CLAS General Education Degree Requirements

• Total Hours: 124
• Liberal Arts and Sciences Hours: 99
• Junior/Senior Hours (numbered 300 or above): 40 (prior to Fall 2003)
• Junior/Senior Hours (numbered 300 or above): 45 (beginning Fall 2003)
• Hours in Residence at KU: 30
• KU Cumulative Grade-Point-Average: 2.0
• Grade-Point-Average in Junior/Senior Hours in the Major: 2.0

• Hours from Other Schools and Divisions of the University: 25
• Hours from Community Colleges: 64
• Hours in Physical Education Activity Courses: 4
• Hours in Music Organization Courses: 6
• Hours in the B.S. Major: 50
• Note: No maximum major hours for B.A. and B.G.S. degrees.

Courses numbered below 100 and marked with an ampersand (&) do not count toward a degree but are included in the grade-point-average. Course numbers in parentheses are honors versions. For more specific information, consult CLAS General Education Degree Requirements Undergraduate Catalog and Additional Requirements.

• English
• Three courses:
• ENGL 101,
• ENGL 102 (105, Honors), and
• ENGL 203 (205, Honors), ENGL 209, ENGL 210, or ENGL 211
• Oral Communication/Logic
• One course (of the following):
• COMS 130 (131), COMS 230,
• PHIL 148, PHIL 310, or
• COMS Exemption
• Mathematics
• Two courses:
• MATH 101 or MATH 104 and
• MATH 105, MATH 106, MATH 111, MATH 115, or MATH 121 (141) or
• MATH 365 or BIOL 570
• Western Civilization
• Two courses:
• HWC 204 (114) and
• HWC 205 (115)
• Non-Western Culture
• One course:
• One course chosen from Non-Western course list:
  

Principal Course Distribution

• B.A. Degree: Three courses from each area, from different topical groups
• B.G.S. Degree: Two courses from each area, from different topical groups
• Humanities
• Historical Studies (HT)
• Literature and the Arts (HL)
• Philosophy and Religion (HR)
• Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Biological Sciences (NB)
• Earth Sciences (NE)
• Mathematical Sciences (NM)
• Physical Sciences (NP)
• Social Sciences
• Culture and Society (SC)
• Individual Behavior (SI)
• Public Affairs (SF)
  

Laboratory Science
• One course or a combination of a lecture and a laboratory course.
Foreign Language
Proficiency in one language through the fourth level:
• Elementary Language I
• Elementary Language II
• Intermediate Language I
• Intermediate Language II

Additional B.G.S. Requirements

Minor or Junior/Senior Concentration
• All minors must be a minimum of 18 credit hours with at least 12 hours numbered 300 or above.
• Students must earn a 2.0 or better GPA in all courses taken for the minor. Minors vary so see Undergraduate Catalog for specific minor requirements.
  
  
• For the Junior/Senior concentration a student must take 9 hours numbered 300 or above in a specific area (e.g. MATH, PHIL, ENGL, etc). It may not be the major of the student. For example, a COMS major may not have their Junior/Senior concentration in COMS.

B.S. General Education Degree Requirements

For the B.S. degree, each department sets its own general education requirements. See Bachelor of Science Degree Requirements (p. 60) and individual department listings in the Undergraduate Catalog for details.