Undergraduate Bulletin

Fall 2024

SUNY General Education and Stony Brook Curriculum Equivalency Table

The following chart details typical equivalent Stony Brook Curriculum categories for courses or credits transferred to Stony Brook from another SUNY institution completed with a grade of C or higher, with some exceptions. This chart does not indicate exact equivalencies between the SBC and SUNY categories, and is subject to Stony Brook transfer policies. SUNY allows campuses to have requirements that exceed SUNY general education.

Students with transfer credits from another SUNY college or university and who have satisfied specific SUNY general education requirement may be able to apply these courses toward the Stony Brook Curriculum, as follows. Note that a course evaluated to be equivalent to a Stony Brook course will satisfy the category of the Stony Brook course.

SUNY GE Framework Equivalents

SUNY Category

Stony Brook Curriculum

Communication--Written and Oral

Write Effectively in English (WRT)

Speak Effectively before an Audience (SPK)

Critical Thinking and Reasoning

Completion of WRT 102 Intermediate Writing Workshop, or a transfer equivalent

Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice

Respect Diversity and Foster Inclusiveness (DIV) 

Humanities

Address Problems using Critical Analysis and the Methods of the Humanities (HUM)

Information Literacy

Evaluate and Synthesize Researched Information (ESI)

Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning)

Master Quantitative Problem Solving (QPS) if the achieved learning objectives are equivalent or higher to to a course at Stony Brook that satisfies QPS.

Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)

Study the Natural World (SNW)

Social Sciences

Understand, Observe, and Analyze Human Behavior and the Structure and Functioning of Society  (SBS)

The Arts

Explore and Understand the Fine and Performing Arts (ARTS)

US History and Civic Engagement

Understand the Political, Social, and Cultural History of the United States of America (USA)

World History and Global Awareness

Engage Global Issues (GLO)

World Languages

Communicate in a Human Language Other than English (LANG) 
If satisfied with an 85 or higher on the New York State Regents examination taken prior to Fall 2011 or a grade of C or higher in a second-semester college elementary foreign language course

No SUNY Equivalent

Experiential Learning (EXP+)

Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA+)

Practice and Respect Critical and Ethical Reasoning (CER)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS+)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM+)

Understand Relationships between Science or Technology and the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences (STAS)

Understand Technology (TECH)

Write Effectively within One’s Discipline (WRTD)

 

SUNY General Education Requirement Equivalents (Pre-Fall 2023)

SUNY Category

Stony Brook Curriculum

American History

Understand the Political, Social, and Cultural History of the United States of America (USA)

Basic written & oral communication

Write Effectively in English (WRT) and / or Speak Effectively before an Audience (SPK), depending on the achieved learning outcomes at the external institution

Critical Thinking

Practice and Respect Critical and Ethical Reasoning (CER) if the achieved learning objectives are equivalent or higher to to a course at Stony Brook that satisfies CER

Foreign Language

Communicate in a Human Language Other than English (LANG) 
If satisfied with an 85 or higher on the New York State Regents examination taken prior to Fall 2011 or a grade of C or higher in a second-semester college elementary foreign language course

Humanities

Address Problems using Critical Analysis and the Methods of the Humanities (HUM)

Information Management

Evaluate and Synthesize Researched Information (ESI)

Mathematics

Master Quantitative Problem Solving (QPS) if the achieved learning objectives are equivalent or higher to to a course at Stony Brook that satisfies QPS.

Natural Science

Study the Natural World (SNW)

Other World Civilizations

Engage Global Issues (GLO)

Social Science

Understand, Observe, and Analyze Human Behavior and the Structure and Functioning of Society  (SBS)

The Arts

Explore and Understand the Fine and Performing Arts (ARTS)

Western Civilizations

Engage Global Issues (GLO)

 

 

No SUNY Equivalent

Experiential Learning (EXP+)

Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA+)

Respect Diversity and Foster Inclusiveness (DIV)

Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS+)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM+)

Understand Relationships between Science or Technology and the Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences (STAS)

Understand Technology (TECH)

Write Effectively within One’s Discipline (WRTD)