Christopher Culbertson, Dean
Scott Tanona, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Vacant, Associate Dean for Research
Melinda Cro, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Kimathi Choma, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention

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www.k-state.edu/artsci

The College of Arts and Sciences is the home of a wide range of disciplines across the arts and humanities, the social sciences, and the natural and quantitative sciences. These areas embody the core studies of a university education.

Majors in the college gain a broad-based, liberal education that provides a range of knowledge and skills, opportunities for combining areas of study, and flexibility for their future. An Arts & Sciences education seeks to develop intellectual skills such as critical analysis, effective communication, and creativity. Majors offered by the college prepare students in a variety of ways, providing skills for specific professions, involvement in cutting-edge research, training for graduate or professional school, general readiness for a variety of careers, or experience in an interdisciplinary study across a range of disciplines.

Click on any of the following links for information:

• University Degree Requirements
• College of Arts & Sciences basic requirements
• Additional Requirements for the BA
• Additional Requirements for the BS 
• Requirements for the BFA, BM, and BME 
• Dual Degree BA or BS
• International Studies Overlay
• U.S. Multicultural Overlay
• Student Success
• Programs, Degrees, Majors, Secondary Majors, and Minors
• College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Programs

 

University Degree Requirements

At least 120 credit hours are required for graduation.

Courses numbered below 100 may not be applied toward a degree. In addition to the university’s limit on credits for extracurricular work, no more than 4 credit hours in lifetime sports and exercise activity classes may be applied toward a degree.

Common degree requirements

(Three courses, 8 credit hours minimum)

Purpose: to give students practice in oral presentation and in writing and analyzing expository and argumentative prose.

Course	Course Title	Credit hours
ENGL 100	Expository Writing I	3
ENGL 200	Expository Writing II	3
COMM 105   or	Public Speaking IA or	2
COMM 106	Public Speaking I	3

K-State 8

The K-State 8 helps ensure that all K-State students gain educational exposure in various thematic areas: General Education: K-State 8.

College of Arts and Sciences Basic Requirements

The aim of these requirements is to provide breadth in the major areas of knowledge outside of the student’s field of specialization. Introductory and intermediate-level courses are available in departments in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Basic requirements are to be fulfilled with courses chosen by students in consultation with their advisor. The requirement in the humanities enables students to appreciate and understand creative and conceptual human endeavors.

The requirement in the social sciences improves the student’s ability to analyze and understand human social systems. The requirement in the natural sciences develops the student’s knowledge of the principles of the scientific method as they are applied in the life and physical sciences.

Up to two courses from one department may be used to fulfill the distribution requirements for humanities and the social sciences. They may be used at the same time to count towards the student’s major. No course may be used to satisfy more than one specific requirement for humanities and social sciences. Only courses taken for 2 or more credit hours satisfy these requirements; courses in excess of 5 credit hours count as two courses.

Humanities

Four courses, one course for each section, 11 credit hours minimum

Fine arts (one course, or at least two credits)
Purpose: to ensure interpretive or expressive competence in a traditional, nonliterary mode of artistic expression.

Choose from the following:

• Anthropology: ANTH 515  or ANTH 516  
• ​Art: any course 
• ​Dance: DANCE 120 , DANCE 165 , DANCE 171 , DANCE 181 , DANCE 205 , DANCE 323 , DANCE 324 , DANCE 325 , DANCE 326 , DANCE 350 , DANCE 371 , DANCE 372 , DANCE 380 , DANCE 381 , DANCE 382 , DANCE 399 , DANCE 459 , DANCE 460  
• ​Dean of Arts & Sciences: DAS 100  
• ​English: ENGL 220 , ENGL 224 , ENGL 324 , ENGL 335 , ENGL 345 , ENGL 420 , ENGL 424  
• ​Environmental Design: ENVD 210  
• ​Music: MUSIC 100 , MUSIC 160 , MUSIC 170 , MUSIC 171 , MUSIC 172 , MUSIC 210 , MUSIC 230 , MUSIC 249 , MUSIC 249 , MUSIC 310 , MUSIC 311 , MUSIC 340 , MUSIC 420 , MUSIC 424 , MUSIC 570 , or MUSIC 650 .
• ​Theatre: THTRE 260 to 799  

Philosophy (one course)
Purpose: to ensure interpretive or expressive competence in the fundamental conceptual issues of human thought and activity.

