Note concerning General Education entries
in the University at Albany's Undergraduate Bulletin 2002-2003

The New General Education Program

The New General Education Program applies to all students admitted to the University with basis of admission "FRESHMAN" in fall 2000 and thereafter and, for transfers who were not matriculated at a college or university prior to fall 2000, students with basis of admission "TRANSFER" in fall 2002 and thereafter.

Students who must complete the New General Education requirements do not use the lists in this bulletin that relate to the Continuing General Education program. However, any course ending with the suffix letters E, F, G, or Z will fulfill a Writing Intensive requirement in both the New and the Continuing General Education programs.

At the end of course descriptions in this bulletin, the following abbreviations are used, within brackets, to indicate any of the New General Education Requirement categories met by the course:

[AR]	= Arts
[BE]	= Regions Beyond Europe
[DP]	= U.S. Diversity and Pluralism
[EU]	= Europe
[FL]	= Foreign Language
[GC]	= Global/Cross-Cultural
[HU]	= Humanities
[IL]	= Information Literacy
[MS]	= Mathematics/Statistics
[NS]	= Natural Sciences
[OD]	= Oral Discourse
[SS]	= Social Sciences
[US]	= U.S. History
[US*]	= U.S. History expanded list
[WI]	= Writing Intensive

The Continuing (1992) General Education Program

The Continuing (1992) General Education Program applies to all students admitted to the University with basis of admission "FRESHMAN" before fall 2000 and with basis of admission "TRANSFER" before fall 2002 and with basis of admission "TRANSFER" if the student matriculated at another college or university before fall 2000.

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