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11th Grade Portfolio – Core Classes Survey (Part A)
Directions: Choose ONE CUNY, ONE SUNY, and ONE private or out-of-state public school. Research the core
requirements at each school and answer the questions below. You don’t have to list the actual classes; just list the
different categories of classes and how many credits or classes you have to take in each category.
You may use the attached lists of websites to assist you in finding the core requirements at each college. You are NOT
restricted to using the colleges provided on this list. You are encouraged to use colleges from your Annotated College
List or other schools that you are interested in applying to.
CUNY College: _____________________________
Core Requirements:
SUNY College: _____________________________
Core Requirements:
Private or Out-of-State College: _____________________________
Core Requirements:
What are the similarities and differences between the core requirements at each school?
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CUNY - Core Course Requirements
CUNY – John Jay College of Criminal Justice
http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/academics/994.php
CUNY – Baruch College
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/wsas/academics/corecurriculum.htm
CUNY – Queens College
http://www.qc.cuny.edu/Academics/GenEd/AccordianMenu/QC%20Core%20CUNY%20Pathways%20Requirements%20
Checklist.pdf (or google “CUNY Queens College Core Requirements”)
CUNY – City Tech
http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/pathways/about.aspx
CUNY – Medgar Evers
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/academic_affairs/core_curriculum/core_curriculum.asp
CUNY – Lehman College
http://lehman.edu/gen-ed/
Looking for Information about a CUNY school that is not on this list?
To find the names and locations of additional CUNY schools, visit
http://www.cuny.edu/about/colleges.html
The core requirements for most schools can be found using a google search. For example, type in
“CUNY Brooklyn College core requirements.”
The core requirements for a school can also be found by searching the school’s website. All schools set
up their websites in different ways, but information about core course requirements can usually be
found in one of the following sections of the website:
Academics
Core Requirements
General Education Courses
Undergraduate Requirements
SUNY - Core Course Requirements
SUNY – New Paltz
http://www.newpaltz.edu/advising/ge.html
SUNY – Purchase
http://www.purchase.edu/Departments/AcademicPrograms/CoreCurriculum/newgenedrequirements.aspx
SUNY – Stony Brook
http://sb.cc.stonybrook.edu/bulletin/current/policiesandregulations/degree_requirements/suny.php
SUNY – Fashion Institute of Technology
http://www.fitnyc.edu/3009.asp
SUNY – University of Buffalo
http://undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu/policies/degree/gened.shtml
Looking for Information about a SUNY school that is not on this list?
To find the names and locations of additional CUNY schools, visit
http://www.suny.edu/student/campuses_map.cfm.
The core requirements for most schools can be found using a google search. For example, type in “SUNY
New Paltz core requirements.”
The core requirements for a school can also be found by searching the school’s website. All schools set
up their websites in different ways, but information about core course requirements can usually be
found in one of the following sections of the website:
Academics
Core Requirements
General Education Courses
Undergraduate Requirements
Private or Out-of-State Colleges
Core Course Requirements
St. John’s University (NY)
http://www.stjohns.edu/academics/core/whycore.stj
Drew University (NJ)
http://drew.catalog.acalog.com/content.php?catoid=10&navoid=702
LIU - Long Island University (NY)
http://www.liu.edu/CWPost/Academics/Programs/Undergraduate/Core.aspx#transfer
Montclair State University School of Communication and Media (NJ)
*Note: Montclair State contains other schools besides the School of Communication and Media (i.e. School of Education). The core requirements differ depending
on which school you attend within Montclair State.
http://www.montclair.edu/arts/school-of-communication-and-media/academic-programs/common-core-curriculum/
UConn – University of Connecticut (CT)
http://web.uconn.edu/undergradcatalog/libart.htm#Gen
Looking for Information about a private or out-of-state school that is not on this list?
To find a private or out-of-state college that might be right for you, visit the “College Search” section of
collegeboard.com.
The core requirements for a school can be found by searching the school’s website. All schools set up
their websites in different ways, but information about core course requirements can usually be found
in one of the following sections of the website:
Academics
Core Requirements
General Education Courses
Undergraduate Requirements
Example Core Course Requirements
This page is intended to be an example to help you understand how to interpret the information found on a
college’s website about core courses at that college. The information below was taken from the website of
the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) at http://www.umass.edu/gened/forStudents/requirements2010Later.html.
Core Requirements:
An undergraduate at UMass is required to take at least 12 core
courses.
If I attend this school I will have to take two writing
courses, one math course, one analytic reasoning course, two courses
in Biology and Physical world (science), four courses in Social world,
and two courses in social and cultural diversity.
I will also have to take one Integrative Experience course.
course will be depends on what major I have.
What this
It’s possible to get an exemption from one math course and/or from one
of the writing courses.