Choose any philosophy course EXCEPT PHILO 105 , PHILO 110 , PHILO 320 , PHILO 510 , PHILO 610 , PHILO 110 , PHILO 320 , PHILO 510  or PHILO 610 .

Western heritage (one course)
Purpose:  to ensure interpretive or expressive competence regarding the institutions, traditions, and values that have shaped Western civilization.

Choose from the following:

• American Ethnic Studies: AMETH 160 , AMETH 300 , AMETH 351 , AMETH 352 , AMETH 353 , AMETH 354 , AMETH 450 , AMETH 501 , or AMETH 560  
• Dean of Arts & Sciences: DAS 300  
• English: ENGL 230 , ENGL 231 , ENGL 233 , ENGL 233 , ENGL 260 , ENGL 270 , ENGL 285 , ENGL 287 , ENGL 297 , ENGL 309 , ENGL 315 , ENGL 330 , ENGL 335 , ENGL 340 , ENGL 345 , ENGL 350 , ENGL 385 , ENGL 386 , ENGL 387 , ENGL 388 , ENGL 389 , ENGL 390 , ENGL 470 , ENGL 490 , ENGL 501 , ENGL 525 , ENGL 570 , ENGL 575 , or ENGL 790  
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies: GWSS 105 , GWSS 275 , GWSS 325 , GWSS 350 , GWSS 410 , GWSS 460 , GWSS 480 , GWSS 500 , or GWSS 610  
• History: HIST 101 , HIST 102 , HIST 103 , HIST 105 , HIST 106 , HIST 151 , HIST 152 , HIST 155 , HIST 297 , HIST 298 , HIST 311 , HIST 503 , HIST 510 , HIST 511 , HIST 512 , HIST 513 , HIST 514 , HIST 515 , HIST 516 , HIST 517 , HIST 519 , HIST 520 , HIST 521 , HIST 522 , HIST 523 , HIST 524 , HIST 525 , HIST 526  , HIST 527 , HIST 529 , HIST 531 , HIST 534 , HIST 536 , HIST 537 , HIST 539 , HIST 540 , HIST 542 , HIST 543 , HIST 544 , HIST 545 , HIST 546 , HIST 547 , HIST 553 , HIST 554 , HIST 555 , HIST 556 , HIST 557 , HIST 564 , HIST 566 , HIST 567 , HIST 568 , HIST 569 , HIST 570 , HIST 571 , HIST 572 , HIST 573 , HIST 574 , HIST 576 , HIST 577 , HIST 578 , HIST 579 , HIST 580 , HIST 582 , HIST 583 , HIST 584 , HIST 585 , HIST 587 , HIST 388 , HIST 589 , HIST 593 , HIST 597 , HIST 703  
• Kinesiology—cross-listed with HIST 515  
• Modern Languages and Foreign Civilizations: CLSCS 309 , CLSCS 310 , CLSCS 501 , CLSCS 502 , FREN 514 , FREN 515 , FREN 519 , FREN 530 , FREN 720 , FREN 721 , FREN 742 , FREN 743 , GREEK 301 , GREEK 302 , GRMN 503 , GRMN 510 , GRMN 515 , GRMN 521 , GRMN 522 , GRMN 528 , GRMN 529 , GRMN 530 , GRMN 700 , GRMN 701 , GRMN 702 , GRMN 703 , GRMN 704 , GRMN 705 , GRMN 720 , GRMN 728 , GRMN 729 , GRMN 740 , ITAL 520 , RUSSN 551 , RUSSN 559 , SPAN 560 , SPAN 565 , SPAN 566 , SPAN 567 , SPAN 568 , SPAN 569 , SPAN 773 , SPAN 776 , SPAN 777  
• Music: MUSIC 245 , or MUSIC 311  
• Political Thought: POLSC 115  or POLSC 135 , POLSC 155 , POLSC 614 , POLSC 615 , POLSC 661 , POLSC 663 , POLSC 667 , POLSC 671 , or POLSC 675  
• Sociology: SOCIO 507 , SOCIO 537 , or SOCIO 538  
• Theatre:THTRE 572  or THTRE 573  

Literary or rhetorical arts (one course)
Purpose: to ensure interpretive or expressive competence in a traditional literary or rhetorical mode of artistic expression.

