Mercy College

Dobs Ferry, NY

Mercy College says that "the General Education Curriculum has two distinct but interrelated purposes. First, it is designed to insure that students have a certain breadth of knowledge... Second, the General Education Curriculum is designed to insure that students develop the basic competencies that support continued growth and achievement in careers and in the professions." [Source]

General Education Requirements

  • 1. Composition

    YES

  • 2. Literature

    YES

  • 3. Foreign Language

    NO

  • 4. U.S. Government or History

    NO

  • 5. Economics

    NO

  • 6. Mathematics

    YES

  • 7. Science

    YES

B

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