CUNY Common Core/Pathways

The CUNY Common Core/Pathways affects all Fall 2013 entering students and many continuing students; it also affects the transfer process.

When will the CUNY Common Core/Pathways take effect?
The CUNY Common Core/Pathways applies to every student entering Kingsborough in Fall 2013 and after.  

How does the CUNY Common Core/Pathways apply to you?
If you are entering Kingsborough in Fall 2013 or after, you will complete the CUNY Common Core. Continuing students who entered Kingsborough before Fall 2013 may opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways OR complete their existing degree requirements. Use the following chart to help you figure out how the CUNY Common Core/Pathways will affect you:

If you have:	you will:
0 14 credits	consult your advisor about opting in to the CUNY Common Core.
15 30 credits (as a continuing student)	choose to complete your existing degree requirements OR opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways. Students who wish to opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways must meet with an academic advisor to make sure opting in is the most efficient route to your degree completion. All continuing students who do not opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways are required to complete the existing degree requirements for their major. Please note that students who opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways may not change back to their previous degree requirements.
31 or more credits	complete your existing degree requirements.
Any number of credits and are a re-admit	meet with an academic advisor to decide if you should opt in or complete your existing degree requirements.

What if you want to change your major?
If you entered Kingsborough before Fall 2013 and plan to change your major, you may choose to opt in to the CUNY Common Core/Pathways or complete your existing degree requirements. Please discuss this decision with your advisor before you complete the Change of Major form, found in the Office of the Registrar (A-101).

How will the CUNY Common Core/Pathways affect your degree?
To find out how the CUNY Common Core/Pathways affects your degree program, select your major below:

To find out how the CUNY Common Core/Pathways affects your degree program, select your major

Transferring

How does CUNY Common Core/Pathways affect your transfer to a CUNY senior college?
Once you fulfill a Core requirement at one CUNY college, these general education credits will fulfill the same Core category when you transfer to another CUNY college. For example, if you pass BIO 1 at Kingsborough, it will satisfy the Core requirement for Life and Physical Sciences; therefore, if you transfer to Brooklyn College, your Life and Physical Sciences category will be fulfilled.

If you complete the CUNY Common Core, do you need more general education requirements when you transfer to a CUNY senior college?
Students who complete the CUNY Common Core and transfer into a bachelor's degree program are required to take 6 to 12 additional credits of general education. This is called the College Option. The number of College Option credits you ll need to complete is as follows:

• Earned Associate Degree:  6 College Option credits required
• Earned more than 30 transfer credits:  9 College Option credits required
• Earned 30 or fewer transfer credits:  12 College Option credits required

What about transferring to a non-CUNY college or university?
The CUNY Common Core/Pathways refers to CUNY colleges only. However, Kingsborough Community College has many articulation agreements with institutions outside of CUNY, which help ensure a smooth transfer process.  Click for more information on transfer opportunities at SUNY and private institutions.

For more information about transferring, please visit Kingsborough's Transfer Success Center (M-101).