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SUNY GCC - Genesee Community College

Completing the General Studies program will provide you with the ability to:

  • 批判性的思考
  • 解决问题
  • 进行研究
  • 写和说清楚
  • Work in groups as a team player, as well as independently

Employers value these qualities in job candidates in every field and industry.

为什么GCC?

In GCC’s General Studies program, you can design your own course of study in consultation with your academic advisor and a transfer counselor. This program is especially helpful if you have not yet decided on a specific academic or career goal.

If you are considering transferring to a four-year school after graduation, you will carefully review program options with an advisor and a transfer counselor to ensure your course sequences meet the transfer institution’s requirements.

As a student pursuing the General Studies degree, you should consult with an advisor to select the appropriate courses to transfer to an upper-division program in a specific discipline of choice.

Liberal 艺术s and Science disciplines include:

  • 人类学
  • 社会学
  • 艺术
  • 生物学
  • 英语与文学
  • 外语
  • 历史与政治学
  • 数学
  • 哲学

学位类型

理学副学士(AS)

AS Program Learning Outcomes (PLO)

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate the skills and knowledge needed to think critically and employ creative problem‐solving.
  2. Develop sufficient background in a Humanities or Social Science discipline to qualify for upper division study.
  3. Recognize, employ and assess effective communication skills, textually, and orally.
  4. Demonstrate quantitative reasoning skills.
  5. Recognize and apply scientific methods to explore social and natural phenomena.
  6. Demonstrate foundational knowledge and information technology research skills required to be an informed citizen in the global community.
  7. Demonstrate the basic skills required to communicate in a foreign language.
  8. Engage in recognition, analysis, and creation of artistic and literary expression.
  9. Demonstrate awareness of self in connection with academic and personal goals.

Download the 2024-2025 Curriculum Worksheet f或者一个S [PDF]

转移的机会

Starting at GCC saves many students and their families thousands of dollars in tuition. 以A开头.S. 或者一个.A. degree you will be able to seamlessly transfer within the SUNY network of 64 college and universities as well as to many 4-year private institutions. GCC的.S. 和一个.A. programs were developed as part of the SUNY seamless transfer initiative allowing students to complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree as a freshman and a sophomore at a community college, then seamlessly transfer to a SUNY four-year institution to earn a bachelor’s degree. Please reference the SUNY Transfer Pathways for degree programs to learn about any campus specific requirements. 访问 the SUNY Core 当然仪 to plan out the courses you should complete to transfer to a 4-year SUNY School.

If you are planning to transfer to a 4-year private institution you should work with our 传输服务 office to learn about possible articulation agreements and pathways that exist for many or our degree programs. 一些GCC A.A.S. programs also have transfer opportunities.

To learn more about these opportunities and agreements contact the 接送服务办事处, we are more than happy to work with you and answer any questions you may have on building your own personalized transfer plan.

Transfer opportunities include, but are not limited to:

  • Canisius大学*
  • 德门大学
  • 霍顿学院
  • 拿撒勒大学
  • 尼亚加拉大学*
  • 罗伯茨卫斯理学院
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • St. 约翰费希尔学院*
  • 艾尔弗雷德州立大学的纽约州立大学*
  • 纽约州立大学布洛克波特分校
  • 纽约州立大学布法罗州立大学*
  • SUNY College at Buffalo, University
  • 纽约州立大学广州分校*
  • 纽约州立大学Geneseo分校

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*GCC has current transfer agreements with the above noted institutions.