Change in the divisions of the Kentucky State University default (common) core to place the courses into core areas consistent with the CPE General Education Transfer Policy and Implementation Guidelines as revised in the Fall 2012. This policy divides the general education into education blocks or core components. Students may be Category Certified for purposes of transfer and we need to move our common core into these areas to allow for ease of advising transfer students. The changes are to divide the existing classes in the default core into the five core areas of: Communications, Quantitative Reasoning, Arts and Humanities, Natural Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The change in policy that was implemented in 2012 coincided with the reduction of the default (common) core utilized at Kentucky State University. At that time KSU had 5 core areas of Languages and Reasoning, Fine Arts and Letters, Science, and Integrative Studies. Science was divided into Social and Behavioral and Natural sciences. These five area do not fit completely under the five core areas identified in the CPE revised transfer policy. Because of this there can be confusion when advising transfer students on what courses are needed and which ones they have completed if they are not fully core complete (transfer with and AA or AS degree). The changing of the categories of our default core to match the core competency areas outlined by CPE will increase the ease of advising for transfer students, it will not change our core, but may reduce the risk of incorrect advising of transfer students and prevent them from being required to take classes in areas that they do not need.