Choose from the following:

• English—literature or creative writing—ENGL 220 , ENGL 230 , ENGL 231 , ENGL 233 , ENGL 234 , ENGL 251 , ENGL 253 , ENGL 260 , ENGL 270 , ENGL 280 , ENGL 285 , ENGL 287 , ENGL 295 , ENGL 297 , ENGL 298 , ENGL 299 , ENGL 309 , ENGL 310 , ENGL 315 , ENGL 330 , ENGL 335 , ENGL 340 , ENGL 345 , ENGL 350 , ENGL 355 , ENGL 361 , ENGL 362 , ENGL 381 , ENGL 382 , ENGL 384 , ENGL 385 , ENGL 386 , ENGL 387 , ENGL 388 , ENGL 389 , ENGL 390 , ENGL 392 , ENGL 395 , ENGL 399 , ENGL 420 , ENGL 440 , ENGL 445 , ENGL 450 , ENGL 455 , ENGL 461 , ENGL 463 , ENGL 465 , ENGL 469 , ENGL 470 , ENGL 485 , ENGL 497 , ENGL 498 , ENGL 501 , ENGL 525 , ENGL 545 , ENGL 570 , ENGL 575 , ENGL 580 , ENGL 599,  ENGL 605,  ENGL 610,  ENGL 620,  ENGL 625,  ENGL 630,  ENGL 635,  ENGL 640,  ENGL 645,  ENGL 650,  ENGL 655,  ENGL 660,  ENGL 661,  ENGL 662,  ENGL 663,  ENGL 665,  ENGL 669,  ENGL 670,  ENGL 680,  ENGL 690,  ENGL 695,  ENGL 698,  ENGL 700,  ENGL 703,  ENGL 705,  ENGL 710,  ENGL 720,  ENGL 725,  ENGL 730,  ENGL 740,  ENGL 745,  ENGL 755,  ENGL 757,  ENGL 761,  ENGL 762,  ENGL 763,  ENGL 769,  ENGL 771,  ENGL 795,  ENGL 799,  
• Communication Studies—COMM 120,  COMM 320,  COMM 330,  COMM 430,  COMM 432,  COMM 434,  COMM 460,  COMM 480,  COMM 730,  COMM 732,  COMM 733,  
• Political Science—POLSC 670  
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies—GWSS 450  
• Modern Languages—MLANG 507 , FREN 502,  FREN 519,  FREN 520,  FREN 521,  FREN 530,  FREN 709,  FREN 710,  FREN 711,  FREN 713,  FREN 714,  FREN 715,  FREN 716,  FREN 719,  FREN 720,  FREN 721,  FREN 799,  GRMN 503,  GRMN 520,  GRMN 521,  GRMN 522,  GRMN 529,  GRMN 530,  GRMN 700,  GRMN 701,  GRMN 702,  GRMN 703,  GRMN 704,  GRMN 705,  GRMN 728,  GRMN 729,  GRMN 731,  GRMN 799,  ITAL 520 , CLSCS 501 , RUSSN 504,  RUSSN 508,  RUSSN 551,  RUSSN 552,  RUSSN 559,  SPAN 411,  SPAN 560,  SPAN 567,  SPAN 568,  SPAN 569,  SPAN 730,  SPAN 731,  SPAN 732,  SPAN 734,  SPAN 735,  SPAN 736,  SPAN 750,  SPAN 751,  SPAN 752,  SPAN 755,  SPAN 757,  SPAN 760,  SPAN 779,  SPAN 799  
• Theatre—THTRE 280 , THTRE 662 , or THTRE 764  

Exception: Students in BS programs who take two courses in one modern language may use these to satisfy the requirements for Western heritage and for literary and rhetorical arts.

Social science

Four courses, 12 credit hours minimum, from at least three disciplines.

