FIT'S General Education Requirements and Courses
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.
All two-year AAS degree students must complete a total of at least 24 General Education/Liberal Arts credits. Some majors require specific courses within these general requirements. Please refer to the specific major page, in the Degree Programs section of this catalog, for more information.
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 7 of the 10 areas in order to receive a bachelor’s 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. The general guidelines are as follows, however, please refer to the specific major page, in the Degree Programs section of this catalog, for more information.
1. Take one (1) course in each of the following areas (9 credits): Basic Communication (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 10 areas that meet SUNY General Education approval (9 credits).
An earned bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited four-year institution (U.S. or international) exempts a student from General Education requirements except 3 credits in English composition (G1; Composition taken in the U.S. or in a country in which English is an official language); and for Art and Design majors, 6 credits of Art History.
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.
General Education Areas
- 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 142 | Composition and Rhetoric (Honors) | 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 153 | Programming and Mobile Apps | 3 |
| MA 161 | Mathematical Ideas | 3 |
| MA 200 | A Visual Approach to Numbers | 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 300 | The Mathematics of Financial Life Management | 3 |
| MA 301 | Graph Theory (Honors) | 3 |
| MA 311 | Mathematical Modeling for Business Applications | 3 |
| MA 321 | Data Analysis for Business Applications | 3 |
| MA 322 | Statistics, Machine Learning, and 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 (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| SC 101 | Biodesign: Innovation at the Intersection of Science and Design | 3 |
| SC 102 | Climate Change | 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 | Introduction to Chemistry of Our Lives | 3 |
| SC 146/046 | Basic Chemistry for Cosmetics and Fragrances | 3 |
| SC 147 | The Forensics of Fiber Analysis | 3 |
| SC 148 | The Science of Jewelry (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| SC 149 | Chemistry for Cosmetics and Fragrances | 3 |
| SC 201 | Plants, Pollinators, and People | 3 |
| SC 202 | The True Cost: A Product’s Life Cycle and the Science of Sustainability | 3 |
| SC 203 | Disease Ecology in a Changing World | 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.
| HA 330 | Approaches to Fashion Theory (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| HI 210 | Sales and Service in World History | 3 |
| HI 280A | Special Topic: Crime, Police, and Prisons in American History | 3 |
| PL 330 | Approaches to Fashion Theory | 3 |
| SS 100 | Economics for Fashion Creators | 3 |
| SS 101 | Mathematical Economics | 3 |
| SS 102 | Economics of the Global Theme Park Industry | 3 |
| SS 131 | General Psychology | 3 |
| SS 141 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
| SS 151 | Global Power and Politics | 3 |
| SS 171 | Introductory Sociology | 3 |
| SS 200 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| SS 201 | Contemporary Issues in Economics | 3 |
| SS 204 | Economic Growth | 3 |
| SS 206 | Psychology of Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| SS 231 | Personality | 3 |
| SS 232 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| SS 237 | Industrial Psychology | 3 |
| SS 242 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| SS 244 | Fashion Economics | 3 |
| SS 251 | American Government and Politics | 3 |
| SS 272 | Sex Roles, Marriage, and Family in Transition | 3 |
| SS 275 | Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations | 3 |
| SS 300 | Sociology of Everyday Life | 3 |
| SS 301 | Luxury: A Socio-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| SS 302 | Economics of Energy and Fossil Fuels | 3 |
| SS 303 | LGBTQ in Society: A Global Perspective | 3 |
| SS 306 | Kimono and Fashion: A Socio-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| SS 307 | Emotions in Society | 3 |
| SS 309 | Tattoos and Body Modification | 3 |
| SS 311 | Environmental Psychology | 3 |
| SS 312 | Sensation & Perception | 3 |
| SS 313 | Cultural Awareness, Design Responsibility, and the Law | 3 |
| SS 334 | The Psychology of Color | 3 |
| SS 335 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 |
| SS 336 | Psychology for Sustainability | 3 |
| SS 337 | Crime in the Global, Digital Society (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 338 | Happiness & Human Flourishing (Honors) | 3 |
| SS 339 | Introduction to Development Economics (Honors) | 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 Era | 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 442 | Environmental Economics and Policy | 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. In addition to broad survey courses, courses more specialized in chronology or theme may count for the requirement if they focus on a foundationally important aspect of Western Civilization and place it in a broader cultural perspective.
