency; Foreign Language, 6 credits in a single language, or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency.

II. School of Education

A. Childhood Education:

Speech, 3 crs. or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency; Spanish 12100 and 12200, 6 crs., or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency; World Civilization 10200, 3 crs.

B. Bilingual Education:

Speech, 3 crs. or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency; Spanish 32100, 3 crs; World Civilization 10200, 3 crs.; World Humanities 10200, 3 crs.

C. Secondary Education: per the College Option of the student's content area major.

III.Grove School of Engineering

A.For Chemical, Civil, Computer, Mechanical, and Earth System Science & Environmental Engineering majors:

i.two required courses: MATH 20200 (3 cr.) & MATH 39100 (3 cr.)

ii.two liberal arts courses to be chosen from the list of GSoE-approved liberal arts courses

B.For Biomedical Engineering majors:

i.two required courses: MATH 20200 (3 cr.) & MATH 39100 (3 cr.)

ii.one required liberal arts course: ENGR 30000 (3 cr.)

iii.one liberal arts course to be chosen from the list of GSoE-approved liberal arts courses

C.For Electrical Engineering majors:

i.two required courses: MATH 20200 (3 cr.) & MATH 39100 (3 cr.)

ii.one required liberal arts course: ENGR 27600 (3 cr.)

iii.one liberal arts course to be chosen from the list of GSoE-approved liberal arts courses

D.For Computer Science majors:

i.three required courses: MATH 20200 (3 cr.), MATH 34600 (3 cr.), & SPEECH 11100 (3 cr.)

ii.one of the following two courses: ENGR 27600 (3 cr.) or ECO 10400 (3 cr.)

*Stem variant course required for completion of all GSoE degrees. 3 credits will be scribed as College Option in Degree Works.

IV. Spitzer School of Architecture

Philosophy, 3 crs; Speech, 3 crs., or exemption on the basis of demonstrated proficiency; AES 23202, Survey of World Architecture I, 3 crs; AES 24202, Survey of World Architecture II, 3 crs.

V. Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

B.S./M.D.:Phys 203 (Physics 1), 4 crs.; Phys 204 (Physics 2), 4 crs.; Bio 206 (Genetics), 4 crs.

Physician's Assistant B.S.: PA39100 (Microbiology), 4 crs.; PA38100 (Physiology I), 4 crs.; PA38200 (Physiology II), 4 crs.