The number of College Option credits is 6 to 12, depending on whether a student transferred into the college and, if so, how many credits he or she had at the time of transfer.
As a central part of the new curriculum, each senior CUNY college offers special courses relevant to its particular mission. SPS’s College Option Core is the heart of our General Education curriculum, with courses designed to focus on digital literacy, writing, critical thinking, and quantitative reasoning.
To find out how many College Option credits you might need, see the requirements for different kinds of students below:

student type	college option credits required
CUNY Associate —> CUNY Bachelor’s Students who transfer from a CUNY associate to a CUNY bachelor’s degree program	Earned Associate Degree 6 College Option credits required Earned More than 30 Credits 9 College Option credits required Earned 30 or Fewer Credits 12 College Option credits required
Non-CUNY Associate —> CUNY Bachelor’s Students transferring to CUNY from non-CUNY colleges	Earned Associate Degree 6 College Option credits required Earned More than 30 Credits 9 College Option credits required Earned 30 or Fewer Credits 12 College Option credits required. A transfer student’s CUNY college will decide whether any courses taken at the original college fulfill the College Option requirements.
CUNY Bachelor’s Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree at one CUNY college (without transferring)	12 College Option credits required (specified by their college).
CUNY Bachelor’s —> CUNY Bachelor’s Students who transfer between CUNY bachelor’s degree programs	12 College Option credits are required; HOWEVER, students can transfer the College Option credits they earn in a bachelor’s degree program at one CUNY college toward their College Option requirement at any other CUNY college.
Non-CUNY Bachelor’s —> CUNY Bachelor’s Students transferring to CUNY from non-CUNY colleges	12 College Option credits required. A transfer student’s CUNY college will decide whether courses taken at the original college fulfill any of the College Option requirements.
Second Bachelor’s Degree Students Students with earned bachelor’s degrees from institutions that are accredited and recognized by a regional accrediting U.S. agency, as well as students from international universities with degrees that are equivalent to a baccalaureate degree as determined by CUNY	No College Option credits required; these students are deemed to have automatically fulfilled the College Option.

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