| 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 200 | Queer Work: A Research Seminar in LGBTQ Business and Labor History | 3 |
| HI 201 | Classics in African American History | 3 |
| HI 210 | Sales and Service in World History | 3 |
| HI 395 | Big Ideas in History: Smith, Darwin, Marx, Freud (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 200 | Mediterranean Crossings: Migration, Integration, and Social Unrest | 3 |
| MC 202 | Rome: The Making and Unmaking of the Eternal City | 3 |
| MC 208 | Paris: Imagined and Real | 3 |
| MC 302 | Faire La Cuisine: French Food and Identity | 3 |
| MC 345 | Food for Thought: Gastronomy in Italian Literature and Culture | 3 |
| PL 201 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 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 202 | Women Write New York City | 3 |
| EN 251 | Theater Arts | 3 |
| EN 258 | Introduction to Performance Studies | 3 |
| EN 266 | Screenwriting I | 3 |
| EN 280A | Special Topics in English – Creativity: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EN 301 | Imaginative Worlds | 3 |
| EN 303 | Writing Mystery and Crime Fiction | 3 |
| EN 304 | Writing as Activism (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 324 | Writing on The Arts | 3 |
| EN 361 | Creative Writing | 3 |
| EN 362 | Creative Nonfiction | 3 |
| EN 363 | Fiction Writing | 3 |
| EN 364 | Poetry Writing | 3 |
| EN 366 | Screenwriting II | 3 |
| EN 368 | Intentional Objects: Writing About Things | 3 |
| EN 390 | The Uncanny (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 391 | The Creative Imagination: Theory and Process (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 399 | The Craft of Writing Poetry (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 480A | Special Topics in English: Advanced Creative Writing – Poetry and Hybrid Forms | 3 |
| FA 204 | Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| FI 201 | Principles of Costume for Filmmakers | 3 |
| FI 202 | Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture | 3 |
| FI 220 | The Writers' Room: What Makes Great Television? | 3 |
| FI 231 | History of Documentary Film | 3 |
| FI 234 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| FI 241 | History of Russian and Soviet Cinema | 3 |
| FI 246 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| FI 256 | Screenwriting I | 3 |
| FI 300 | Digital Storytelling: Creating A Web Series | 3 |
| FI 323 | Sexuality in Cinema | 3 |
| FI 333 | Film Genres: Animation | 3 |
| FI 335 | Film Genres: Melodrama | 3 |
| FI 356 | Screenwriting II | 3 |
| FI 400 | Screenwriting III | 3 |
| HA 114 | Prehistoric Art | 3 |
| HA 203 | History of Decorative Arts: Jewelry and Metalwork | 3 |
| HA 207 | Art and Architecture in Venice | 3 |
| HA 208 | Earth Matters: Art & Environment in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia | 3 |
| HA 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| HA 213 | Rome: A Cultural History in Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture | 3 |
| HA 214 | Art In New York | 3 |
| HA 233 | Contemporary Global Fashion | 3 |
| HA 235 | Art, Technology and Empire in the Ancient World: Greece and Persia | 3 |
| HA 237 | Global Fashion: Ancient Origins to Modern Styles | 3 |
| HA 238 | Art and Design in Morocco | 3 |
| HA 239 | The History of African Textiles and Fashion | 3 |
| HA 240 | Modern and Contemporary Korean Art | 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 303 | Tradition and Innovation in Asian Art and Design | 3 |
| HA 308 | Goddesses, Women, Power and Patronage in the Ancient World (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 309 | History of Business in the Visual Arts: 1800-2000 (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 319 | Art History and Conservation | 3 |
| HA 320 | Animals, Architecture, and Aesthetics | 3 |
| HA 333 | Contemporary Photography and New Media | 3 |
| HA 346 | Twentieth-Century Fashion and Art | 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 |
| MC 201 | Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture | 3 |
| MC 203 | Gender as Performance: Representation of Masculinities in Latin American/Latinx Theatre | 3 |
