Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements

Courses are classified as liberal arts and sciences or as non-liberal arts and sciences. For undergraduate degrees, the New York State Department of Education requires that a portion of the credit hours in the degree program must be in the liberal arts and sciences. These requirements are:

  • Associate in Arts (AA) and Bachelor of Arts (BA), three-quarters of the credits shall be in the liberal arts and sciences
  • Associate in Science (AS) and Bachelor of Science (BS), one-half of the credits shall be in the liberal arts and sciences
  • Associate in Applied Science (AAS), one-third of the credits shall be in the liberal arts and sciences

CSI courses are classified as follows:

Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses

AFA

African American Studies (except AFA 122, 203)

AMS

American Studies

 

 

ANT

Anthropology

ART

Art History (ART 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 200, 201, 203, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 310, 311, 314, 319, 410, 411, 440, 441)

ASL

American Sign Language

AST

Astronomy

BIO

Biology (except BIO 316)

CHM

Chemistry

CHN

Chinese

CIN

Cinema Studies (CIN 100, 203, 204, 210, 220, 230, 240, 271, 274, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 309, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 436)

COM

Communications (COM 100, 150, 200, 201, 203, 205, 211, 214, 220, 225, 230, 232, 241, 277, 312, 315, 332, 370, 371, 374, 400, 412, 415, 420, 425, 432, 438, 445, 450, 465, 475, 480, 490)

COR

General Education

DAN

Dance (only DAN 150)

DRA

Dramatic Arts (DRA 100, 101, 260, 261, 272, 273, 274, 315, 350, 373, 380, 460, all DRA/ENG, DRA/ENH, DRA/ENL, DRA/FRN, and DRA/SPN courses)

ECO

Economics

EDC

Early Childhood Education (EDC 215, 216)

EDD

Education (EDD 252)

EDE

Elementary Education (EDE 200, 260)

EDS

Secondary Education (EDS 200, 201, 202)

ENG

English

ENH

English

ENL

English

ENS

Engineering Science (ENS 100, 250, 309, 310, 316, 331, 350, 356, 383, 384, 450, 471)

FNC/ECO

Finance/Economics (FNC/ECO 213, 214, 240, 315, 345, 360, and 370)

FRN

French

GEG

Geography

GEO

Geology

HSS

Honors College/Honors Seminar

HST

History

INS

Integrated Science

INT

International Studies

ITL

Italian

LNG

Language

MGT/ECO

Management/Economics (only MGT/ECO 230, 261)

MGT/POL

Management/Political Science (only MGT/POL 223, 323, 339)

MTH

Mathematics

MUS

Music (MUS 105, 108, 110, 120, 125, 211, 212, 223, 224, 225, 226, 236, 237, 241, 242, 243, 244, 258, 322, 326, 338, 360, 400, 402, 403, 420, 422, 424, 430, 440, 441, 450, 460, 470)

PHL

Philosophy

PHY

Physics

POL

Political Science (except POL 335, 394)

PSY

Psychology (except PSY 103, 211, 318, 340, 368)

SCI

Science (only SCI 106)

SLS

Science, Letters, and Society

SOC

Sociology

SPN

Spanish

WMS

Women's Studies

Non-Liberal Arts and Sciences Courses

ACC

Accounting

AFA

African American Studies (only AFA 122, 203)

ARC

Architecture

ART

Art (ART 120, 125, 130, 150, 160, 170, 220, 225, 230, 245, 250, 260, 270, 275, 280, 285, 305, 320, 325, 330, 340, 341, 342, 350, 360, 370, 375, 380, 445, 475)

BIO

Biology (only BIO 316)

BUS

Business

CIN

Cinema Studies (CIN 111, 112, 113, 120, 211, 212, 311, 312, 314, 390, 411, 497)

CET

Civil Engineering Technology

COM

Communications (COM 115, 210, 240, 249, 250, 251, 260, 261, 270, 271, 314, 317, 320, 341, 351, 380, 390, 492)

CSC

Computer Science

DAN

Dance (except DAN 150)

DRA

Dramatic Arts (DRA 110, 131, 140, 141, 142, 210, 213, 214, 217, 220, 221, 230, 231, 233, 235, 270, 271, 310, 314, 320, 321, 331, 352, 370, 371, 375, 410, 420, 421, 430, 470, 490)

EDC

Early Childhood Education (except EDC 215, 216)

EDD

Education - General (EDD 400)

EDE

Elementary Education (except EDE 200, 260)

EDP

Special Education

EDS

Secondary Education (except EDS 200, 201, 202)

ELT

Electrical Engineering Technology

ENS

Engineering Science (ENS 110, 220, 221, 241, 320, 336, 340, 341, 359, 380, 410, 416, 420, 422, 429, 430, 432, 434, 436, 438, 439, 440, 446, 459, 462, 464, 470, 480, 491, 492)

ENT

Engineering Technology

FNC

Finance (only FNC 220, 350)

HED

Health Education

HMA

Medical Assistant

LGS

Legal Studies

MDT

Medical Technology

MGT

Management (except MGT/POL 223, MGT/ECO 230, MGT/ECO 261, MGT/POL 323, MGT/POL 339)

MKT

Marketing

MUS

Music (MUS 115, 116, 123, 124, 130, 131, 144, 145, 150, 151, 164, 165, 180, 181, 190, 191, 215, 216, 232, 233, 234, 246, 247, 250, 251, 252, 253, 264, 265, 270, 280, 281, 290, 291, 301, 323, 325, 332, 340, 352, 353, 363, 364, 370, 380, 381, 383, 390, 391, 393, 431, 433, 436, 480, 481, 483, 490, 491, 493)

NRS

Nursing

PAT

Physician Assistant

PED

Fitness for Life

PHO

Photography (except PHO 314, PHO 365)

PHT

Physical Therapy

POL

Political Science (only POL 335, 394)

PSY

Psychology (only PSY 103, 211, 318, 340, 368)

SKO

SEEK Orientation

SPD

Student Services

SWK

Social Work

Internships and field study courses are non-liberal arts and sciences.