Beyond the specific requirements of their degree programs, City Tech students experience our signature General Education Common Core that encompasses the knowledge, skills, and values determined by the faculty to be essential for success in every degree program. Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, and integrated into every major, Gen Ed at City Tech inspires students to make connections across disciplinary lines and enriches their understanding of the moral, civic, and creative dimensions of life. It is the foundation for our hallmark technological and professional programs of study.

City Tech's General Education Common Core enables students to meet CUNY’s Pathways requirements while also meeting the degree requirements of their programs. The requirements include specific classes, categories of classes, and overall requirements which vary by degree. You can find a searchable, sortable list of all of City Tech’s general education classes here: http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/advisement/liberal-arts-sciences.aspx.

Pathways Requirements

Pathways is the name of CUNY's general education categories that reinforce educational excellence while easing student transfer between CUNY colleges. The requirements under the Pathways Initiative apply to all new students, first-year and transfers, and to students readmitted after an absence longer than two semesters.

Note: Students who began taking courses before Fall 2013 and who are returning after an absence of more than one semester may consider it preferable to remain with the graduation and general education requirements in place at the time they first enrolled. To request permission to do so, please fill out the "Change of Catalog Year" form and follow all instructions. Cases will be decided individually, based on major and requirements.

Double Duty Courses

Frequently, a course that is required for a major, like MAT 1275 College Algebra and Trigonometry or ECON 1101 Macroeconomics, will also satisfy a general education category. In that case, depending on the degree, students may be able to take additional electives.

How Credits Transfer

An important aspect of Pathways is to facilitate transfer among the institutions of CUNY. Here are the transfer guidelines established by the Pathways Initiative.

• Courses passed for credit at any CUNY college will transfer for credit at any other CUNY college.
• Courses that fulfill a Required Common Core requirement at any CUNY college will transfer for Required Common Core credit at any other CUNY college.
• Courses that fulfill a Flexible Common Core requirement at any CUNY college will transfer for Flexible Common Core credit at any other CUNY college.
• Courses that fulfill a College Option requirement at any CUNY college will transfer for College Option credit at any other CUNY college.
• Courses that are designated as "Gateway" courses into a major will transfer for major credit at any other CUNY college that offers the major.

If you want to appeal the Pathways category of a transferred course, please fill out the the "Transfer Appeal Form" and send it to email transfercreditappeal@citytech.cuny.edu. If this appeal does not resolve the issue, you can appeal directly to CUNY by clicking here.

Writing Intensive Credit for Transfer Students:

• Students with a prior associate degree or 60 or more credits from an accredited institution will be given credit for two WI courses.
• Students with a prior baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution will be given credit for all four WI courses.
• Students who want to have courses taken at another college evaluated individually for WI credit should make a request via the Transfer Office (please make sure to have a course description and a course outline or syllabus as supporting evidence that the course is writing intensive).