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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Social Transformation Studies (BA) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3      
DAS 101   - Discover, Create, and Thrive: Arts and Sciences Orientation   1      
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
MATH OR STAT 3    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 13      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3      
AMETH 160   - Introduction to American Ethnic Studies   OR 3      
GWSS 105   - Introduction to Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies   3      
Social and Behavioral Science Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Natural and Physical Science  4 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3      
AMETH or GWSS elective 3    
Arts and Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
SECOND LANGUAGE I 4    
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
AMETH or GWSS track course 3    
Art and Humanities Requirement 3    
Second Language II 4 KSC 060  
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 16      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
AMETH or GWSS track course      
Outside Concentration 3    
Second Language III 3    
US MULTICULTURAL OVERLAY/FREE ELECTIVE–From approved US Multicultural Overlay list 3    
NATURAL SCIENCE OR QUANTITATIVE ELECTIVE–From approved ArtSci list 3    
Total Credits: 15 3    
       
Semester 2      
STRAN 550   - Practicing Social Justice   3      
AMETH or GWSS track course 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
Second Language IV 3    
FINE ARTS ELECTIVE: From approved ArtSci Fine Arts list. Choose this or Humanities elective to be 300 level or above or course w/ pre-req in same area. 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
STRAN 400   - Transforming Society   3      
AMETH or GWSS track course 3    
Outside Concentration 3    
NON-QUANTITATIVE SOCIAL SCIENCE ELECTIVE: From approved ArtSci course list. Choose this elective to be 300 level or above or course w/ prereq in same area. 3    
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES OVERLAY/FREE ELECTIVE: From approved ArtSci course list. 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
STRAN 600   - Pathways to Social Change   3      
AMETH or GWSS track course 3    
ETHICAL REASONING OVERLAY/FREE ELECTIVE: From approved ArtSci course list. 3    
Free Elective 3    
Free Elective 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Total Program Hours: 120