Ive heard that the Honors College curriculum essentially replaces the DEC. What is the DEC?
To graduate from the university, you need to do two things: complete the requirements for your chosen major (as determined by the faculty of that department), and satisfy an additional set of university requirements that are unrelated to your major. At Stony Brook, those university requirements are called the DEC (Diversified Education Curriculum). The DEC includes categories of courses covering the full range of the academic disciplines offered at the university. With a few exceptions, the Honors College curriculum replaces all of the requirements of the DEC.
