Planning a Program
Lower tier: Students must complete nine lower-tier courses (27 credits), one from each lower-tier box in the chart on this page. Lower-tier courses may be taken at any time, although students are strongly encouraged to complete them in their first two years.Certain courses taken at Brooklyn College can substitute for some lower-tier core courses, as listed below:
- CORC 1110: Any two courses from Classics 3200, 3220, 3221, 3222, 3224, 3230, 3231, or 3233.
- CORC 1130: Music 3247, 3249W.
- CORC 1210: One course from Philosophy 3111, 3113, 3112, 3114, 3121, 3122, 3123, 3130; and one course from Philosophy 3306, 3305, 3805, 3703, 3704, 3501, 3320, 3410, 3401, 3420; or completion of a major in philosophy.
- CORC 1311 or 1312: Mathematics 1001, 1011, 1026, 1201, 1206, 1211, 1701, 1711, 1716, 2006, 2011W, 2201, 2208, 2501, 2601, 2701, 2706, 3501, 3601, 4111, 4401, 4501, 4506, 4511, 4521, 4406, 4601, 4701, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004; or Computer and Information Science 1000 or 1110.
- CORC 1321 or 1322: Chemistry 1100, 2050, or 1040; or Biology 1080, 1081, 1001, 1002, or 2073.
- CORC 1331 or 1332: Physics 1100, 1111, 1150, or 1190; or Geology 1100 or 1200.
The following grids are available to give you a general overview of the Core curriculum and to assist you with your course planning:
- Core Requirements
- General overview of the Core curriculum requirements.
- Equivalencies with Previous Core Courses
- For students that entered prior to Fall 2006: equivalencies between courses from the pre-2006 Core curriculum and current Core courses.
- Core Transfer Student Requirements
- Summary of the Core curriculum requirements for transfer students with an AA or AS degree from a domestic college. Note that transfer students admitted prior to Fall 2006 with an AA or AS degree only need one upper tier core course. Transfer students admitted after Fall 2006 are required to complete the two upper tier core courses.