Individual Studies, A.S.
Major Code: 0688This program is also offered at the Norwich Campus.
The Individual Studies degree program provides flexible educational opportunities to students who are exploring their academic and career options or who have unique educational goals. Students are provided with academic advisement and career guidance that allows them to design an individualized plan of study. Students may take coursework in a variety of areas, including business, psychology, natural sciences, natural resources and renewable energy, criminal justice, computer information systems, agriculture, journalism, hospitality, the healthcare professions, and others.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Compose written texts and deliver oral presentations that effectively inform or persuade audiences.
- Apply critical thinking and creativity in various learning and community contexts.
- Discover, evaluate, and use information ethically and effectively across a variety of formats, including emerging technologies.
- Apply humanities methods critically and creatively to analyze and interpret meanings in texts, images, or artifacts.
- Apply scientific methods to explore and understand the natural world.
- Use mathematical models and methods to solve problems and interpret data.
- Explain how societal factors shape identity and analyze the impact of social structures on power and equity.
- Apply key concepts and methods from social sciences to analyze and interpret social phenomena.
SUNY General Education: All SUNY Morrisville AS degree programs require completion of at least 30 credits of SUNY GE, a minimum of seven (out of ten) knowledge and skills areas (including the four required knowledge and skills areas as indicated below), and completion of the two core competencies. The specific courses required within each knowledge and skills area/core competency for this degree program are outlined below.
Knowledge and Skills Areas:
| Field Name | Field Value |
|---|---|
| Communication Written & Oral (required) | COMM 105 |
| Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (required) | as advised |
| Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) (required) | as advised |
| Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) (required) | as advised |
| Humanities | COMP 102 |
| Social Sciences | as advised |
| The Arts | as advised |
| US History and Civic Engagement | as advised |
| World History and Global Awareness | as advised |
| World Languages | as advised |
Core Competencies:
| Field Name | Field Value |
|---|---|
| Critical Thinking and Reasoning (required) | COMM 105, COMP 102 |
| Information Literacy (required) | COMM 105 |
Curriculum Requirements
A minimum of 60 credits is required for degree completion.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 105 | Research & Communication | 3 |
| COMP 102 | Writing About Literature | 3 |
| SUNY General Education Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) as Advised | 3 | |
| SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) as Advised | 3 | |
| SUNY General Education Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning) and/or Mathematics (and Quantitative Reasoning) as Advised | 6 | |
| SUNY General Education Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice as Advised | 3 | |
| SUNY General Education courses in two or more of the following categories: Social Sciences, The Arts, US History & Civic Engagement, World History & Global Awareness or World Languages as Advised | 9 | |
| Additional Elective Credits | 30 | |
| Total Credits | 60 | |