Summary of University General Education Requirements
Students are responsible for one set of general education requirements depending on when (year) and how (freshman or transfer or readmit) they entered UB. The charts below provide helpful documentation for majors advised by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Office of Undergraduate Education.
UB's Full Catalog Text Outlining General Education Requirements:
http://undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu/undergraduateeducation/
Freshman: < 24 “transfer credits” at entry; does not include AP, IB, or A-Level credit
Transfer: 24 or more "transfer credits" at entry; does not include AP cr., IB, or A-Level credit
Engineering Majors (ASE, CE, CIE, CEN, EE, EGP, ENV, IE, ME)
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Year Entered |
Freshman |
Transfer |
Readmit |
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Fall 2002 & Later |
UB/SUNY General Education (with transfer ABET) |
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Fall 1999 – Spring 2002 |
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Fall 1995 – Spring 1999 |
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Computer Science Majors
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Year Entered |
Freshman |
Transfer |
Readmit |
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Fall 2002 & Later |
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Fall 1992 – Spring 2002 |
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Helpful Foreign Language information for computer science majors:
- Course Placement and Proficiency Exams: http://rll.buffalo.edu/programs/language_program/
- French and Spanish Proficiency Exam Dates: http://www.eng.buffalo.edu/requirements/ProfExamAd.pdf Students who need proficiency testing in Italian and Portuguese should contact the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at 645-2191 for further information.
- Students who need proficiency testing in German, Russian, Polish, Chinese, Japanese as well as other less commonly taught languages should contact the Department of Linguistics at 645-2177 for further information.