FIT students who matriculated after fall 2000 must fulfill General Education requirements in order to receive a bachelor’s degree. These requirements are built into the FIT curriculum and in conjunction with major and related area courses in a degree program. An FIT General Education course cannot be used to meet more than one General Education area.
At the associate level Art and Design majors take 18 credits of General Education/Liberal Arts courses plus 6 credits of Art/Design History courses, totaling 24 credits. Business and Technology and Film and Media majors take 24 credits of General Education/Liberal Arts courses at the associate level.
At the AAS level, a second English course is required for all majors. English courses cover a wide variety of General Education areas.
All FIT students including transfers are required to complete a total of 30 SUNY General Education/Liberal Arts credits (10 courses) in a minimum of seven of the ten areas in order to receive a Bachelor degree. This General Education structure is effective for FIT students entering AAS programs in fall 2014 and for those entering BS/BFA programs in fall 2015.
To complete these requirements for a bachelor's degree, students must take 30 credits of General Education approved courses. This distribution is as follows:
1. Take one (1) course in each of the following areas (9 credits): Basic Communications (G1), Mathematics (G2), and Natural Science (G3).
2. Take four (4) different courses from four (4) different areas (12 credits) in the G4-G10 categories: Social Sciences (G4), Western Civilization (G5), The Arts (G6), Humanities (G7), Foreign Language (G8), Other World Civilizations (G9), and American History (G10).
3. Take three (3) courses not previously taken in any of the ten (10) areas that meet SUNY General Education approval (9 credits).
While the Registrar’s Office and the Academic Advisement Center monitor each student’s progress in the fulfillment of SUNY and FIT's General Education requirements, final responsibility for completing the requirements rests with the student. A SUNY General Education requirement completed at one SUNY campus will not have to be repeated at FIT.
| Code | General Education Area |
|---|---|
| G1 | Basic Communication |
| G2 | Mathematics |
| G3 | Natural Sciences |
| G4 | Social Sciences |
| G5 | Western Civilization |
| G6 | The Arts |
| G7 | Humanities |
| G8 | Foreign Language |
| G9 | Other World Civilizations (Non-Western Civilizations) |
| G10 | American History |
Approved General Education Courses
The following FIT courses have been certified by SUNY as meeting specific General Education student learning outcomes and have been approved to meet General Education requirements. Additional courses will be added to this list as they are developed.
G1 BASIC COMMUNICATION Students produce coherent texts within common college-level written forms; demonstrate the ability to revise and improve such texts; research a topic, develop an argument, and organize supporting details; develop proficiency in oral discourse; and evaluate an oral presentation according to established criteria.
| EN 121 | English Composition | 3 |
| EN 241 | Professional Speech Communication | 3 |
| EN 242 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| EN 343 | Advanced Public Speaking | 3 |
| EN 362 | Creative Nonfiction (Honors) | 3 |
| ES 129 | College Composition for Non-Native Speakers of English | 3 |
G2 MATHEMATICS Students will demonstrate the ability to interpret and draw inferences from mathematical models such as formulas, graphs, tables, and schematics; represent mathematical information symbolically, visually, numerically, and verbally; employ quantitative methods such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, or statistics to solve problems; estimate and check mathematical results for reasonableness; and recognize the limits of mathematical and statistical methods.
| MA 142 | Geometry and the Art of Design (formerly MA 242) | 3 |
| MA 161 | Mathematical Ideas | 3 |
| MA 213 | Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| MA 222 | Statistical Analysis | 3 |
| MA 231 | Precalculus (formerly MA 131) | 3 |
| MA 241 | Topics in Probability and Geometry | 3 |
| MA 311 | Mathematical Modeling for Business Applications | 3 |
| MA 321 | Data Analysis for Business Applications | 3 |
| MA 322 | Statistics, Machine Learning & Data Mining | 3 |
| MA 331 | Calculus | 3 |
| MA 361 | Number Theory | 3 |
| MA 391 | Mathematics of the Ancient World in Its Cultural and Historic Context (Honors) | 3 |
| MA 392 | The Mathematics of Personal Finance (Honors) | 3 |
G3 NATURAL SCIENCES Students demonstrate an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical analysis; and application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.