| MC 204 | Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MC 331 | Film Genres: Melodrama | 3 |
| MC 251 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| MU 202 | Latin American and Carribbean Music | 3 |
| MU 203 | Survey of American Music | 3 |
| MU 391 | Masterpieces of Music in the European Classical Tradition (Honors) | 3 |
| PE 100 | Introduction to Dance Movement Therapy | 3 |
| PE 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| PE 215 | Seeing Dance Live | 3 |
| PE 216 | History of Ballet and Modern Dance | 3 |
| PE 217 | Popular Urban Dance Past and Present | 3 |
| PE 281 | Modern Dance Theory and Practice | 3 |
| PH 254 | Ecology and Photography: Sustainable New York (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| SC 254 | Ecology and Photography: Sustainable New York (Interdisciplinary) | 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 203 | Your Digital Life: Online Literacies for a Networked World | 3 |
| EN 204 | Contemporary US Immigrant Literature: Border Crossings and Migrations | 3 |
| EN 230 | Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact | 3 |
| 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 302 | Gender and Nationalism in World Fiction (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 304 | Writing as Activism (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 305 | Arab Women and the War Story (Honors) | 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 390 | The Uncanny (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 |
| FI 111 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| FI 200 | Bollywood and the Making of India | 3 |
| FI 202 | Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture | 3 |
| FI 203 | African-American Film Culture | 3 |
| FI 204 | Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact | 3 |
| FI 207 | Devouring the Screen: Food in Film | 3 |
| FI 208 | Film Genres: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World | 3 |
| FI 209 | History of American Television | 3 |
| FI 210 | Film Genres: Cult Cinema | 3 |
| FI 211 | Inventing Places: Spatial Myths In Brazilian Cinema | 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 | History of 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 320 | Major Directors: Federico Fellini | 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 | Major Directors: Akira Kurosawa | 3 |
| FI 331 | Film Genres: Crime Stories | 3 |
| FI 332 | The Science Fiction Film | 3 |
| FI 333 | Film Genres: Animation | 3 |
| FI 334 | Film Genres: Films of the Supernatural | 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 114 | Prehistoric Art | 3 |
| HA 116 | Indigenous Art of North America | 3 |
| HA 121 | Cities and Civilizations: The Eastern Mediterranean World, c. 3000 BCE-1000 CE | 3 |
| HA 201 | History of Fashion Photography | 3 |
| HA 202 | Feminist Art Histories, Theories, and Practices | 3 |
| HA 203 | History of Decorative Arts: Jewelry and Metalwork | 3 |
| HA 204 | History of East Asian Costume | 3 |
| HA 205 | Italian Art in Context | 3 |
| HA 206 | The Art, Architecture, and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| HA 207 | Art and Architecture in Venice | 3 |
| HA 208 | Earth Matters: Art & Environment in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia | 3 |
| HA 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| HA 211 | Asian American Art and Design | 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 220 | History of Interior Design: The Modern Interior as Space and Image | 3 |
| HA 221 | East Asian Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 223 | African Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 224 | Mesoamerican 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 230 | Modern and Contemporary African Art | 3 |
| HA 231 | Modern Art | 3 |
| HA 232 | Dada and Surrealism | 3 |
| HA 233 | Contemporary Global Fashion | 3 |
| HA 234 | Warhol and Pop Art | 3 |
| HA 235 | Art, Technology and Empire in the Ancient World: Greece and Persia | 3 |
| HA 236 | Queering Art History and Western Visual Culture | 3 |
| HA 237 | Global Fashion: Ancient Origins to Modern Styles | 3 |
