Program Overview

The City College of New York Programs

The City College of New York offers a wide range of programs for students.

Schools and Divisions

• The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture
• Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership
• School of Education
• The Grove School of Engineering
• Division of Humanities and the Arts
• Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at Center for Worker Education (CWE)
• Division of Science
• Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education

Lifetime and Experiential Learning

• Graduate Studies Overview
• Continuing & Professional Studies
• International Studies & Study Abroad

Academic Planning

• Registrar
• Areas of Study
• General Education Curriculum
• Academic Calendar
• Library
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• Academic Affairs

Admissions

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• Admissions Overview
• Undergraduate Students
• Freshman Students
• Transfer Students
• Graduate Students
• Returning to College
• Visiting Students/Non-Degree
• Continuing Education

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• SEEK Program
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Research

Research Overview

• Research Overview
• Research Compliance & Ethics
• Research Labs, Centers, & Institutes
• College Research Council
• Libraries

Discoveries in Actions

• Centers and Institutes
• QC-ALERT Programs
• Undergraduate Research
• The RICC
• NSF ADVANCE

Student Affairs

Campus Life

• Student Life
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Student Services

• Student Affairs
• Health & Wellness
• The AccessAbility Center/Student Disability Services
• LGBTQ+ Student Center
• CCNY Navigate
• Immigrant Student Resource and Research Center
• Student Services

The General Education Curriculum at City College

Pathways Common Core

A. Required (Fixed) Common Core

• English Composition (2 courses)
  • English Composition I (usually FIQWS)
  • English Composition II (usually ENGL 210, depends on major; refer to your advisor for the appropriate course)
• Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning (1 course)
  • Depends on major (refer to your advisor for the appropriate course)
• Life and Physical Sciences (1 course)
  • Depends on major (refer to your advisor for the appropriate course)

B. Flexible Common Core (18 credits / 6 courses)

• Students will complete at least one course in each of the five Flexible Core areas and an additional sixth course in one of them.
• Students can complete no more than two courses from any one discipline or interdisciplinary field.
• Flexible core areas are:
  1. World Cultures and Global Issues (2 courses for BA/BFA majors - one from each subgroup; 1 course for BS majors from either subgroup)
  • Literature
  • Global History and Culture
  2. U.S. Experience in Its Diversity (1 course)
  3. Creative Expression (1 course)
  4. Individual and Society (1 course)
  5. Scientific World (1 course for BA/BFA majors; 2 courses for BS majors)

General Education Requirements

Once a student has met a Common Core area requirement at one CUNY college, that requirement will be met at any other CUNY college. Transfer students from institutions other than CUNY will have their transcripts evaluated and will be given credit for General Education courses taken at the previous institution.