| JD 148 | The Science of Jewelry | 3 |
| SC 111 | Introduction to the Physical Sciences | 3 |
| SC 112 | Earth Science | 3.5 |
| SC 121 | Introduction to Biological Science | 3 |
| SC 122 | Field Biology | 3 |
| SC 132 | Color Science for Photography | 3 |
| SC 145/045 | Survey of General and Organic Chemistry | 4 |
| SC 146/046 | Basic Chemistry for Cosmetics and Fragrances | 3 |
| SC 147 | The Forensics of Fiber Analysis | 3 |
| SC 148 | The Science of Jewelry | 3 |
| SC 149 | Chemistry for Cosmetics and Fragrances | 3 |
| SC 245 | Chemistry of the Everyday World | 3 |
| SC 253 | Ecology and Environmental Problems | 3 |
| SC 326 | Human Nutrition | 3 |
| SC 332 | Color and Light | 3 |
| SC 032 | Color Science Laboratory | 1 |
| SC 391 | Crime Scene Chemistry (Honors) | 4 |
G4 SOCIAL SCIENCES Students demonstrate an understanding of the methods social scientists use to explore social phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of mathematical and interpretive analysis. They also demonstrate knowledge of major concepts, models, and issues of at least one discipline in the social sciences.
| SS 131 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SS 141 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| SS 151 | Introduction to World Affairs | 3 |
| SS 171 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| SS 231 | Personality | 3 |
| SS 232 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| SS 237 | Industrial Psychology | 3 |
| SS 242 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| SS 243 | History of Economic Thought | 3 |
| SS 244 | Fashion Economics | 3 |
| SS 251 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| SS 272 | Sex Roles, Marriage, and Family in Transition | 3 |
| SS 273 | The Study of Social Problems: Prostitution, Drugs, and Other Issues | 3 |
| SS 275 | Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SS 334 | The Psychology of Color | 3 |
| SS 335 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SS 336 | Psychology for Sustainability | 3 |
| SS 343 | Labor Economics | 3 |
| SS 345 | Fundamentals of Finance for Fashion Industries | 3 |
| SS 352 | Contemporary Western Europe | 3 |
| SS 353 | Latin America Today | 3 |
| SS 354 | Comparative Political Systems | 3 |
| SS 374 | Cross-Cultural Studies | 3 |
| SS 376 | Clothing and Society | 3 |
| SS 378 | Asian Global Popular Culture | 3 |
| SS 379 | Sociology of the Digital Area | 3 |
| SS 385 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SS 386 | Youth Subculture, Identity, and Fashion: A Sociological Perspective | 3 |
| SS 392 | Psychopathology and Modern Life (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 393 | Politics in the Middle East (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 394 | Global Financial Markets (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 395 | International Conflict in the 21st Century (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 396 | Social Experiments: Answering the Questions of Social Psychology (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 443 | International Economics | 3 |
| SS 445 | Money and Banking | 3 |
| SS 446 | Economies of Latin America | 3 |
G5 WESTERN CIVILIZATION Students demonstrate knowledge of the development of the distinctive features of the history, institutions, economy, society, culture, etc., of Western civilization and relate the development of Western civilization to that of other regions of the world. Courses that satisfy the Western Civilization learning outcomes should be focused on a foundational aspect of the development of Western civilization, and not on a narrowly defined topic or chronological period.
| EN 392 | Greek Myths and Their Transformations (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 111 | History of Western Art and Civilization: Ancient Prehistory Through the Middle Ages | 3 |
| HA 112 | History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era | 3 |
| HA 213 | Rome: A Cultural History in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture | 3 |
| HA 311 | Medieval Art | 3 |
| HA 396 | Art and Patronage in the Italian Renaissance (Honors) | 3 |
| HI 395 | Big Ideas in History: Smith, Darwin, Marx, Freud | 3 |
| PL 391 | Ancient Greek Philosophy (Honors) | 3 |
| PL 392 | The Old and New Testaments in the History of Ideas--Honors | 3 |
G6 THE ARTS Students demonstrate an understanding of at least one principal form of artistic expression and the creative process inherent therein.
