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All undergraduate students entering Buffalo State who began college as freshmen (anywhere) in fall 2006 or later are part of the Intellectual Foundations program and must complete BSC 101, Foundations of Inquiry. Transfer students may transfer in credits equivalent to BSC 101 if the transferred course meets the learning outcomes of BSC 101.

In coming years, as students continue to transfer in under Intellectual Foundations, the following policies will apply regarding transfer credit:

If a student has an A.A. or A.S. degree from a SUNY institution, he or she will be required to fulfill only 3 hours in each of the cognate areas (the SUNY-required 3 credit hours; transfer credits confirmed by the G.E.T.A.). Buffalo State will continue to waive the additional 3 credit hours in each cognate area (Arts, Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences), as it has been doing for GE2K (General Education 2000).

Transfer students, with or without A.A. or A.S. degrees, must fulfill the SUNY-required American History, Western Civilizations, and Non-Western Civilizations, either through a transferred course or a course taken at Buffalo State.

For transfer students, Oral Communication can be waived if the SUNY Basic Communication requirement of oral communication is deemed to be satisfied by a transferred course. (Some schools combine SUNY writing and oral communication learning outcomes into a single course; Buffalo State separates them into CWP 101/102 and an Oral Communication requirement.)

The following Buffalo State requirements would continue to be required of all transfer students, but course equivalencies can be transferred in from another school for Technology and Society and Diversity. It is expected that many students will be able to fulfill Diversity, Technology and Society, and Oral Communication by “double-dipping” courses in their major.

A second-level writing course, CWP 102 (can also be waived by SAT score), is still required, as are 45 hours of upper-division coursework.

The Foreign Language Policy continues to be that one year of high school credit in a foreign language is the equivalent of one semester of college credit. Students with two years of the same high school language will be deemed to have satisfied the Foreign Language Requirement in Intellectual Foundations.

Academic Council has determined not to suspend the Technology and Society Requirement at this time, deciding to wait until February 1, 2008, to decide if such postponement is necessary. A decision regarding the requirement of BSC 301 for transfer students with more than 57 credits will be forthcoming.