and in the pre-professional program. Many pre-medical students remain in the college to complete a major in liberal studies. Students majoring in Business, Biology, and Education can complete a minor in Liberal studies in four years. Liberal Studies curricula for pre-law students are listed in the following pages. Engineering students, who finish their final two years at another university, are often able to complete both an Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Studies and a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics from Kentucky State University, and the engineering degree from the cooperating university.
In addition to the honors core, the Whitney Young School of Honors and Liberal Studies serves the University's liberal studies mission by offering major and minors, by housing the Integrative Studies program for the general core, and by the support activities of the Institute for Liberal Studies.
Courses taken in study-abroad programs may be used to satisfy course requirements at the discretion of the School faculty.
Students may pursue the Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies (Honors Option) having taken either the general liberal studies core or the honors core. The Liberal Studies major is often used as a preparation for law school, graduate school, or a business training program. Students may double major, combining a major in Liberal Studies with a major in some other field (such as Psychology or English).
Students pursuing the honors option Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Studies must satisfy the following requirements. They must complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours, including a mandatory minor or second major, and the required courses in the major. The required courses are LST 301, 302, 311, 401, 421, and the Senior Essay—LST 441—which may represent any discipline and is the basis for the Comprehensive Examination. In addition, three semester credit hours must be selected from LST 241, 242, 251, 252, 331, 332, 351, 352, 431, 432, or 491. The remaining 6 credit hours may be selected from LST 241, 242, 251, 252, or any LST 300- or 400-level course, or from the acceptable liberal studies electives listed below. (LST 491 may be taken twice, and LST preceptorials covering differing topics may be taken twice or more.) Care must be taken to ensure that, together with the required minor (or second major), 42 credit hours of upper division courses are completed in accordance with rule IV.G of the Academic Regulations and Policies.
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