• The SUNY General Education Course Plan is not a requirement to graduate from SCCC. • Students intending to transfer to non-SUNY institutions with different general education requirements should consult with their advisors. Students who do not intend to complete a minimum of seven (7) knowledge and skill area courses are required to sign a SUNY General Education Waiver Form, available from the Registrar’s Office (Elston Hall, Room 212) or from the Advisement Center (Elston Hall, Room 223).
SUNY General Education Requirement Knowledge and Skill Areas A minimum of one course from seven of ten different knowledge and skill areas needs to be completed. Mathematics - MAT 145; MAT 147; MAT 149; MAT 160; MAT 167; MAT 180 Natural Sciences - AST 123; AST 125; AST 127; BIO 111; BIO 112; BIO 115; BIO 141; BIO 151; CHM 113; CHM 115; CHM 121; ENV 100; GEO 143; GEO 145; GHY 121; NMT 150; PHY 106; PHY 120; PHY 121; PHY 153; PHY 221 Social Sciences - ANT 121; ANT 135; ECO 211; ECO 221; ECO 223; POL 123; POL 125; PSY 121; SOC 121; SOC 122 American History - HIS 223; HIS 227; HIS 229 Western Civilization - HIS 125; HIS 127 Other World Civilizations - HIS 150; HIS 232; HIS 234; HIS 235; HIS 237 Humanities - ENG 124; HON 124 Arts - ART 127**; ART 128**; ART 133; ART 135; DRA 123; DRA 133**; DRA 143; DRA 181; MUS 115; MUS 121; MUS 127; MUS 131; MUS 147**; MUS 257 Foreign Languages - ASL 121*; ASL 122*; FRE 121; FRE 122; ITA 121; ITA 122; SPA 121; SPA 122 Basic Communication - ENG 123 * Applies to Human Services and Teacher Education Transfer programs. ** Not acceptable as a Humanities or Liberal Arts Elective.
Accreditations Schenectady County Community College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. The College is also an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music. The Paralegal program is approved by the American Bar Association. The Culinary Arts A.O.S. degree program is approved by the American Culinary Federation. The Early Childhood A.A.S. and Certificate programs are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Student Body Profile The student body of SCCC is diverse in gender, ethnicity, age and area of residence. Students come to SCCC with backgrounds ranging from those who have not completed high school to advanced degree holders. Their goals are diverse as well. Over 75% of students are working on a degree with plans to transfer to a four-year institution after graduation, or taking courses to upgrade their job skills or enter the workforce. Many students are employed while they attend classes and many are parents. Enrollment is split between full-time (59%) and part-time (41%) students. Within these two areas there is a greatly diverse population of students. Based on enrollment statistics from the Fall 2011 semester, 51% of full-time and 63% of part-time students are female. The average age of full-time students is 25 years old and the average age of part-time students is 30 years old. In the Fall 2011 semester, students from racial and ethnic minorities comprised 22% of the full-time student population and 15% of the part-time student population. The SCCC African American population represented 15% of the full-time and 11% of the part-time student body. Hispanic students represented 4% of the full-time and 4% of the part-time student body. The majority of students (58%) are residents of Schenectady County. The remainder are from the Capital District (35%) and other areas of New York and other states (7%). In addition to these students who take courses on campus and through the distance learning network, over 2,200 area high school students earned college credit for courses offered by SCCC in their high schools. The diversity of educational and life experiences that students bring to SCCC results in a richness of viewpoints that provides opportunity for dynamic exchange. SCCC strives to provide programs and services to facilitate that experience for all.
An Integral Part of the Community As stated in the College mission, SCCC strives to meet the educational needs of its local and surrounding communities. The College seeks input from a variety of advisory committees, provides programming through the Division of Academic Affairs and the Office of Workforce Development, and endeavors to reach all segments of the community through a variety of avenues, including the SUNY College and Career Counseling Center, administered by SCCC and located in Schenectady.
SUNY College and Career Counseling Center The SUNY College and Career Counseling Center at Schenectady, located at 120 Emmons St., Schenectady, N.Y., 12304, is designed to provide counseling and referral services to those persons in the community interested in making decisions about their educational and career goals. The Center provides an awareness of the various educational and employment training resources that exist in the Capital Region and elsewhere in New York state and offers assistance to those economically disadvantaged persons interested in applying for college admission, securing financial aid and/or pursuing employment
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