| HA 238 | Art and Design in Morocco | 3 |
| HA 239 | The History of African Textiles and Fashion | 3 |
| HA 240 | Modern and Contemporary Korean Art | 3 |
| HA 241 | History of Photojournalism | 3 |
| HA 243 | History of Photography | 3 |
| HA 244 | Art and Architecture in Paris | 3 |
| HA 245 | Art of the United States | 3 |
| HA 251 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| HA 252 | History of Russian and Soviet Film | 3 |
| HA 271 | Japanese Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 272 | Islamic Art and Mathematics (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| HA 300 | Art and Architecture of the Venetian Republic, c. 1100-1800 | 3 |
| HA 301 | Fashion and Impressionism (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 302 | Baroque Splendor: Art and Culture in Seventeenth-Century Europe | 3 |
| HA 303 | Tradition and Innovation in Asian Art and Design | 3 |
| HA 304 | Holocaust Representation in Art (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 305 | History of 20th-Century Textile Design | 3 |
| HA 306 | Far From Home: Travel Narratives and Art History (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 308 | Goddesses, Women, Power and Patronage in the Ancient World (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 309 | History of Business in the Visual Arts: 1800-2000 (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 310 | Global Contemporaries in the World of Art | 3 |
| HA 311 | Medieval Art | 3 |
| HA 314 | History of American Art | 3 |
| HA 316 | The Bauhaus | 3 |
| HA 317 | Italian Renaissance Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 318 | Repositioning Ancient Egypt and Rethinking Egyptology | 3 |
| HA 319 | Art History and Conservation | 3 |
| HA 320 | Animals, Architecture, and Aesthetics | 3 |
| HA 321 | Eco-Visions in Art and Design | 3 |
| HA 330 | Approaches to Fashion Theory (Interdisciplinary) | 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 344 | History of Western Costume | 3 |
| HA 345 | History of Industrial Design | 3 |
| HA 346 | Twentieth-Century Fashion and Art | 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 (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 384 | American Narratives in New York City Museums (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 385 | Racism and Antiracism in Public Art and Architecture of the United States (Honors) | 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 200 | Queer Work: A Research Seminar in LGBTQ Business and Labor History | 3 |
| HI 201 | Classics in African American History | 3 |
| HI 210 | Sales and Service in World History | 3 |
| HI 392 | Religion and Religious Dissent in American History to the Civil War (Honors) | 3 |
| HI 395 | Big Ideas in History: Smith, Darwin, Marx, Freud (Honors) | 3 |
| IT 341 | Introduction to Italian Literature | 3 |
| IT 342 | Writing Women of the Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| MA 272 | Islamic Art and Mathematics (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MC 200 | Mediterranean Crossings: Migration, Integration, and Social Unrest | 3 |
| MC 201 | Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture | 3 |
| MC 202 | Rome: The Making and Unmaking of the Eternal City | 3 |
| MC 203 | Gender as Performance: Representation of Masculinities in Latin American/Latinx Theatre | 3 |
| MC 205 | Mexican Cinema: Between The National and The Global | 3 |
| MC 206 | Arab Literature and Culture: An Introduction | 3 |
| MC 207 | Devouring the Screen: Food in Film | 3 |
| MC 208 | Paris: Imagined and Real | 3 |
| MC 209 | Hispanic Cultures In New York | 3 |
| MC 211 | Inventing Places: Spatial Myths In Brazilian Cinema | 3 |
| MC 241 | Italian American Cultural Studies | 3 |
| MC 251 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| MC 252 | Latin American Fiction: 1960-Present | 3 |
| MC 261 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 3 |
| MC 262 | Revolution as Spectacle: Mexico | 3 |
| MC 263 | Contemporary Spain through its Cinema | 3 |
