Contacts:
Information For:
Center for the Advancement
of Teaching and Learning
215 Fairchild Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7828
Welcome
to University General Education
The University General Education
program strives to help students widen their perspectives and explore the
relationships among various subjects. The main purpose of University General Education programs is to encourage active learning and critical thinking as well as
to broaden students' learning beyond their fields of study.
Students and advisors should know a few things
about UGE:
- UGE means University General Education.
- Students have the ultimate responsibility to
meet their program's UGE requirements.
- Students should consult their advisors. To receive an undergraduate
degree from KSU, each college requires that students complete UGE courses
as part of their programs of study.
- Each undergraduate college establishes a UGE
program with a provision for breadth of study to
help students explore new, different explanations
about their world.
- Most students will need 18 hours of UGE credit; at least 6 hours of
UGE credit must be at the
300 level
or higher. Requirements for transfer students vary,
so
consult your advisor.
- UGE courses are designed with the non-major in mind,
and are to provide
an active learning environment,
experiential context for what is being studied, and an
opportunity for students to connect ideas.
- The Annotated List of
UGE courses is published online. Not all
courses are offered each semester. Consult the course schedule.
- UGE courses are designated by a diamond before the course
number in the online Course Schedule and are noted as a UGE
course in
the online Undergraduate
Catalog.
- Students may be asked to complete a UGE
course evaluation
to assess how well the course meets the
UGE goals.
