General Education Structure

These courses will require you to:

• Read and listen critically and analytically.
• Write clearly and coherently in varied academic formats.
• Demonstrate research skills.
• Develop strong argumentation skills.
• Formulate original ideas.

This course will require you to:

• Interpret quantitative representations (e.g. graphs, formulas).
• Use algebraic, numerical, graphical, or statistical methods.
• Translate problems from language to math.
• Effectively communicate answers to mathematical problems.
• Evaluate solutions to mathematical problems.
• Apply mathematical methods to problems in other fields of study.

This course will require you to:

• Identify and apply concepts and methods of science.
• Apply the scientific method to explore natural phenomena.
• Use scientific tools to carry out collaborative laboratory work.
• Gather, analyze, and interpret data in reports.
• Use research ethics and unbiased assessment.

This course will require you to do at least three of the following:

• Apply concepts and methods of a discipline or field to world cultures or global issues.
• Analyze and describe culture, globalization, or global diversity.
• Analyze the history of a non-U.S. society.
• Analyze a major movement that has shaped a non-U.S. society.
• Analyze the role of identity categories in a non-U.S. society.
• Speak, read, and write in a language other than English.

This course will require you to do at least three of the following:

• Apply concepts and methods of a discipline or field to U.S. experience in its diversity.
• Analyze and explain a major theme in U.S. history from multiple perspectives.
• Evaluate the impact of indigenous populations, slavery, or immigration on the U.S.
• Explain and evaluate the role of the U.S. in international relations.
• Identify, differentiate between, and analyze the influence of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government.
• Analyze and discuss U.S. society in terms of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, belief, etc.

This course will require you to do at least three of the following:

• Apply concepts and methods of a discipline or field to creative expression.
• Analyze and describe the significance of arts from diverse cultures of the past.
• Articulate how the arts/communications interpret and convey meaning and experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the skills involved in the creative process.
• Conduct research and communicate using appropriate technologies.

This course will require you to do at least three of the following:

• Apply concepts and methods of a discipline or field to exploring the relationship between individual and society.
• Examine how an individual’s place in society affects their experiences, values, or choices.
• Articulate and assess ethical views and their underlying premises.
• Articular ethical uses of data and other information to respond to problems and questions.
• Identify and analyze local/national/global trends or ideologies and their impact on individual/collective decision-making.

This course will require you to do at least three of the following:

• Apply concepts and methods of a field or discipline to exploring the scientific world.
• Demonstrate how problems can be analyzed and solved using tools of science, math, technology, or formal analysis.
• Articulate and evaluate the empirical evidence that supports a scientific or formal theory.
• Articulate and evaluate the impact of technologies and scientific discoveries on today’s world.
• Understand the scientific principles that underline science-related matters of policy or public concern.

All John Jay students who enter as freshmen in Fall 2013 or after need to take a Foreign Language (FL) 101 and 102 course unless exempted from those requirements. FL 101 (e.g. SPA 101, FRE 101, ITA 101, etc.) goes towards the Additional Flexible Core requirement.

Students who are exempt from the Foreign Language requirement may choose any course to fulfill the Additional Flexible Core category.

Exemptions: Students with prior knowledge of a Foreign Language can become exempt from the requirement by taking a placement examination and scoring high enough to place above the FL 102 (or 112) level. Those who place into the FL 102 (or 112) level will only need one semester of that language to fulfill the requirement.

This course will require you to:

• Describe your own relationship to significant issues of justice.
• Identify problems and propose solutions through evidence-based inquiry.
• Assess the effectiveness of your own role in collaborations with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrate effective planning and reflection to accomplish specific course outcomes.
• Engage with co-curricular activities (i.e. clubs, student activities, lectures, tutoring, academic advisement, community service) to develop academic goals and personal growth.

Choose ONE of the following:

Struggle for Justice and Equality in the U.S. will require you to:

• Develop an understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts of the struggles for justice in the United States.
• Analyze how struggles for justice have shaped U.S. society and culture.
• Differentiate multiple perspectives on the same subject.

OR

Justice in Global Perspective will require you to:

• Develop an understanding of the social, political, economic, and cultural contexts of the struggles for justice throughout the world.
• Analyze how struggles for justice have shaped societies and cultures throughout the world.
• Differentiate multiple perspectives on the same subject.

This course will require you to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of formative events, ideas or works in the arts, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences or social sciences.
• Analyze the significance of major developments in U.S. and World History.
• Differentiate multiple perspectives on the same subject.

This course will require you to:

• Express yourself clearly in one or more forms of communication, such as written, oral, visual, or aesthetic.
• Maintain self-awareness and critical distance.
• Work collaboratively.
• Listen, observe, analyze, and adapt messages in a variety of situations, cultural contexts, and target audiences in a diverse society.

All John Jay students who enter as freshmen in Fall 2013 or after need to take a Foreign Language (FL) 101 and 102 course unless exempted from those requirements. FL 102 (e.g. SPA 102, FRE 102, ITA 102, etc.) goes towards the Communications requirement.

Students who are exempt from the Foreign Language requirement may choose any course to fulfill the Communications category.

Exemptions: Students with prior knowledge of a Foreign Language can become exempt from the requirement by taking a placement examination and scoring high enough to place above the FL 102 (or 112) level. Those who place into the FL 102 (or 112) level will only need one semester of that language to fulfill the requirement.