Purpose: to acquaint students with the adaptation of the scientific method to the analysis of human social systems.

One course must be at the 500 level or above or carry a prerequisite in the same department.

Three of the four courses must be from these areas:

• American Ethnic Studies—any course
• Anthropology—Any ANTH course EXCEPT ANTH 280 , ANTH 380 , ANTH 383 , ANTH 388 , ANTH 680  - ANTH 688  
• Communication Studies: COMM 320,  COMM 323,  COMM 325,  COMM 326,  COMM 332,  COMM 420,  COMM 425,  COMM 435,  COMM 526,  COMM 542,  COMM 550,  COMM 720  
• Economics—any course
• Geography—any course EXCEPT GEOG 121 , GEOG 122 , GEOG 235 , GEOG 445 , GEOG 535 , GEOG 735 , GEOG 740  or GEOG 745  
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies—any course
• History—any course
• Mass Communications—MC 110,  MC 120,  MC 160,  MC 180,  MC 331,  MC 396,  MC 576,  MC 585,  MC 612,  MC 623,   or MC 710  
• Political Science—any course
• Psychology—any course Except PSYCH 350 , PSYCH 370 , PSYCH 470  or PSYCH 630  
• Sociology and Criminology—any SOCIO or CRIM course
• Social Work—SOCWK 510 , or SOCWK 565  

The fourth course must be from the above areas or from:

• Gerontology—GERON 215 , or GERON 615  
• Kinesiology—KIN 320,  KIN 330,  KIN 345   
• Linguistics—ENGL 602  
• Mathematics - MATH 570  
• Modern Languages - SPAN 580  

Natural sciences

Three courses, 11 credit hours minimum, from the following areas (note the BS degree has an additional natural science requirement listed below)

1. Life Sciences with a lab
2. Physical Sciences with a lab
3. Life or Physical Sciences, including additional Natural Sciences

Life science 
Purpose: to introduce students to the systematic study of organisms and their interrelationships.

Choose from the following (for requirement # 1, must include a lab; for requirement # 3, no lab required):

• Biochemistry—any course
• Biology—any course
• Paleobiology—GEOL 581 , GEOL 650 , or GEOL 704  
• Physical anthropology—ANTH 280,  ANTH 380,  ANTH 383,  ANTH 388,  ANTH 560,  ANTH 561,  ANTH 562,  ANTH 563,  ANTH 565,  ANTH 568,  ANTH 588,  ANTH 680,  ANTH 681,  ANTH 682,  ANTH 683,  ANTH 686,  ANTH 687,  ANTH 688,  

Physical science 
Purpose: to introduce students to the appropriate attitudes and methods that characterize the systematic study of matter and energy.

Choose from the following (for requirement # 2, must include a lab, for requirement # 3, no lab required):

• Biochemistry—BIOCH 265 , BIOCH 266 , BIOCH 290 , BIOCH 399 , BIOCH 499 , BIOCH 521 , BIOCH 522 , BIOCH 523 , BIOCH 571 , BIOCH 599 , BIOCH 755 , BIOCH 756 , BIOCH 757 , BIOCH 758 , BIOCH 765 , BIOCH 766 , BIOCH 767 , BIOCH 775 , BIOCH 799  
• Chemistry—any course
• Geology—any course 
• Physical geography—GEOG 121,  GEOG 122,  GEOG 235,  GEOG 445,  GEOG 735,  GEOG 740,  GEOG 742,  or GEOG 742  
• Physics—any course
   

Additional Natural Sciences (for requirement #3 only)

• Anthropology - ANTH 383,  ANTH 388,  ANTH 506,  ANTH 588,  or ANTH 687  
• Art - ART 302  
• Entomology - ENTOM 101 , ENTOM 302  
• Dean of Arts & Sciences – DAS 333  
• Kinesiology - KIN 220 , KIN 310 , KIN 330 , KIN 335 , KIN 650  

NOTE: Only courses taken for 2 or more credit hours satisfy these requirements and courses in excess of 5 credit hours count as two courses.

