General Education Requirements:
Performing and Visual Arts

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. Certain courses may be used to fulfill two requirements (excluding the Humanities requirement). For more information, refer to Courses That Fulfill General Education Requirements.

1. Basic Communication:
   LWR 1110/College Writing—freshman year
   
2. Western Civilization:
   FRS 1001/Culture and Society in the West II—freshman year (spring)
   
3. Humanities:
   An approved course in the humanities. (Some arts courses are approved in this category: refer to the SUNY list or the online course search at Student Services.)
4. American History:
   GEA 2000/American History, Society, and the Arts; or another approved course in American history.
5. The Arts:
   Completion of academic requirements for the major (90+ credits).
   Dec. 2007 update: GEA 1000 and 1010/The Arts Card has been eliminated.
6. Natural Science:
   An approved course in the natural sciences. (MCO 1010–3030/ Models I–VI, required for certain majors in the Conservatory of Music, are approved in this category.)
7. Social Science:
   An approved course in the social sciences.
8. Other World Civilizations:
   An approved course in other world civilizations. (Some arts courses are approved in this category: refer to the SUNY list or the online course search at Student Services.)

Arts students are exempted from these two requirements:

1. Mathematics
2. Foreign Languages
   Nov. 2006 update: Vocal performance majors in the Conservatory of Music are not required to fulfill this category; the foreign language courses are part of their major requirements.

In addition, the SUNY general education program requires fulfillment of two areas of competency:

1. Critical Thinking (reasoning):
   Arts 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.
    
   
2. Information Management:
   Arts 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 Dec. 17, 2007

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