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General Education at Binghamton

Students follow the General Education program in effect for the year they matriculate
at Binghamton University. For example, students matriculating in Summer 2023, Fall
2023, or Spring 2024 would follow the General Education requirements as stated in
the 2023-2024 Bulletin. Generally, a student’s catalog year is the same as the academic
year in which he or she matriculates at Binghamton University. If you are not sure
which requirements apply to you, please contact your school advising office for assistance.

Note: Some General Education courses may have more than one General Education listed.
However, except for Composition, Oral Communication, Joint Composition/Oral Communication,
Critical Thinking and Reasoning, Information Literacy or World Language classes, General
Education courses may be used to fulfill only one General Education requirement. For
example, a course may be designated as Composition, Social Sciences, and Diversity:
Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice. You will either receive credit for Composition
+ Diversity: Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice or for Composition + Social Sciences.
If you have questions about what General Education requirements a course will fulfill,
please contact your school’s advising office.

Changes to General Education for Students First Enrolled Before Fall 2023

Effective in Fall 2023, Binghamton University will be phasing in SUNY’s new General
Education Framework. Your requirements did not change, but you might see some name changes!

For transfer students we will be following the SUNY guidance below.

“Where there has been no interruption of study beyond two academic years, campuses
must grant students the opportunity to pursue the GE requirements in place at the
time of first enrollment. For interruptions in study longer than two academic years,
to promote student success and support timely degree completion, campuses may grant
students the opportunity to pursue the GE requirements in place at the time of first
enrollment.”

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Requirements

Requirements may differ by catalog year; please follow the University Bulletin and
planning sheet for your catalog year. If you have questions, please see your academic
advisor.

World Language Requirements

World Language skills are ensured by requiring that students pass either an approved
WL3 (third-semester college-level) course in one world language or an approved WL2
(second-semester college-level) course in two world languages, or satisfactorily complete
some other significant activity that requires second-level world language proficiency
as a prerequisite, such as study abroad in a non-English environment or an internship
serving people who can communicate only in a language other than English.

Students may fulfill the world language requirement prior to enrolling in college
either by completing four or more units of one high school world language with a course
grade in the fourth unit of 85 or better, or three units each of two high school languages
with course grades in each third unit of 85 or better, by passing the AP examination
(or its equivalent) with a score of 3 or better, or by demonstrating equivalent proficiency
in some other fashion.

Exceptions

The World Language requirement is waived for students in Watson College engineering
programs.
The World Language requirement for students in the Decker School of Nursing and Watson
College computer science program is fulfilled by one approved college course in world
language at any level. This requirement may also be fulfilled in high school by demonstrating
a level of proficiency equivalent to completing three or more units of high school
world language with a Regents or LOTE/Checkpoint B Examination score of 85 or better
(or, for students who did not take the Regents or LOTE/Checkpoint B Examination, a
course grade in the third unit of 85 or better).
The World Language requirement for transfer students in the College of Community and
Public Affairs, Harpur College, and the School of Management is fulfilled by an approved
WL2 (second-semester college-level) course in world language. This requirement may
also be fulfilled in high school by demonstrating a level of proficiency equivalent
to completing three or more units of high school world language with a Regents or
LOTE/Checkpoint B Examination score of 85 or better (or, for students who did not
take the Regents or LOTE/Checkpoint B Examination, a course grade in the third unit
of 85 or better). See the Transfer Student page for more information.

Note: Students who have completed a fourth-level high school language with a passing
grade or third-level high school language with a Regents or LOTE/Checkpoint B Examination
score of 85 or better (or, for students who did not take the Regents or LOTE/Checkpoint
B Examination, a course grade of 85 or better) are considered to have completed two
semesters of a college-level language and can fulfill the requirement by completing
either the WL3 course of that language or the WL2 course of a second language.

Proficiency Testing in World Language

Students may only request to be proficiency tested in languages they did not study
in high school. For more information go here.

World Language Internships or Study Abroad

Beginning with the 2004 catalog year, students may fulfill the World Language requirement
by satisfactorily completing some other significant activity that requires second-level
world language proficiency as a prerequisite, such as study abroad in a non-English
environment or an internship serving people who can communicate only in a language
other than English.

For information on how to fulfill the World Language requirement through study abroad,
contact International Education and Global Initiatives (IEGI) at [email protected] or by phone at 607-777-2336.

Students Whose Native Language is Not English

Students whose native language is not English and heritage language speakers may be
able to fulfill the World Language requirement by alternate means.

We waive student’s WL requirement if they have:

ESL/ELI on their college transcript;
required to take a TOEFL test for admissions; or
student came to the US after age 12 and all of their previous schooling was in another
language.

For more information please email Undergraduate Education.

Students with Disabilities

Students with documented disabilities who feel their disabilities will impact their
academic tenure at Binghamton University should contact the Office for Services for
Students with Disabilities at ext. 7-2686 or 607-777-2686, or [email protected].

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