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Program checklist · Associate in Science

Liberal Arts and Science-General Studies, A.S.

Erie Community College · Buffalo, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Associate in Science
Credential class
ceterms:AssociateDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The Liberal Arts General Studies curriculum has a dual purpose: it is designed to enable students to either transfer to a four-year college/university or explore other academic programs within SUNY Erie through open college electives.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
191083
CourseShelf checklist
CK_191083_76099e0a
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

First Year, Fall Semester

5 items
  1. GS 111
    College Success Skills
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. EN 100
    Composition I: Rhetorical Strategies
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. SUNY Gen Ed: Humanities Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. SUNY Gen Ed: Mathematics Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. SUNY Gen Ed: Social Sciences Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

First Year, Spring Semester

6 items
  1. EN 101
    Composition for the Humanities
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. EN 102
    Composition for the STEM Disciplines
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. SUNY Gen Ed: Natural Sciences Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. SUNY Gen Ed: Social Sciences Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  6. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Second Year, Fall Semester

5 items
  1. SUNY Gen Ed: The Arts Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. SUNY Gen Ed: US History and Civic Engagement or World History and Global Awareness or World Languages Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. SUNY Gen Ed: Natural Sciences Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Second Year, Spring Semester

5 items
  1. GS 299
    Integrative Capstone
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  2. SUNY Gen Ed: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (DEISJ) Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  3. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  4. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3
  5. Open Elective
    Not resolved to a course
    3

Note

6 items
  1. Social Science must be SUNY GE approved course.
    Not resolved to a course
  2. Humanities must be SUNY GE approved course.
    Not resolved to a course
  3. A student may fulfill the open college elective requirement with any degree level course offered through SUNY Erie. However, registration for open college electives will be determined by the availability of space and academic advisement.
    Not resolved to a course
  4. Natural Science must be SUNY GE approved course.
    Not resolved to a course
  5. General Education Requirement: 30 credit hours of SUNY General Education courses are required to graduate. The requirement also calls for at least seven out of ten of SUNY’s General Education Knowledge areas to be fulfilled . General Education credits can simultaneously fulfill requirements in the General Studies major.
    Not resolved to a course
  6. Students who have completed a college degree or certificate program prior to entering the General Studies program will be exempt from GS 111.
    Not resolved to a course
Source. Erie Community College, catalog 2026-2027 Catalog — https://catalog.ecc.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=32&poid=3684&returnto=2961. Captured page pages/0081.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.