GE Transcript Addendum FAQ

The GETA must include the following content in the header or top portion of the document. Please review the GETA templates to see examples.

• Source college name and address.
• Date printed or issued.
• The uniform title, “SUNY General Education Transcript Addendum”.
• Student name and ID (“Record Of”) as permitted by campus policy and FERPA.
• Name of the receiver (“Issued To”) with mailing address or electronic address.
• The general education requirement catalog year or term only if it is not included in 
  the requirement display.

For clarity, the following text is strongly recommended for inclusion. Ideally, this should be placed below the header and student identification.

"This Transcript Addendum reflects SUNY General Education Requirements that have been met. This addendum is official only if accompanied by an official transcript in a sealed envelope or if it contains the signature of the Registrar and/or College Seal."

A columnar display of requirements is used on the GETA for uniformity and clarity. Columns should be provided in the following order for ease of reading and interpretation. Please review the GETA templates to see examples.

Met: Met/Not Met Status ("Yes/No", "Y/N", or "Met/Not Met").
Category: The category name of the general education requirement.
Term: The requirement completion term or semester.
Grade: The earned grade in a course. For non-course fulfillment, this may be blank, or other indicators may be used (e.g., "TR" may indicate transfer credit).
Credits: Earned credit hours (where applicable).

Example:

Campuses may optionally group general education requirements with explanatory headers for clarity where it is practical. Example:

If grouping is not utilized to identify required courses and categories, campuses should indicate that the category is required by including a comment in the description of the category. Example:

Please review the GETA templates to see additional examples.

All general education requirements applicable to the student should be listed on the GETA with a Yes/No or Met/Unmet indicator. This helps students and receiving campuses easily determine outstanding requirements.

Example:

Yes. Critical Thinking and Reasoning and Information Literacy core competencies must be recorded on the GETA. Core competencies do not count toward the credit requirement for the General Education framework unless the course is approved as meeting a knowledge and skills area, and the course is applied to that area.

Due to differences in printing and electronic generation capabilities, campuses may produce the GETA in either portrait or landscape orientation.

Campuses are not required to utilize a numbering schema when listing general education requirements. However, it is strongly encouraged that requirements be listed in the following order for ease of reading and interpretation.

1. Communication: Written (Required)
2. Communication: Oral (Required)
3. Diversity: Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice (Required)
4. Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning (Required)
5. Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning (Required)
6. Humanities (3 of 6 Required)
7. Social Sciences (3 of 6 Required)
8. The Arts (3 of 6 Required)
9. US History and Civic Engagement (3 of 6 Required)
10. World History and Global Awareness (3 of 6 Required)
11. World Languages (3 of 6 Required)
12. Critical Thinking and Reasoning (Required Core Competency)
13. Information Literacy (Required Core Competency)

The Communication category may be met either by one course that meets all student learning outcomes for this category, or by two courses for which one meets the Oral Communication student learning outcomes and the other meets the Written Communication student learning outcomes. Since most campuses utilize two courses to fulfill these requirements, it is suggested that campuses list separate entries for the Oral and Written requirements on their GETA.

• If two courses are required - and each course is designed foundationally as a communication course - full credits for each course may count toward the general education credit requirement. This is the only category for which this is the case. A distinct course will be listed for the Oral and Written requirements on the GETA.
• If a student completes both requirements with one course, the single course credits may only count once, but that course may be listed twice for the Oral and Written requirements.

Yes. Campuses are permitted and encouraged to issue an electronic GETA (PDF) to students and other campuses where they are producing electronic transcripts. Any GETA electronic process should conform to existing security and identification standards in place for transcripts.