| MC 300 | The Poetics of Sound in Hispanic Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| MC 301 | Imaginary Encounters: Representations of the Caribbean (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 302 | Faire La Cuisine: French Food and Identity | 3 |
| MC 303 | Black in Paris: African American, African, and Caribbean Writers in the City of Lights (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 305 | Tang Poetry and Calligraphy: Classical Traditions of China (618-907 CE) | 3 |
| MC 306 | Narratives of Global Capital: Francophone Africa from the 1960's to the Present | 3 |
| MC 308 | White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MC 313 | Writing Women of the Italian Renaissance | 3 |
| MC 331 | Film Genres: Melodrama | 3 |
| MC 345 | Food for Thought: Gastronomy in Italian Literature and Culture | 3 |
| MC 351 | From Modern to Contemporary Latin American Women Writers | 3 |
| PE 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| PL 143 | Introduction to Asian Philosophies | 3 |
| PL 200 | Environmental Ethics | 3 |
| PL 201 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PL 202 | Animal Ethics and the Fashion Industry | 3 |
| PL 211 | Informal Logic: A Guide to Clear Thinking | 3 |
| PL 300 | Business Ethics | 3 |
| PL 301 | Anxiety and Fear: Introduction to Existentialism | 3 |
| PL 321 | Philosophy of Art | 3 |
| PL 330 | Approaches to Fashion Theory | 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 |
| SS 202 | Bollywood and the Making of India | 3 |
| SS 203 | Study Abroad in Greece: The Ideals of Excellence in Ancient Greece | 3 |
| SS 308 | White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| SS 397 | Religion and Global Politics (Honors) | 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.
| AB 111 | Elementary Arabic 1 | 3 |
| AB 112 | Arabic II | 3 |
| AB 122 | Arabic Conversation I | 3 |
| 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 223 | French Conversation II | 3 |
| FR 315 | Introduction to French Literature | 3 |
| IT 111 | Elementary Italian | 3 |
| IT 112 | Italian II | 3 |
| IT 113 | Made in Italy: Italian Language through Food, Fashion and Film | 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 113 | Japanese Conversation in Japan | 3 |
| JA 122 | Japanese Conversation I | 3 |
| JA 213 | Japanese III | 3 |
| JA 214 | Japanese IV | 3 |
| JA 223 | Japanese Conversation II | 3 |
| PO 111 | Portuguese I | 3 |
| PO 112 | Elementary Portuguese 2 | 3 |
| PO 122 | Portuguese Conversation I | 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 |
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 230 | Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact | 3 |
| EN 257 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Film | 3 |
| EN 273 | Literature of India | 3 |
| EN 281 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| EN 302 | Gender and Nationalism in World Fiction (Honors) | 3 |
| EN 305 | Arab Women and the War Story (Honors) | 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 |
| FA 204 | Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| FI 200 | Bollywood and the Making of India | 3 |
| FI 204 | Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact | 3 |
| FI 211 | Inventing Places: Spatial Myths In Brazilian Cinema | 3 |
| FI 225 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 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 114 | Prehistoric Art | 3 |
| HA 116 | Indigenous Art of North America | 3 |
| HA 121 | Cities and Civilizations: The Eastern Mediterranean World, c. 3000 BCE-1000 CE | 3 |
| HA 204 | History of East Asian Costume | 3 |
| HA 206 | The Art, Architecture, and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt | 3 |
| HA 208 | Earth Matters: Art & Environment in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia | 3 |
| HA 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 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 | Mesoamerican 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 230 | Modern and Contemporary African Art | 3 |
| HA 235 | Art, Technology and Empire in the Ancient World: Greece and Persia | 3 |
| HA 237 | Global Fashion: Ancient Origins to Modern Styles | 3 |
| HA 238 | Art and Design in Morocco | 3 |
| HA 239 | The History of African Textiles and Fashion | 3 |