| EN 251 | Theater Arts | 3 |
| EN 254 | ||
| EN 258 | Introduction to Performance Studies | 3 |
| EN 266 | Screenwriting I | 3 |
| EN 324 | Writing on The Arts | 3 |
| EN 361 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| EN 363 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| EN 364 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| EN 366 | Screenwriting II | 3 |
| EN 391 | The Creative Imagination: Theory and Process (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 397 | ||
| EN 399 | The Craft of Writing Poetry (Honors) | 3 |
| FI 231 | Documentary Film | 3 |
| FI 234 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| FI 241 | History of Russian and Soviet Cinema | 3 |
| FI 256 | Screenwriting I | 3 |
| FI 323 | Sexuality in Cinema | 3 |
| FI 356 | Screenwriting II | 3 |
| FI 371 | Film Art, Film Critic | 3 |
| HA 213 | Rome: A Cultural History in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture | 3 |
| HA 214 | Art In New York | 3 |
| HA 244 | Art and Architecture in Paris | 3 |
| HA 251 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| HA 252 | History of Russian and Soviet Film | 3 |
| HA 333 | Contemporary Photography and New Media | 3 |
| HA 348 | History of the Modern Printed Image | 3 |
| HA 381 | The Word and the Page: A History of Writing and Books (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 394 | History of New York Architecture (Honors) | 3 |
| HP 231 | America at Home: Product Styles from 1900 to Contemporary | 3 |
| MU 202 | Latin American and Carribbean Music | 3 |
| MU 203 | Survey of American Music | 3 |
| MU 391 | (Honors) Masterpieces of Music in the European Classical Tradition | 3 |
| PE 215 | Dance in New York: A Survey of Live Performance | 3 |
| PE 216 | History of Ballet and Modern Dance | 3 |
| PE 217 | Urban Dance: History and Social Context | 3 |
| PE 281 | Modern Dance Theory and Practice | 3 |
| PH 254 | Ecology and Photography: Sustainable New York (Interdisciplinary Course) | 3 |
| SC 254 | Ecology and Photography: Sustainable New York (Interdisciplinary Course) | 3 |
G7 HUMANITIES Students demonstrate knowledge of the conventions and methods of at least one of the humanities in addition to those encompassed by other knowledge areas within the General Education requirements.
| EN 231 | Short Fiction | 3 |
| EN 232 | Perspectives on American Literature | 3 |
| EN 233 | Poetry | 3 |
| EN 234 | Gay and Lesbian Literature | 3 |
| EN 235 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| EN 236 | Major Writers of the Western World | 3 |
| EN 238 | Comedy | 3 |
| EN 253 | Dramatic Literature | 3 |
| EN 257 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Film | 3 |
| EN 258 | Introduction to Performance Studies | 3 |
| EN 271 | Literature and History: The Development of American Culture to 1865 | 3 |
| EN 272 | Identity in America: History and Literature, 1865 to Present | 3 |
| EN 273 | Literature of India | 3 |
| EN 275 | Literature of the Sixties | 3 |
| EN 278 | Science Fiction | 3 |
| EN 279 | Women's Writing: 1900 - Present | 3 |
| EN 281 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| EN 324 | Writing on The Arts | 3 |
| EN 325 | Playwriting | 3 |
| EN 331 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| EN 333 | Modern Literature: The Spirit of the 20th Century | 3 |
| EN 334 | The Novel | 3 |
| EN 335 | Working Women in the United States: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| EN 336 | From Gothic to Horror: Literature of Fear | 3 |
| EN 337 | Poetry in a Global Society | 3 |
| EN 338 | Introduction to Asian American History and Literature | 3 |
| EN 353 | Theater of the Americas | 3 |
| EN 371 | Chinese Odyssey: Introduction to Chinese Literature | 3 |
| EN 373 | The Graphic Novel | 3 |
