However, there is no other information provided to guide advisors or others working with these students on the number of IGS classes required. Specific language of the number of IGS class hour reduction based on number of transfer hours has not been included in any student bulletin after that time.

The new policy we are recommending follows the basic outline from the CPE core area concept but implements the reduction in IGS classes based on transfer hours similar to the previous policy. This would be added to the end of Section XXVI, Item J, of the student Bulletin:

Proposed change to the KSU student bulletin in regard to transfer and IGS requirements: Students that are not core area complete in Arts and Humanities (AH) may not be required to take all 9 hrs. of Integrative Studies classes. The Transfer students that are not AH complete when they transfer will follow the following guideline for the number of hours of Integrative studies courses needed under the AH area:

  1. Students entering the University with 30 or fewer semester credit hours must successfully complete 9 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies.
  2. Students entering the University with more than 30 but fewer than 45 semester credit hours must successfully complete 6 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies.
  3. Students entering the University with more than 44 but fewer than 60 semester credit hours must successfully complete 3 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies.
  4. Students entering the University with more than 60 credit hours are not required to complete any Integrative Studies courses.
  5. Students who transfer “general-education certified”, “Arts and Humanities area certified”, or with an associate's degree (AA or AS) are not required to complete any Integrative Studies courses.
  6. Students who transfer with courses similar to the University's Integrative Studies Offerings may be exempted from these courses, with the consent of the Coordinator or Integrative Studies or the Director of the Whitney Young School of Honors and Liberal Studies. These exemptions will be determined on an individual basis.
  7. Thus the revised Section XXVI, Item J of the student bulletin would read:
  8. The number of Integrative Studies semester credit hours required of transfer students varies in accordance with the number of transfer credit hours accepted by the University toward fulfillment of graduation requirements. Students who transfer with courses similar to the University's Integrative Studies offerings may be exempted from these courses, with the consent of the Coordinator of Integrative Studies or the Director of the Whitney Young School of Honors and Liberal Studies. Those exemptions will be determined on an individual basis.
  9. Transfer students that are not Arts and Humanities complete when they transfer will follow the following guideline for the number of hours of Integrative studies courses needed:
  10. Students entering the University with 30 or fewer semester credit hours must successfully complete 9 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies.
  11. Students entering the University with more than 30 but fewer than 45 semester credit hours must successfully complete 6 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies.
  12. Students entering the University with more than 44 but fewer than 60 semester credit hours must successfully complete 3 semester credit hours of Integrative Studies
  13. Students entering the University with more than 60 credit hours are not required to complete any Integrative Studies courses.