Additional requirements for the BA

Modern language
Level 4 (i.e., French 4, German 4, Spanish 4, etc.) or the equivalent of level 4 in a modern language sequence offered by the Department of Modern Languages. Purpose: to bring students to a point at which they are able to proceed on their own to a command of a second language—a key for access both to a foreign culture and too much primary and secondary material in many special fields.

Exception: Students who take a language that is normally offered for only two semesters may complete their requirement by taking two additional semesters in another language.

Mathematics (One 3-credit-hour course, 100–799 level, or any other course for which there is a mathematics prerequisite)
Purpose: to give students a college-level competence in mathematical reasoning and analysis.

Any course used to satisfy this requirement cannot be used to satisfy any other general education requirement.

Additional requirements for the BS

Natural sciences (One course, 3 credit hours minimum, with a prerequisite in the same department; for this requirement, biochemistry courses with a chemistry prerequisite qualify.)
Purpose: to give students who elect the bachelor of science degree an especially solid foundation in the natural sciences.

Courses that qualify are those listed earlier under natural sciences, and:

• Kinesiology—KIN 330,  KIN 335,  or KIN 650   
• Psychology—PSYCH 470  or PSYCH 480  

Quantitative and abstract formal reasoning
Purpose: to give students training in a clear, non-ambiguous, simplified language for the efficient transfer and logical analysis of information—a language in which a good deal of discussion is conducted in the sciences.

A course that satisfies this requirement may at the same time be used to satisfy any major requirement for which it qualifies. Students may fulfill this requirement in ONE of three ways:

1. Three courses, 9 credit hours minimum, selected from:
   Computer science CIS 200  level or above
   Mathematics—MATH 100  level or above
   Philosophy—PHILO 110 , PHILO 112 , PHILO 320 , or PHILO 510 
   Statistics—any course
2. One course and its Level II prerequisite, selected from:
   Geography—GEOG 700  (with a statistics course)
   Physics—PHYS 113  (with MATH 150 )
                PHYS 223  (with MATH 221 )
                PHYS 224  (with MATH 221 )
                PHYS 325  (with MATH 222 )
                PHYS 452  (with MATH 150 )
   Sociology—SOCIO 423  (with STAT 325 )
   Social work—SOCWK 330  and SOCWK 530  (with MATH 100 )

3. Equivalent competency:
   Competency may be demonstrated by taking two Level II courses or one Level III course from:

Level II courses (two courses):
Computer science—CIS 200 
Mathematics—MATH 150,  MATH 205,  MATH 210,  or MATH 312 
Philosophy—PHILO 510 
Statistics—STAT 325,  or STAT 340,  or STAT 350,  STAT 703,  

Level III courses (one course):
Computer science—CIS 300 
Mathematics—MATH 220 
Philosophy—PHILO 701 
Statistics—STAT 341,  STAT 351,  or STAT 705,  

Requirements for the BFA, BM, and BME

Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Requirements

At least 120 hours are required for graduation.

Basic requirements (44 credit hours) are

• Communications—English composition 6 hours; and oral communication 2-3 hours
• Social sciences—6 hours
• Humanities—9 hours (except ART courses)
• Philosophy or Mathematics—3 hours
• Natural sciences—two courses, one with a lab - 7-9 hours
• US Multicultural Overlay – 3 hours of courses taken with this overlay tag
• International Overlay - 3 hours of courses taken with this overlay tag

Bachelor of Music Degree Requirements

120 credit hours required for graduation

Basic requirements (27 credit hours)
 

Course	Course Title	Credit hours
ENGL 100	Expository Writing I	3
ENGL 200	Expository Writing II	3
COMM 105	Public Speaking IA	2
PSYCH 110	General Psychology	3
Any science course with a lab		4
GWSS 105	Introduction to Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies	3
Philosophy course		3
MATH 100	College Algebra (or higher level math course or grade of C or better on Algebra CLEP test)	3
STAT 325	Introduction to Statistics (or higher level statistics course)	3

 

Bachelor of Music Education Degree Requirements

132 credit hours are required for graduation, depending on the emphasis

Basic requirements

Course	Course Title	Credit hours
ENGL 100	Expository Writing I	3
ENGL 200	Expository Writing II	3
COMM 105	Public Speaking IA	2
Philosophy (PHILO 100,  PHILO 120,  PHILO 130, )		3
GWSS 105	Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies	3
PSYCH 110	General Psychology	3
Any Science course with a lab		4
MATH 100	College Algebra (or higher level math course or grade of C or better on Algebra CLEP test)	3
STAT 325	Introduction to Statistics (or higher level statistics course)	3

All other College of Arts and Sciences basic requirements are fulfilled in the area of concentration. For specific music requirements, see the Music, Theatre, and Dance section of this catalog.

