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Center for the Advancement
of Teaching and Learning
215 Fairchild Hall
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
785-532-7828
University General Education: Programs
K-State undergraduates share a similar, but not necessarily the same, general education experience.
With the guidance of their academic advisors, students are encouraged to explore the diversity of
expertise at Kansas State University.
Each undergraduate college establishes
a program for University General Education. Use the UGE
Programs tab above to access descriptions of the UGE Program for each
undergraduate college at K-State.
These UGE programs meet
three conditions:
- An assurance that the college's University General Education
program provides breadth.
The provision for breadth introduces students to the excitement of learning for intrinsic, aesthetic,
political, social, practical, or personal reasons not necessarily connected to competence in a field of
study or to success in a career. Conceived as an ally to specialized study, UGE programs complement study
in depth by helping students to explore new and different explanations about the complexity, connectedness
and beauty of their world.
- Selection of at least eighteen credits from a pool of approved
University General Education courses/experiences.
The University General Education plan places a University-wide requirement of at least eighteen credits on each
undergraduate degree curriculum. Colleges, departments, and individual students may choose to extend general
education studies beyond the University's minimum requirement.
- Distribution of at least one-third of University General Education
credits at the upper division level (300 and above).
The University General Education plan encourages general education study across most, if not all, of the
undergraduate years. Thus, at least one-third of students' UGE programs must be upper division courses/experiences
approved for UGE credit.
