Information for Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Students
Thanks for your interest in transferring to Geneseo! Please contact the sociomedical sciences major coordinator (Dr. Jennifer Guzmán, guzman@geneseo.edu) with any questions about the major. Questions about transfer admissions can be directed to Justine Rumbel (jrumbel@geneseo.edu, 585-245-5571).
Please note that a maximum of 90 semester hours from another college (and only 60 of which can be from a two-year institution) may be applied toward the baccalaureate degree requirements at Geneseo.
Students who have completed an associate’s degree will have satisfied all of Geneseo’s general education requirements. For questions on how your courses will transfer to fulfill general education requirements if you haven’t completed your associate’s degree, contact Geneseo’s Office of Academic Planning and Advising (advising@geneseo.edu).
Specific Community College Guides
The bottom of this page contains general course transfer information for sociomedical sciences transfer students, but we also have guides that are specific to area community colleges. If you are transferring from any of the colleges below, please click the link to see the guide for your college.
- Corning Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
- Finger Lakes Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
- Erie Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
- Genesee Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
- Monroe Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
- Suffolk Community College Sociomedical Sciences Transfer Guide(PDF)
Sociomedial Sciences Transfer Student Guide
Note that general education requirements are not listed below, only requirements for the sociomedical sciences major. In the right hand column is a list of courses typically offered at all two-year and four-year colleges. There may be additional courses offered at your previous college that will transfer over to the major; consult with the Office of Advising (advising@geneseo.edu) or email the coordinator of the sociomedical sciences program (guzman@geneseo.edu) to find out which courses will transfer towards the major.
Transferring Course Credit
Foundation Courses
(Take all four courses)
| Geneseo Sociomedical Sciences Major Required Course | Equivalent Course at Your College |
|---|---|
| ANTH 202 Nutrition, Disease, and Health | 200-level or higher Global Health course at your college or Take at Geneseo in your first semester |
| SOCL 213 Sociology of Medicine | 200-level or higher Medical Sociology or Sociology of Health and Illness at your college or Take at Geneseo in your first semester |
| ANTH 302 Medical Anthropology | Take at Geneseo in spring of junior year |
| ANTH 306 Human Growth & Development | Take at Geneseo in spring of senior year |
Related Requirements
(Complete all these requirements)
| Geneseo Sociomedical Sciences Major Requirement | Equivalent Course at Your College |
|---|---|
| BIOL 117 General Biology and lab (BIOL 118 or 120) or BIOL 103 Human Biology and lab (BIOL 104) | General Biology I w/ lab or Human Biology w/ lab |
| Statistics course (MATH 242, 262; PSYC 250; SOCL 211) | 200-level Statistics course |
| INTD 275 Information Information Research Strategies | Take at Geneseo in your first semester |
Exploratory Electives: Complementary Courses
(Take 1-2 of these courses for the major. Note that if you have taken more than two of these courses they can be applied as elective courses to your degree completion)
| Geneseo Sociomedical Sciences Complementary Electives | Equivalent Course at Your College |
|---|---|
| ACCT 102 Intro to Financial Accounting | ACC Financial Accounting |
| ACCT 103 Intro to Managerial Accounting | ACC Managerial Accounting |
| ANTH 100 Intro to Cultural Anthropology | ANT Cultural Anthropology |
| ANTH 105 Intro to Biological Anthro | ANT Biological Anthropology |
| ECON 110 Intro to Microeconomics | ECO Microeconomics |
| GEOG 101 Human Geography | GEO Human Geography or GEO World Geography |
| History 100- and 200-level courses | History courses focused on Indigenous or Native American peoples and/or people from outside of Western Europe. |
| PLSC 1TR State and Local Politics and Government | POL State and Local Politics and Government |
| PLSC 110 American Politics | POL American Politics |
| PLSC 140 International Relations | POL World Politics or POL International Relations |
| PLSC 120 Comparative Politics | POL Comparative Politics |
| PSYC 100 Intro to Psychology | PSY Intro to Psychology |
| PSYC 2TR Social Psychology | PSY Social Psychology |
| SOCL 100 Intro to Sociology | SOC Intro to Sociology |
| SOCL 102 Intro to Social Problems and Public Policy | SOC Social Problems |
| SOCL 1TR or 2TR Sociology of Gender | SOC or WGS Sex and Gender or Gender and Society |
| SOCL 1TR or 2TR Race and Ethnicity | SOC Race and Ethnicity |
Exploratory Electives: Core Courses
(Take 5 to 6 of these courses from 3 different prefixes, with at least 8 credits at the 300-level) For example: BIOL 119, PSYC 268, ANTH 238, ANTH 313, BIOL 318.
| Geneseo Sociomedical Sciences Major Core Elective | Equivalent Course at Your College |
|---|---|
| BIOL 119 General Biology II | BIO General Biology II |
| BIOL 210 Nutrition | BIO Nutrition |
| BIOL 222 Genetics | BIO Genetics |
| BIOL 2TR Microbiology | BIO Microbiology |
| BIOL 2TR Anatomy & Physiology I | BIO Anatomy & Physiology I |
| BIOL 2TR Anatomy & Physiology II | BIO Anatomy & Physiology II |
| PHIL 226 Medicine & Morality | PHL Biomedical Ethics |
| PSYC 260 Abnormal Psychology | PSY Abnormal Psychology |
| PSYC 268 Health Psychology | PSY Health Psychology |
| ANTH 238: Ethnomedicine in Latin America and the Caribbean | Check to see if this course is offered at your college. |
| ANTH 311 Language of Healing | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 313 Global Health Issues | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 317 Human Osteology | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 322 Anthropology of the Borderlands | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 326 Race, Racism and Antiracism in the Americas | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 336 Forensic Anthropology | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ANTH 343 Cross Cultural Perspectives on Women’s Health | Check to see if this course is offered |
| BIOL 318 Health and the Developing World | Check to see if this course is offered |
| BIOL 344 Biology and Global Health in Ghana | Only available at Geneseo |
| ECON 346 Health Economics | Check to see if this course is offered |
| ENGL 427 Literary Representations of Disability | Check to see if this course is offered |
| HIST 275 Global History of Sexual Science | Check to see if this course is offered |
| INTD 207 Interdisciplinary Disability Studies | Check to see if this course is offered |
| PHIL 235 Philosophy of Biology | Check to see if this course is offered |
| PSYC 278 Psychology of Happiness | Check to see if this course is offered |
| PSYC 280 Sport and Exercise Psychology | Check to see if this course is offered |
| PSYC 385 Cross-cultural Psychology | Check to see if this course is offered |
| SOCL 314 Illness, Self, and Society | Check to see if this course is offered |
| SOCL 358 Sociology of Emotions | Check to see if this course is offered |
Capstone Experience
(Complete one capstone experience from the two options below)
| Geneseo Sociomedical Sciences Major Core Elective | Equivalent Course at Your College |
|---|---|
| ANTH 402 Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Research or ANTH 495 Sociomedical Sciences Capstone Internship | Complete in Fall of your last year at Geneseo. |