General Education
General Education at SUNY Oswego is governed by two guiding principles: liberal education plays a foundational role in preparing Oswego graduates to engage and contribute to the world; students should have a degree of choice regarding the shape of their general education program.
The SUNY Oswego general education program, what we call GE21, helps students hone the skills and habits of thought necessary to do well in university and critical to a life well lived after graduation. GE21 affords each student the opportunity to tailor her or his general education to best fit particular courses of study and personal interests.
This link will lead you to a brief statement of the thinking underpinning the particulars of GE21. Working with your advisor and the GE21 template (pdf) you can construct a general education program that does more than simply meet requirements: your general education program can help you to make connections between courses and, crucially, between yourself and the world.
General Education Assessment three-year cycle
CY 2020 General Education Assessment Timetable
Submission Guidelines
--Course Submission Guidelines (general) (pdf)
--Writing Plan Course and Revision Submission Guidelines (pdf)
--Diversity, Identity, and Social Justice in the United States Course Submission Guidelines (pdf)
--Diversity, Identity, and Social Justice in the United States: FAQ (pdf)
--General Guidelines and Other Resources
Writing Across the Curriculum Guidelines (15kb)
Guidelines for the Approval of State University General Education Requirement Courses
GE21 Categories and Learning Outcomes (pdf)
GE21 Advising Tool - Table and Checklist (pdf)
SUNY Critical Thinking Rubric
World Awareness Courses -- General Information (pdf)
Previous General Education programs and Assessment Reports
- GE2000 (pdf 128kb)
- GE2000 Checklist (pdf 30kb)
- GenEd 1998
- Approved Courses GE1998 (pdf 24KB)
- GE1998 Checklist
- Old GenEd
- Assessment Report--Fall 2004 (doc 36 kb)
- Assessment Report--Fall 2007 (docx 16kb)
Assessment of Student Learning
Summary Report CY 2020
Summary Report CY 2019
Summary Report CY 2018
Summary Report CY 2017
Summary Report CY 2016
Summary Report CY 2015
Summary Report CY 2014
SUNY-Wide General Education Courses
SUNY Academic Course Transfer Site
Chris LaLonde
Director of General Education
610 Culkin Hall
Phone: 315.312.3110
Office Hours (via Zoom):
In the name of health and safety, the General Education Office will be "open" this semester via Zoom at the times listed below. Contact me via e-mail and I'll send you the meeting ID and passcode. Be well, Chris
MW 8:00a.m.-11:00a.m.
T 9:00a.m.-11:00a.m.
TH 8:30a.m.-10:30a.m.