Dual Degree BA or BS

Students have the option of seeking a dual degree BA or BS. The dual degree-seeking student is one who is enrolled in two BA or BS programs, only one of which is within the College of Arts and Sciences. The following distribution requirements apply exclusively to dual degree-seeking students. They may not be applied to dual majors, who are students seeking two majors within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dual degree-seeking BA students must fulfill the requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences listed under Additional Requirements of the BA, except for the Mathematics requirement. They must fulfill all the requirements in at least one of the three other required areas (Humanities, Social Science, or Natural Science), and half of the distribution requirements in the remaining two areas. The choice of how these requirements will be met will be made with the approval of an advisor within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dual degree-seeking BS students must fulfill all the requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences in at least two of the four required areas (Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, and Additional Requirements of the BS), and half of the distribution requirements in the remaining two areas. The choice of how these requirements will be met will be made with the approval of an advisor within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dual degree-seeking students must meet the International Studies and U.S. Multicultural Overlay requirements.

Half of the distribution requirements in each area are:

Humanities

One course in Philosophy (3 credits) and one course in the Fine Arts, Western Heritage, or Literary or Rhetorical Arts (3 credits).

Dual degree-seeking students enrolled in Biochemistry and Molecular Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, Natural Sciences, or Statistics, are required to take PHILO 501 - Perspectives on Science  to meet the Philosophy requirement.

Social Science

Two courses, 6 credit hours, from two disciplines.

Natural Sciences

BS or BA Degrees, 7 credit hours minimum, from two disciplines.

Any science course with a lab, and one other science course from a different discipline.

Additional Requirements for BA  

At least a level 2 (i.e., French 2, German 2, Spanish 2, etc.) or the equivalent of level 2 in a foreign language sequence offered by the Department of Modern Languages. No additional Mathematics requirement. Any course used to satisfy this requirement cannot be used to satisfy any other general education requirement.  

Additional Requirements for BS

At least 2 courses or 6 credit hours from option 1 or any Level II or Level III course listed under option 3.

No additional Natural Sciences requirement. Any course used to satisfy this requirement cannot be used to satisfy any other general education requirement.

International Studies Overlay

One course.

Purpose: to equip students better to become citizens of a world where the most important problems are unavoidably defined in international terms and to understand cultures of the world outside the Western tradition.

A student must take one course of which at least half is devoted to economic, political, and social relations or interactions between or among different countries, in which the major focus is upon the interdependency of nations of the modern world; or contemporary features or historical traditions of non-Western cultures (excluding those dealing primarily with Greek, Roman, Western European, or North American experience).

Students may satisfy the international studies requirement at the same time they satisfy requirements in the major, in the humanities, or the social sciences. These courses qualify:

