Undergraduate General Education at Purchase College

About the undergraduate general education program

Undergraduate general education requirements:

Courses that fulfill general education requirements

General education course descriptions:

FRS 1000 and 1001/Culture and Society in the West I and II
FRS 1200/Science in the Modern World
LWR 1110/College Writing
CLA 2000/Collaborative Arts (added Spring 2009)
GEA 2000/American History, Society, and the Arts

Approved General Education Courses, by SUNY Campus
This site, maintained by SUNY System Administration, provides links to lists of approved general education courses at each SUNY campus.


For Faculty:
The Purchase College Guidelines for Approval of SUNY General Education Courses and related documents are located on the Educational Policies Committee site. (Log-in with your Purchase e-mail user name and password.)

Updated Oct. 3, 2008


You can search the schedule of classes at Student Services to find courses that fulfill general education requirements.


General Education
Task Force

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