| EN 381 | Asian Fiction: Regional Selections (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 382 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 391 | The Creative Imagination: Theory and Process (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 392 | Greek Myths and Their Transformations (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 393 | Shakespeare (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 394 | American Lives (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 395 | ||
| EN 396 | ||
| FI 111 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| FI 221 | History of Film, beginnings to 1959 | 3 |
| FI 222 | History of Film, 1960-present | 3 |
| FI 223 | Women Make Movies: A History of Women’s Filmmaking (G7: Humanities) | 3 |
| FI 224 | Avant-Garde Film | 3 |
| FI 225 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 3 |
| FI 231 | Documentary Film | 3 |
| FI 234 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| FI 241 | History of Russian and Soviet Cinema | 3 |
| FI 243 | Television Genres | 3 |
| FI 244 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Film | 3 |
| FI 245 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| FI 246 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| FI 262 | Costume and Fashion in Film | 3 |
| FI 272 | Introduction to Television Studies | 3 |
| FI 273 | The Other Hollywood: Film in New York | 3 |
| FI 321 | Film Theory and Criticism, An Introduction | 3 |
| FI 322 | Major Directors: Alfred Hitchcock | 3 |
| FI 324 | The Romantic Comedy | 3 |
| FI 325 | Great Directors: Akira Kurosawa | 3 |
| FI 331 | Film Genres: Crime Stories | 3 |
| FI 335 | Film Genres: Melodrama | 3 |
| FI 341 | French Cinema | 3 |
| FI 342 | Contemporary Korean Cinema | 3 |
| FI 343 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 111 | History of Western Art and Civilization: Ancient Prehistory Through the Middle Ages | 3 |
| HA 112 | History of Western Art and Civilization: Renaissance to the Modern Era | 3 |
| HA 121 | Cities and Civilizations: The Eastern Mediterranean World, c. 3000 BCE-1000 CE | 3 |
| HA 212 | Renaissance Art in Florence | 3 |
| HA 213 | Rome: A Cultural History in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture | 3 |
| HA 214 | Art In New York | 3 |
| HA 215 | History of Menswear | 3 |
| HA 216 | American Indian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 217 | History of Avant-Garde Film | 3 |
| HA 218 | Art and Myth in the Classical World | 3 |
| HA 219 | African American Art | 3 |
| HA 221 | East Asian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 223 | African Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 224 | Pre-Columbian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 225 | Art and Civilization of India | 3 |
| HA 226 | Art and Civilization of the Islamic World | 3 |
| HA 228 | Oceanic Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 229 | Korean Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 231 | Modern Art | 3 |
| HA 232 | Dada and Surrealism | 3 |
| HA 234 | Warhol and Pop Art | 3 |
| HA 241 | History of Photojournalism | 3 |
| HA 244 | Art and Architecture in Paris | 3 |
| HA 251 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| HA 252 | History of Russian and Soviet Film | 3 |
| HA 271 | Japanese Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 311 | Medieval Art | 3 |
| HA 312 | Women in Western Art from the Late 18th Century to the Present | 3 |
| HA 314 | History of American Art | 3 |
| HA 316 | The Bauhaus | 3 |
| HA 317 | Italian Renaissance Art & Civilization | 3 |
| HA 331 | Contemporary Art and Culture: 1945 to the Present | 3 |
| HA 332 | Modern Architecture | 3 |
| HA 333 | Contemporary Photography and New Media | 3 |
| HA 342 | History of Textile Design | 3 |
| HA 343 | History of Photography | 3 |
| HA 344 | History of Western Costume | 3 |
| HA 345 | History of Industrial Design | 3 |
| HA 347 | Costume and Fashion in Film | 3 |
| HA 348 | History of the Modern Printed Image | 3 |
| HA 381 | The Word and the Page: A History of Writing and Books (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 382 | Beauty: The Human Ideal in Visual Culture - Honor's Program | 3 |
