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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

General Education: K-State Core Elementary Education PK-6


K-State Core is the foundation for an impactful life and career after time at K-State.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 credit hours

Requirement #1 {010}

Choose 1 from the following:

 

Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 credit hours

Requirement #2 {020}

* This course will NOT show in the list for K-State Core in uAchieve/DARS, but will apply via Statewide Transfer (SWT) if a student takes the equivalent Community College Course – it will pull in and list the 300 or 400-level K-State course currently listed under SWT.

 

Math & Statistics (Quantitative Literacy Outcomes): 3 credit hours

Requirement #3 {030}

 

Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 credit hours

Requirement #4 {040}

Choose one course with a laboratory from the following courses (100-200 level courses):

* This course will NOT show in the list for K-State Core in uAchieve/DARS, but will apply via Statewide Transfer (SWT) if a student takes the equivalent Community College Course – it will pull in and list the 300 or 400-level K-State course currently listed under SWT.

 

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 credit hours

Requirement #5 {050}

Choose two courses from two of the following areas (100-200 level courses):

Core Discipline/Subjects Under this Area
Anthropology; Economics; Geography; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology

 

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 credit hours

Requirement #6 {060}

Choose one course beyond HIST 151 or HIST 152 from the following areas (100-200 level courses)

Core Discipline/Subjects Under this Area
Art; Literature; Music; Theatre

* This course will NOT show in the list for K-State Core in uAchieve/DARS, but will apply via Statewide Transfer (SWT) if a student takes the equivalent Community College Course – it will pull in and list the 300 or 400-level K-State course currently listed under SWT.

 

Elementary Education Designated Area: 6 credit hours

Requirement #7 {070}

As part of the Systemwide (PK-6) Elementary Universal Transfer Pathway, this is a deviation from Bucket #7 Institutionally Designated Plan. The course cannot have been used in another bucket.

You may search the university course catalog individually for a Full List of K-State 100/200-level courses.