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Explore, discover, and shape your future by building a foundation for success.

Sample courses from multiple fields, tailor your studies to your career goals, and build a strong foundation for transfer to a four-year program or other specialized pathways. Explore your interests and shape your future with this Liberal Arts program, offered on campus or online.

2 Years Associate of Science

Pioneer Quotes:

"The individual studies associates degree allows students to create their own major, make progress toward a degree we may not have here, or assist students in completing a degree if they have changed their mind a few times." -Dr. Kathleen Casey, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences

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PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

Length of Program:

2 years

Department:

Individual Studies Department

Academic Location:

Alfred Campus or Online

Student Residency:

Alfred Campus or Remote

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Program Details

Courses You May Take

ASDC1012: College and Life Skills*

Credits: 2

This course prompts students, who have struggled academically, to reflect, adjust and complete collegiate work successfully. In this course the student will learn strategies for: making use of campus resources; self-awareness and exploration; academic success; effective communication on a college campus; and management of time, health, and financial resources. Students will read and respond to articles, participate in class discussions, summarize topics verbally or in writing, and complete a summative project and presentation.

COMP1503: Writing Studies

Credits: 3

The purpose of Writing Studies is to equip students with rhetorical reading and writing skills necessary for college, the workplace, and beyond. Focusing on the negotiations between authors, texts, and media, students reflect on their own writing practices in context of course readings and independent research. Emphasis is on using instructor and peer feedback to develop effective writing habits, including pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading, and documenting sources.

IDST4102: Individual Studies Capstone

Credits: 2

In this course, students will investigate their concentration including current field entrance requirements, necessary skills and job opportunities. Students will create a capstone project demonstrating their skills and knowledge in their chosen concentration. Students will demonstrate their technology proficiency by creating an online portfolio. Students will identify their educational and career goals considering assessments related to their career interests, values, personality and personal strengths. Students will identify and investigate potential four-year transfer programs that will meet their educational and career pathway goals, utilizing information literacy skills. Students will explore the concept of citizenship through critical thinking and analyzing current challenges in their target work environment. Students will design and implement a proposal and plan that demonstrates critical thinking strategies and will promote positive civic outcomes.

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Entrance Requirements

Required

  • Algebra

Recommended

  • Geometry
  • Biology
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SKILLS YOU'LL LEARN

In individual studies, you choose your own path and tailor your studies to your interests and the job you have in mind. In addtion, you’ll strengthen writing and speaking skills while completing SUNY General Education courses. You’ll design a 15-credit concentration tailored to your career or transfer goals, practice critical thinking, and build research and computer skills, gaining a flexible academic foundation for future study or professional pathways.
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Facilities and Labs

Alfred State provides labs, equipment, and learning spaces that mirror the tools and technology used in the real world.


With 200+ labs on campus and experiential learning in every major, you’ll work with the same resources the pros use and be ready for the workplace on day one.

MEET OUR FACULTY

Kathleen C Ebert
Kathleen Casey, PhD Dean SAS
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TAKE THE NEXT STEP

You've seen our wide variety of majors at Alfred State, our great faculty who help you build your skills, and that you can do it at an incredible low cost. Now's the time to become an Alfred State Pioneer.

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