• Anthropology—ANTH 200,  ANTH 204,  ANTH 210,  ANTH 220,  ANTH 260,  ANTH 305,  ANTH 310,  ANTH 314,  ANTH 315,  ANTH 505,  ANTH 506,  ANTH 508,  ANTH 509,  ANTH 512,  ANTH 515,  ANTH 525,  ANTH 605,  ANTH 606,  ANTH 616,  ANTH 663,  ANTH 665   
• Art –ART 195 , ART 196 , ART 545 , ART 550 , ART 602 , ART 603 , ART 612 , ART 613 , ART 622 , or ART 628  
• Communication Studies—COMM 480  
• Dean of Arts and Sciences—DAS 507 , or DAS 525  
• Economics—ECON 505 , ECON 507 , ECON 536 , ECON 681 , ECON 682 , or ECON 684  
• English—ENGL 280 , or ENGL 580  
• Environmental Design - ENVD 210  
• Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies—GWSS 380 , or GWSS 405  
• Geography—GEOG 100 , GEOG 200 , GEOG 201 , GEOG 300 , GEOG 335 , GEOG 505 , GEOG 508 , GEOG 620 , GEOG 622 , or GEOG 715  
• History—HIST 111 , HIST 112 , HIST 250 , HIST 303 , HIST 330 , HIST 332 , HIST 501 , HIST 504 , HIST 505 , HIST 508 , HIST 509 , HIST 510 , HIST 514 , HIST 516 , HIST 517 , HIST 543 , HIST 544 , HIST 545 , HIST 560 , HIST 561 , HIST 562 , HIST 571 , HIST 576 , HIST 578 , HIST 584 , HIST 591 , HIST 592 , HIST 593 , HIST 595 , HIST 598  
• Mass Communications MC 623 , or MC 725  
• Management—MANGT 590  
• Marketing—MKTG 544  
• Modern Languages—Any Level 4 or above language course and ARAB 501 , ARAB 502 , ARAB 540 , CHINE 501 , CHINE 502 , CHINE 599 , CLSCS 501  ,GREEK 301  GREEK 302  , ITAL 520  , JAPAN 391 , JAPAN 591 , JAPAN 592 , JAPAN 599 , LATIN 302 , MLANG 507 , RUSSN 398 , RUSSN 551 , RUSSN 552 , RUSSN 553  
• Political Science—POLSC 145,  POLSC 341,  POLSC 343,  POLSC 388,  POLSC 390,  POLSC 505,  POLSC 511,  POLSC 540,  POLSC 545,  POLSC 549,  POLSC 626,  POLSC 627,  POLSC 629,  POLSC 642,  POLSC 643,  POLSC 645,  POLSC 647,  POLSC 651,  POLSC 652,  POLSC 653,  POLSC 655,  
• Sociology—SOCIO 363 ,  SOCIO 505 ,  SOCIO 507 ,  SOCIO 522 ,  SOCIO 535 ,  SOCIO 618 ,  SOCIO 635 ,  SOCIO 742 ,  

Students may use the fourth course in a single foreign language sequence (other than Latin) to satisfy the international studies overlay requirement.

U.S. Multicultural Overlay

Purpose: To educate students on the historical and contemporary inequities related to race and ethnicities that are currently considered as non-white in the United States.

U.S. Multicultural Overlay Criteria

All four criteria must be met in a one-semester course.

1. Courses that fulfill the overlay requirement will have a preponderance of their content on race and/or ethnicities that are perceived as non-white.

2. Courses that fulfill the overlay requirement will promote awareness of the structural nature of inequities in relation to race and ethnicity within contemporary U.S. culture.

3. Courses that fulfill the overlay requirement will incorporate readings and academic research on historically marginalized communities and structural inequities within the United States.
These readings will include writings and/or research by people from these communities and backgrounds. Discipline-specific exceptions will be considered with input from faculty in the discipline.

4. Courses that fulfill the overlay requirement will assess student understanding of structural inequities within the United States through reflective analyses incorporating written, statistical, and/or oral methods.

• AMETH AMETH 160 , AMETH 300 , AMETH 351 , AMETH 352 , AMETH 353 , AMETH 354 , AMETH 370 , AMETH 450 , AMETH 461 , AMETH 499 , AMETH 501 , AMETH 556 , AMETH 560 , AMETH 660 , AMETH 700  
• ANTHANTH 513,  ANTH 516,  ANTH 605,  ANTH 710,  
• COMM COMM 434  
• CRIM CRIM 463  
• ENGL ENGL 285 , ENGL 384 , ENGL 385 , ENGL 386 , ENGL 387 , ENGL 388 , ENGL 389 , ENGL 476 , ENGL 655 , ENGL 710  
• GWSS GWSS 105 , GWSS 325 , GWSS 350 , GWSS 435 , GWSS 560  
• HIST HIST 311 , HIST 537 , HIST 539  
• MC MC 612  
• PHILO PHILO 380  
• PSYCHPSYCH 556 , PSYCH 557  
• SOCIO SOCIO 510 , SOCIO 541 , SOCIO 545 , SOCIO 570 , SOCIO 647  
• SOCWK SOCWK 510  
• STRAN STRAN 550  
• SPAN SPAN 531 , SPAN 560  
• THTRETHTRE 672  

