General Education Requirements:
B.F.A. and Mus.B. Degree Programs
Conservatories of Dance, Music, and Theatre Arts & Film
School of Art+Design
SUNY general education requirements are fulfilled in the B.F.A. and Mus.B. programs as follows. With the exception of the humanities requirement, certain approved courses may be used to fulfill two requirements. For more information, refer to Courses That Fulfill General Education Requirements.
General Education Knowledge Areas
- Basic Communication:
LWR 1110/College Writing—freshman year
- Western Civilization:
FRS 1001/Culture and Society in the West II—freshman year (spring)
- Humanities:
An approved course in the humanities.* - American History:
GEA 2000/American History, Society, and the Arts; or another approved course in American history. - The Arts:
Completion of academic requirements for the major (90+ credits). - Natural Science:
An approved course in the natural sciences.* - Social Science:
An approved course in the social sciences.* - Other World Civilizations:
An approved course in other world civilizations.*
*Some arts courses are approved in these categories: refer to each semester’s online course schedule at studentservices.purchase.edu or to the SUNY list (PDF, opens in a new window).
The B.F.A. and Mus.B. programs have been granted exemptions from these two requirements:
- Mathematics
- Foreign Languages
General Education Skill Areas
In addition, the SUNY general education program requires fulfillment of two areas of competency:
- Critical Thinking (reasoning):
B.F.A. and Mus.B. students fulfill this by passing LWR 1110/College Writing or its equivalent, plus a variety of courses across the curriculum in which students identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work, and in which they are required to produce well-reasoned arguments.
- Information Management:
B.F.A. and Mus.B. students fulfill this by passing LWR 1110/College Writing or its equivalent, plus a variety of courses across the curriculum that emphasize research, use of resources, and technology management.
Updated June 18, 2008
