Gen Ed Policies and Requirements

• General Education Requirements

Getting Help / Advisement

• Undergraduate Advising - If you have questions, this website offers a list of helpful links for students needing Undergraduate Academic Advisement. For more specific questions or degree help, they also offer specific links for all departmental advising services.
• College of Arts & Sciences Student Advisement - If you have questions or concerns that revolve around your individual schedule or the fulfillment of your requirements for graduation, the folks at the CAS Advisement Center are happy to be of assistance.

Schedule Planning Tools
The following tools and links will help you design your class schedule.

• Class Schedules Online
• Academic Calendar
• Registration Windows
• Tuition and Fees
• DARS-TAURUS
• Transfer Students & Transfer Credits

Bookstores
The University at Buffalo Gen Ed Faculty utilizes a host of stores and resources for ordering textbooks. The following stores are used by faculty across campus.

• Follett's University Bookstore - on North Campus
• Follett's Medical Bookstore - across from South Campus
• The College Store - Maple Road (Amherst)
• Talking Leaves - located on Main St and on Elmwood

UGC Learning Tools

• Library Guide for World Civilizations: Prehistory to 1500 - This guide lists sources which will help you begin research relevant to your World Civilizations course (UGC 111) in the University at Buffalo Undergraduate Library (UGL) and on the World Wide Web.
• Library Guide World Civilizations: 1500 to Present - This guide lists sources which will help you begin research relevant to your World Civilizations course (UGC 112) in the University at Buffalo Undergraduate Library (UGL) and on the World Wide Web.
• American Pluralism Library Resources
  This page links to databases in which you may search for articles from scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers, relevant to topics covered in American Pluralism.
  You may also browse the following guides that include call numbers for pertinent books, BISON catalog searching techniques, and web sites:
  
  • American Pluralism
  • African American Studies
  • Asian-Pacific Americans
  • Ethnography
  • Native American Studies
  • Religious Studies
  Please direct any questions on library resources in American Pluralism to Tiffany Wlash. She can be reached at trwalsh2@buffalo.edu, or 645-2944 ext. 244.
• Research and Writing Tools For Students - the libraries and the .etc. helped assemble a very helpful set of resources for students. Visit this area for very helpful research tools and assistance.

Selecting and Registering for UGC Courses

• Policies and Procedures for Exception Registration in UGC courses
• Current Course Listings (Section, Registration Numbers, Instructors, Times and Locations)
• Current Course Descriptions - this area has specific descriptions of course requirements, course material, and topics covered in UGC course sections.
• Course Syllabi - check out syllabi from past General Education Courses
• Waiting List Information Currently, there are enough open seats for all potential registrants. We do not force any students in General Education courses. If there is a true need for a seat, please talk to an advisor in the Arts and Sciences Advising and Student Services Center in 275 Park Hall. An alternative is to take a Gen Ed course over the summer.