Liberal Arts and Sciences: General Studies Track

Associate in Arts (A.A.)

Curriculum Requirements

As a student in this program, you are required to complete a minimum of 63 credit hours with a grade point average of no lower than C (2.0). For this degree program, you must successfully complete the following:

Program Core

  • ENG 101 Composition I
  • ENG 102 Introduction to Reading Literature
  • ENG 103 Composition II
  • PSY 100 Introduction to Psychology
  • SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology OR ANT 111 Cultural Anthropology
  • 3 credit hours of Computing Science (CSC) Elective
  • 3 credit hours of 200 level:
    • Anthropology (ANT)
    • Economics (ECO)
    • History (HIS)
    • Political Science (POL)
    • Psychology (PSY)
    • Sociology (SOC)
    • Social Science (SSC)
  • 3 credit hours of 200 level:
    • American Sign Language (ASL)
    • Art (ART)
    • Cinema (CIN)
    • Communication (COM)
    • English (ENG)
    • French (FRN)
    • Honors (HON)
    • Humanities (HUM)
    • Music (MUS)
    • Philosophy (PHL)
    • Spanish (SPN)
    • Theatre (THE)
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in US History and Civic Engagement
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in World History and Global Awareness
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in Oral Communication
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
  • 3 credit hours SUNY General Education approved course in The Arts
  • 2 credit hours Health/Physical Education (HPE) Elective

Track Courses

  • 3 credits of SUNY General Education approved course in World Languages or American Sign Language
  • 6 credits of 200 level:
    • American Sign Language (ASL)
    • Anthropology (ANT)
    • Economics (ECO)
    • English (ENG)
    • History (HIS)
    • Philosophy (PHL)
    • Psychology (PSY)
    • Sociology (SOC)
    • World Languages
  • 3 credits of SUNY General Education approved course in Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) or Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
  • 3 credits of General Electives
  • 1 credit of Health/Physical Education (HPE) Elective
  • 3 credits of an Approved First Year Experience Elective from the following:
    • FYS 110 First Year Seminar in Humanities
    • FYS 120 First Year Seminar in Social Science
    • FYS 130 First Year Seminar in Science

SUNY General Education Electives

For information on which courses fulfill SUNY General Education Electives and for information on transferring to a four-year school, visit www.flcc.edu/academics/transfer-guidelines.

FLCC Language Placement Guide

*For assistance with choosing language courses that are appropriate to your language experience, check out FLCC’s Language Placement GuideAdobe Acrobat, PDF.