| HA 240 | Modern and Contemporary Korean Art | 3 |
| HA 271 | Japanese Art and Civilization | 3 |
| HA 272 | Islamic Art and Mathematics (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| HA 303 | Tradition and Innovation in Asian Art and Design | 3 |
| HA 306 | Far From Home: Travel Narratives and Art History (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 308 | Goddesses, Women, Power and Patronage in the Ancient World (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 310 | Global Contemporaries in the World of Art | 3 |
| HA 315 | Ethnographic Film | 3 |
| HA 318 | Repositioning Ancient Egypt and Rethinking Egyptology | 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 |
| HI 209 | Fashion and Slavery | 3 |
| MC 203 | Gender as Performance: Representation of Masculinities in Latin American/Latinx Theatre | 3 |
| MC 204 | Images of the Mind: Introduction to Chinese Calligraphic Art (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MA 272 | Islamic Art and Mathematics (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MC 205 | Mexican Cinema: Between The National and The Global | 3 |
| MC 206 | Arab Literature and Culture: An Introduction | 3 |
| MC 211 | Inventing Places: Spatial Myths In Brazilian Cinema | 3 |
| MC 252 | Latin American Fiction: 1960-Present | 3 |
| MC 261 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 3 |
| MC 262 | Revolution as Spectacle: Mexico | 3 |
| MC 300 | The Poetics of Sound in Hispanic Caribbean Literature | 3 |
| MC 301 | Imaginary Encounters: Representations of the Caribbean (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 303 | Black in Paris: African American, African, and Caribbean Writers in the City of Lights (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 305 | Tang Poetry and Calligraphy: Classical Traditions of China (618-907 CE) | 3 |
| MC 306 | Narratives of Global Capital: Francophone Africa from the 1960's to the Present | 3 |
| MC 308 | White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| MC 351 | From Modern to Contemporary Latin American Women Writers | 3 |
| PE 210 | Devotional Art and Dance of the Indian Sub-Continent and West Asia (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| PL 143 | Introduction to Asian Philosophies | 3 |
| SS 151 | Global Power and Politics | 3 |
| SS 202 | Bollywood and the Making of India | 3 |
| SS 277 | Cultural Expressions of Non-Western Dress and Fashion | 3 |
| SS 301 | Luxury: A Socio-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| SS 304 | Introduction to Caribbean Studies | 3 |
| SS 306 | Kimono and Fashion: A Socio-Cultural Perspective | 3 |
| SS 308 | White Gold: Sugar, Power and the Creation of Atlantic Capitalism (Interdisciplinary) | 3 |
| SS 309 | Tattoos and Body Modification | 3 |
| SS 313 | Cultural Awareness, Design Responsibility, and the Law | 3 |
| SS 341 | Women and Global Politics | 3 |
| SS 353 | Latin America Today | 3 |
| SS 354 | Comparative Political Systems | 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 211 | Asian American Art and Design | 3 |
| HA 219 | African American Art | 3 |
| HA 245 | Art of the United States | 3 |
| HA 314 | History of American Art | 3 |
| HA 384 | American Narratives in New York City Museums (Honors) | 3 |
| HA 385 | Racism and Antiracism in Public Art and Architecture of the United States (Honors) | 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 205 | American Business from Slavery to the Present | 3 |
| HI 207 | Hollywood: A History | 3 |
| HI 208 | American History through Fabric, Fashion, and Dress | 3 |
| HI 211 | Modern American History Through Food | 3 |
| HI 280A | Special Topic: Crime, Police, and Prisons in American History | 3 |
| HI 391 | U.S. History and Culture: 1860 to Present | 3 |
| HI 392 | Religion and Religious Dissent in American History to the Civil War (Honors) | 3 |
| HI 393 | New York City and the Invention of America (Honors) | 3 |
| HI 394 | Rebellion and Resistance in America (Honors) | 3 |
| MC 209 | Hispanic Cultures In New York | 3 |
| MC 241 | Italian American Cultural Studies | 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.