Gateway Courses

Pathways Gateway Courses into Majors

Biology

*CUNY colleges differ in the sequencing of their two Introductory Biology courses. A faculty committee outlined topics to be covered in each course. One course will cover Cellular and Molecular Biology, while the other course will cover Organismic Biology. The order in which the sequence is offered is to be left to the discretion of each college.

Business

*Each college with a Business major will offer “Introduction to Microeconomics” or “Introduction to Macroeconomics,” with some colleges offering both courses. Colleges that currently require only one of these courses will accept either course as fulfilling an incoming transfer student’s gateway requirement.

Economics

English

**Pending approval of the College of Staten Island English Department
*“Introduction to Literature” includes three options, of which each college would adopt only one: “Introduction to World Literature,” “Introduction to Writing about Literature,” or “Introduction to English, American, or Anglophone Literature.”

Nursing

Psychology

*The Psychology major committee recommended the following: “Introduction to Psychology;” either “Abnormal Psychology” or “Personality Psychology;” either “Child Development” or “Lifespan Development.” The committee noted that some colleges offer both “Abnormal Psychology” and “Personality Psychology,” and some colleges offer both “Child Development” and “Lifespan Development.” In these cases a college may accept both courses toward the major.

Political Science

*Each college with a Political Science major will offer at least three of these courses and will accept any of these four courses for credit toward major requirements.

Sociology

** SOC 100 and ANT 100 are offered at the College of Staten Island but these courses do not count towards the Sociology/Anthropology major. They may be used to satisfy general education requirements.
*The Sociology major committee identified three areas: “Introduction to Sociology,” “Social Institutions,” and “Social Inequality.” Each college with a Sociology major will offer either one course in each of the three areas, or will offer two courses in one area and one course in another area. No more than one course may be placed in the Introduction to Sociology area. 

Teacher Education

*We do offer EDC 360 Workshop in Social Studies and EDE 302 Social Studies, Art, and Reading and Language Arts in Elementary School, both of which have components of Art in the curriculum but are not exclusively nor even primarily “Arts and Education” courses.