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General Education and Basic Skills

The General Education Foundation at BUF was developed to ensure that all students acquire broad general knowledge deemed important for students in associate and baccalaureate programs and was designed to provide foundational knowledge necessary for the achievement of learning at higher levels. The ability to read, write, and use basic computational skills greatly affects all learning. To assist students in acquiring proficiency in these skills early in their collegiate academic careers, the following rules apply to all regularly enrolled students taking more than three semester hours.

1. Students must complete the English and math requirements of the General Education Foundation by the semester in which they earn their 60th hour of college credit. All other general education courses must be complete by the semester in which students earn their 80th hour of college credit.
2. English courses should begin the first semester students enroll at BUF and continue without interruption until both composition courses are completed (ENG 151 and 152). A literature option must be completed by the semester in which the 60th hour of college credit is earned (except for those students who take ENG 100, whose literature course may be delayed by the number of semesters they are involved with these courses).
3. Students whose placement tests scores reveal a deficiency in reading and/or grammar should enroll in ENG 100 in their first semester as advised by the Registrar’s Office and School of Arts & Sciences. Students deficient in math skills should take MA 110 and continue with other math courses in the prescribed progression until completing the required math course for their degree or major. Students are permitted to make vertical transfers during the drop and add period without financial or academic penalty on the basis of testing, recommendation of the faculty member, and approval of the Chair of the School of Arts & Sciences.
4. Students majoring in programs requiring MA 130 must enroll no later than the second semester of their sophomore year.
5. Students majoring in Elementary Education or History and Social Studies Secondary Education (including transfer students) must take and pass all parts of the General Knowledge Test (GKT) of the FTCE before registering as upper school students.