| HA 392 | The Art of Venice: Titian to Tiepolo (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 395 | Studies in American Indian Art and Culture (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 396 | Art and Patronage in the Italian Renaissance (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 397 | Studies in Maya Art and Culture (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 411 | Western Theories of Art | 3 |
| HA 462 | Art and Ethics | 3 |
| HI 392 | (Honors) Religion and Religious Dissent in American History to the Civil War | 3 |
| HI 395 | Big Ideas in History: Smith, Darwin, Marx, Freud | 3 |
| IT 241 | Italian American Cultural Studies | 3 |
| IT 251 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| IT 341 | Introduction to Italian Literature | 3 |
| IT 342 | Writing Women of the Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| IT 345 | Food for Thought: Gastronomy in Italian Literature and Culture | 3 |
| MC 331 | Film Genres: Melodrama | 3 |
| PL 141 | Introduction to Western Philosophy | 3 |
| PL 143 | Introduction to Asian Philosophies | 3 |
| PL 211 | Informal Logic: A Guide to Clear Thinking | 3 |
| PL 321 | Philosophy of Art | 3 |
| PL 391 | Ancient Greek Philosophy (Honors) | 3 |
| PL 392 | The Old and New Testaments in the History of Ideas--Honors | 3 |
| PL 431 | Philosophy: Ethics | 3 |
| SP 251 | Latin American Fiction: 1960-Present | 3 |
| SP 261 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 3 |
| SP 262 | Revolution as Spectacle: Mexico | 3 |
| SP 351 | From Modern to Contemporary Latin American Women Writers | 3 |
| SS 397 | Religion and Global Politics (Honors Course) | 3 |
G8 FOREIGN LANGUAGE Students demonstrate a basic proficiency in the understanding and use of a foreign language and knowledge of the distinctive features of the culture(s) associated with the language they are studying.
| CH 111 | Chinese I | 3 |
| CH 112 | Chinese II | 3 |
| CH 122 | Chinese Conversation I | 3 |
| CH 213 | Chinese III | 3 |
| CH 214 | Chinese IV | 3 |
| FR 111 | French I | 3 |
| FR 112 | French II | 3 |
| FR 122 | French Conversation I | 3 |
| FR 213 | French III | 3 |
| FR 214 | French IV | 3 |
| FR 315 | Introduction to French Literature | 3 |
| IT 111 | Italian I | 3 |
| IT 112 | Italian II | 3 |
| IT 122 | Italian Conversation I | 3 |
| IT 132 | Italian in Florence | 3 |
| IT 213 | Italian III | 3 |
| IT 214 | Italian IV | 3 |
| IT 223 | Italian Conversation II | 3 |
| IT 311 | Italian for Business | 3 |
| IT 312 | Italian Fashion Culture | 3 |
| IT 341 | Introduction to Italian Literature | 3 |
| IT 342 | Writing Women of the Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| JA 111 | Japanese I | 3 |
| JA 112 | Japanese II | 3 |
| JA 122 | Japanese Conversation I | 3 |
| JA 213 | Japanese III | 3 |
| JA 214 | Japanese IV | 3 |
| JA 223 | Japanese Conversation II | 3 |
| SP 111 | Spanish I | 3 |
| SP 112 | Spanish II | 3 |
| SP 122 | Spanish Conversation I | 3 |
| SP 132 | Spanish in Santiago de Compostela | 3 |
| SP 141 | Spanish for Spanish Speakers I | 3 |
| SP 142 | Spanish for Spanish Speakers II | 3 |
| SP 213 | Spanish III | 3 |
| SP 214 | Spanish IV | 3 |
| SP 223 | Spanish Conversation II | 3 |
| SP 311 | Spanish for Business (formerly SP 215) | 3 |
| SP 351 | From Modern to Contemporary Latin American Women Writers | 3 |
G9 OTHER WORLD CIVILIZATIONS (NON-WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS) Students demonstrate knowledge of either a broad outline of world history or the distinctive features of the history, institutions, economy, society, and culture of one non-Western civilization. Courses in this area have to be non-Eurocentric and non-U.S. in focus. In addition to courses on the civilizations of Asia or Africa, this would, for example, allow courses on the civilizations of indigenous peoples of the Americas.
