Program Description – Instruction
KSU is primarily an undergraduate institution of higher education. KSU offers a few select programs at the master's level and one program at the doctoral level. KSU is designated as the Commonwealth's public liberal arts institution with a common liberal studies core curriculum for all students and baccalaureate programs in the traditional arts and sciences. KSU's academic offerings are further enhanced by a variety of baccalaureate and associate degree programs in career and career-oriented disciplines such as business, computer sciences, education, public administration, nursing, and agriculture, food and environment (AFE). The nursing program continues to meet the high demand for health care professionals with full capacity classes and wait lists for each session. Pre-professional programs in law, dentistry, medicine, veterinary medicine, optometry, allied health, and engineering are also offered. The university's liberal studies focus is further enhanced with various centers of study for enhancing student success. Academic support services include a broad, diverse range of services for all KSU students. The Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) supports the traditional student with personalized, supplemental instruction while emphasizing necessary academic success strategies during the student's college experience.
KSU offers graduate programs that lead to degrees at the Master's level in:
In the spring of 2015 KSU inaugurated a new Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree with seven (7) candidate students. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, "[DNPs] with a blend of clinical, organizational, economic and leadership skills are most likely to be able to critique nursing and other clinical scientific findings and design programs of care delivery that are locally acceptable, economically feasible, and which significantly impact health care outcomes".
Measures/Performance Indicators: In the 2016-2017 academic year, KSU awarded 401 degrees; 43 Associate, 315 Baccalaureate, and 40 Masters. Each KSU graduate is expected to acquire skills and first-hand experience in verbal and written communications; mathematical computation and reasoning, while at the same time being exposed to the enduring importance of the methods and subject matters of the humanities, foreign languages, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the fine arts.
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