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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Integrated Computer Science (BA)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus, Manhattan Online

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Integrated Computer Science integrates computer science with domain knowledge in some external area of concentration. The degree combines a student-selected concentration from any field of study outside of computer science with computational courses focused on real-world programming skills, electives expanding those skills and providing additional cultural and ethical knowledge, and a capstone project applying those skills to the concentration area. Integrated Computer Science equips students to apply computational thinking and methods in a wide variety of possible careers and to become academic, cultural, and industrial leaders who integrate the breadth and depth of an arts and sciences education with technical expertise in computer science.

Students majoring in Integrated Computer Science must earn grades of C or better in all courses required for the program in the Computational Courses, Computational Course Electives, Integration Electives, and Integrated Computer Science Capstone.   

Kansas State University Core: 34-36 Credit Hours

KBOR Statewide Transfer (SWT) Courses: https://www.kansasregents.org/academic_affairs/transfer-articulation.

English (Written Communication Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

Communication (Oral Communication Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours

Math & Statistics (Quantitative Literacy Outcomes): 3 Credit Hours

Natural & Physical Sciences (Natural & Physical Sciences Outcomes): 4-5 Credit Hours

Choose 1 subject area which must include a lab.

Social & Behavioral Sciences (Social & Behavioral Sciences Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Arts & Humanities (Arts & Humanities Outcomes): 6 Credit Hours

At least 2 courses from 2 subjects under this area.

Free Electives (Institutionally Designated Area): 6 Credit Hours

Includes ALL 100 and 200 level courses at K-State or in Transfer. 
Note: One course may be used to satisfy more than one requirement. However, students must complete a total of 34-36 credit hours of general education courses.

For a Full Listing of K-State 100/200 level courses you may search those courses individually via the University Course Catalog.

TOTAL CREDITS: 34-36

Program Requirements

Orientation: 1 Credit Hour

DAS 101 or other approved A&S orientation

Overlays: [9] Credit Hours

May be fulfilled in K-State Core, Outside Concentration, electives, or the Program itself.

  • Ethical Reasoning Overlay Credits: [3]
  • Global Perspectives Overlay Credits: [3]
  • US Multicultural Overlay Credits: [3]

Programs

Computational Courses 17 Credit Hours

Computational Electives 12 Credit Hours

Pick 4 courses; 12 credit hours

Integration Electives 12 Credit Hours

Students must complete four courses from the list of integration areas below, with at least one in each integration area, and at least one Moral Reasoning course being either PHILO 386 or PHILO 492

Integration Areas:
Digital Arts and Humanities
Cultural Impacts of Technology
Moral Reasoning and Professional Ethics

Concentration 18 Credit Hours

Students must choose a concentration area (not in a computing discpline) with a minimum of 18 credit hours, to be completed in 1 of 3 ways.

Note: If existing credentials (e.g., minor, certificate) for one of the options does not require 18 or more credits hours, a student may satisfy this requirement by completing the credential and enough additional credits to complete at least 18 credits total in the field. If no minor is offered at all in a given field, a student may take 18 credits in that field to satisfy the requirement. Courses counted toward the ICS core cannot count toward the concentration.

Option 1: Minor, Undergraduate Certificate, or Secondary Major

Option 2 Double Major

Option 3: Interdisciplinary Concentration

Take 18 additional credits from the three integration areas or from the list below to complete an interdisciplinary concentration. These credits must include six classes from three different fields, two at the 500 level or above. Courses used for the Integration Electives cannot also count in the Interdisciplinary Concentration.

Capstone Project 1 Credit Hour

BA Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Requirement: 6 Credit Hours

3 credit hours in each of the following, with at least 6 credit hours at 300 level or above OR at any level with a prerequisite in the same discipline.

B.A. Humanities requirement met by Moral Reasoning and Professional Ethics - Integration Elective.

Any course or combination of courses in Fine Arts Credits: 3

Requirement could be fulfilled by an Integration Elective.

One Non-Quantitative Social Science; Any Social course that does NOT have a MATH or STAT prereq Credits: 3

Requirement could be fulfilled by an Integration Elective.

BA Second Language Requirement: 3-16 Credit Hours

Choose one of the following:

Option 1: 3-14 Credit Hours

At least 3 credit hours of coursework culminating with level 4 or above (i.e., Frech 4, German 4, Spanish 4, etc.) or the equivalent of level 4 in a second language sequence.

Option 2: 16 Credit Hours

At least 16 credit hours of coursework in which student takes the first and second levels of two different languages, selected from any language offered within the department of Modern Languages, ASL, or from any other second language transferred in at an equivalent level.

Option 3: 3 Credit Hours

Students whose first language is not English may satisfy this requirement by meeting the English Proficiency Admission Standards for K-State or by completing the appropriate level of exit courses with the English Language Program.

Free Electives: 5-22 Credit Hours

In addition to K-State Core Free Electives requirement, take any course so that the total credit hours completed equals 120.

Credit Grand Total for Program of Study: 120

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