| EN 257 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Film | 3 |
| EN 273 | Literature of India | 3 |
| EN 281 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| EN 353 | Theater of the Americas | 3 |
| EN 371 | Chinese Odyssey: Introduction to Chinese Literature | 3 |
| EN 381 | Asian Fiction: Regional Selections (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 382 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) | 3 |
| FI 242 | Ethnographic Film | 3 |
| FI 244 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Film | 3 |
| FI 245 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| FI 342 | Contemporary Korean Cinema | 3 |
| FI 343 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 121 | Cities and Civilizations: The Eastern Mediterranean World, c. 3000 BCE-1000 CE | 3 |
| HA 216 | American Indian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 221 | East Asian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 223 | African Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 224 | Pre-Columbian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 225 | Art and Civilization of India | 3 |
| HA 226 | Art and Civilization of the Islamic World | 3 |
| HA 227 | Archaeological Excavation in Israel (Summer) | 3 |
| HA 228 | Oceanic Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 229 | Korean Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 271 | Japanese Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 315 | Ethnographic Film | 3 |
| HA 383 | Art of the Silk Road: Cross-Cultural Encounters- Honors | 3 |
| HA 395 | Studies in American Indian Art and Culture (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 397 | Studies in Maya Art and Culture (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 398 | Architecture and Faith: Ancient and Islamic Cities (Honors) | 3 |
| HI 206 | Pasts in the Present: Modern Chinese History since 1800 | 3 |
| PL 143 | Introduction to Asian Philosophies | 3 |
| SS 151 | Introduction to World Affairs | 3 |
| SS 277 | Cultural Expressions of Non-Western Dress and Fashion | 3 |
| SS 353 | Latin America Today | 3 |
| SS 354 | Comparative Political Systems | 3 |
| SS 355 | Contemporary African Politics | 3 |
| SS 356 | Asia in Motion: National, International, and Transnational Relations | 3 |
| SS 374 | Cross-Cultural Studies | 3 |
| SS 378 | Asian Global Popular Culture | 3 |
| SS 386 | Youth Subculture, Identity, and Fashion: A Sociological Perspective | 3 |
| SS 393 | Politics in the Middle East (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 395 | International Conflict in the 21st Century (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 446 | Economies of Latin America | 3 |
G10 AMERICAN HISTORY Students demonstrate knowledge of a basic narrative of American history: political, economic, social, and cultural, including knowledge of unity and diversity in American society; knowledge of common institutions in American society and how they have affected different groups; and understanding of America’s evolving relationship with the rest of the world.
| EN 271 | Literature and History: The Development of American Culture to 1865 | 3 |
| EN 272 | Identity in America: History and Literature, 1865 to Present | 3 |
| EN 274 | Voices of Civil Rights in American History | 3 |
| EN 335 | Working Women in the United States: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| EN 338 | Introduction to Asian American History and Literature | 3 |
| HA 219 | African American Art | 3 |
| HA 314 | History of American Art | 3 |
| HI 202 | U.S. History: Civil War- Present | 3 |
| HI 203 | Distant Neighbors: A History of Latin America and the U.S. | 3 |
| HI 204 | Leisure in America | 3 |
| HI 207 | Hollywood: A History | 3 |
| HI 391 | U.S. History and Culture: 1860 to Present | 3 |
| HI 392 | (Honors) Religion and Religious Dissent in American History to the Civil War | 3 |
| HI 393 | New York City and the Invention of America | 3 |
| HI 394 | Rebellion and Resistance in America | 3 |
Competencies
In addition to the areas described above, SUNY requires the General Education competencies of critical thinking and information management. Both are covered in courses throughout the FIT curriculum.
CRITICAL THINKING Students identify, analyze, and evaluate arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work, and develop well-reasoned arguments.
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Students perform the basic operations of personal computer use, understand and use basic research techniques, and locate, evaluate, and synthesize information from a variety of sources.