Pathways

Starting in Fall 2013, CUNY will implement the Pathways initiative across its undergraduate colleges. Pathways establishes a new system of general education requirements and new transfer guidelines across the University--and by doing so reinforces CUNY's educational excellence while easing student transfer between CUNY colleges. The centerpiece of this initiative is a 30-credit general education Common Core. Each CUNY college can require bachelor’s-degree students to take another 6 to 12 credits of general education through the College Option. Importantly, once fulfilled at one CUNY college, these general education credits will carry over seamlessly if a student transfers to another CUNY college. Pathways also aligns gateway courses for a number of popular majors.  Read More >>