Select topics courses may fulfill the overlay pending content approval:
ENGL 395 , ENGL 420 , ENGL 695 , ENGL 710 , ENGL 720 , ENGL 725 , ENGL 745 , HIST 533 , GWSS 300 , GWSS 500 , POLSC 601  

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Advising 

Students from any college who have declared open option are advised in the office of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. A&S interdisciplinary studies majors are also advised in the dean’s office. Students with other majors in the College of Arts and Sciences are assigned advisors in the departments housing the majors. 

Secondary Teacher Licensure

An arts and sciences major may apply some elective hours toward the requirements for a secondary teacher license. In most arts and sciences departments, students can complete an academic major and earn a license within the 120 hours of coursework required for a degree.  Because the teacher education courses are offered through the College of Education, students who choose to combine these two programs are entitled to two advisors, one in the major field of study, and the other in secondary education.

By combining a traditional academic major with a teaching license, students can be assured of varied choices after graduation. By pursuing an arts and sciences major, students also have the option of working toward a bachelor of arts degree and studying a foreign language. In addition, the teaching license will qualify graduates to teach in a public secondary school. For specific licensure requirements in secondary education, see the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in this catalog.

Education Abroad

The Office of Education Abroad should be the first stop for students who wish to study in another country for a year, a semester, a summer, or an intersession. Faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences offers a number of education abroad experiences every year, and there are many other options available from other colleges or through individual selection.

Students may apply for scholarships, such as the Fulbright or the Pearson, or scholarship exchanges, such as the K-State/Justus Liebig year abroad.

www.k-state.edu/oip/students

English Language Program

Ketty Reppert, Acting Director, Associate Director of Academics
Leena Chakrabarti, Associate Director for Student Services

The English Language Program offers intensive English courses primarily for international students who plan to enter degree programs at K-State.

English Language Program | Kansas State University (k-state.edu)

Programs, Degrees, Majors, Secondary Majors, and Minors 

The College of Arts and Sciences offers undergraduate degrees of bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of music, bachelor of music education, and bachelor of science. These programs, degrees, majors, secondary majors, and minors can be viewed within the Degrees & Certificates Offered catalog page or College of Arts & Sciences webpage. 

*Students who complete pre-veterinary medicine requirements in the College of Arts and Sciences will be eligible for the Bachelor of Science degree in life science from the College of Arts and Sciences upon completion of the first professional year in a College of Veterinary Medicine.

College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary Programs 

Programs 

Bachelor of Arts 

• Humanities (B.A.) 

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science 

• Integrated Computer Science B.A./B.S. 

• Life Science B.A./B.S. 

• Medical Laboratory Science B.A./B.S. 

• Physical Science B.A./B.S. 

• Social Science B.A./B.S. 

Bachelor of Science 

• Environmental Science B.S. 

Certificate 

• Nonviolence Studies Certificate 

• Study of the Arts and Sciences Through Primary Texts Certificate 

Non-Degree 

• Pre-Health Designations 

Secondary Major 

• Dance and the Human Experience Secondary Major 

• Integrated Health Studies Secondary Major 

• International Studies Secondary Major 

• Latin American Studies Secondary Major 

• Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Secondary Major 

Display courses for College of Arts and Sciences. 

 

Programs

Bachelor of Arts

• •  Humanities (BA)

Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science

• •  Integrated Computer Science BA/BS
• •  Life Science BA/BS
• •  Medical Laboratory Science BA/BS
• •  Physical Science BA/BS
• •  Social Science BA/BS

Bachelor of Science

• •  Environmental Science B.S.

Non-Degree Seeking

• •  Pre-Health Designations

Undergraduate Certificate

• •  Nonviolence Studies Certificate
• •  Study of the Arts and Sciences Through Primary Texts Certificate

Secondary Major

• •  Dance and the Human Experience Secondary Major
• •  Integrated Health Studies Secondary Major
• •  International Studies Secondary Major
• •  Latin American Studies Secondary Major
• •  Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences Secondary Major

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