University at Buffalo (UB)
Preparing you for a diverse and dynamic world.
Holistic learning through courses in diversity, writing, math and sciences prepare you for a world in which these skills are the foundation for success, wherever life takes you.
Communication Literacy is a two-course writing sequence recognizing that you communicate in a diverse world that is textual, digital, and highly visual. The first course establishes strong foundations in writing, rhetoric, and oral and visual communication, while developing strategies to organize, evaluate and manage enormous quantities of information. The second course adopts a “writing in the disciplines” model that transmits the skills required to develop a professional voice through opportunities to write on substantive issues arising from the major.
ENG 105 is approved to meet Communication Literacy 1 (CL1). The course features at least one assignment with a visual/digital component, at least one oral presentation, and a final portfolio of revised work from the course.
Communication Literacy 2 (CL2) is taught within the disciplines, providing you with a range of choices for competing the second course of the Communication Literacy sequence. Some majors require students to take a specific CL2 course as part of their major requirements. Please consult your program requirements.
For an approved list of CL2 courses visit the Undergraduate Catalog.
This course provides a basis for you to develop skills in mathematical and quantitative literacy, especially those skills that apply to issues arising in everyday life.
For an approved list of MQR courses visit the Undergraduate Catalog .
This interdisciplinary sequence promotes scientific literacy through a basic understanding of the sciences covered, along with an active exploration of how scientific discoveries are made, how they are subject to forms of manipulation, how they have impacted society in the short and longer terms, and their ethical and cultural implications. Students complete a minimum of 2 courses totaling at least 7 credits, including a lab.
For an approved list of SLI courses visit the Undergraduate Catalog.
Cultural competence is a foundational skill that every student should be able to demonstrate prior to graduation. As such, Diversity in the United States courses serve to equip you with the cultural knowledge and awareness necessary to live, work and create with the diverse groups that characterize the United States.
This requirement will be satisfied within the Pathways.