KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY

B.A. in Liberal Studies (General Studies Option)

The General Studies Option of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree is a completer degree that provides an alternative four-year program for students who seek to return or come to KSU in order to complete an undergraduate education without the academic specialization involved in traditional major programs. This degree program allows reasonable latitude to satisfy individual interests and needs, including those of non-traditional students, while still adhering to the rigorous university standards for baccalaureate degrees. It operates in the spirit of the liberal studies mission of the University.

In lieu of the major/minor required by traditional degree programs, the student must complete one of these broad areas of concentration: arts, humanities, social and behavioral science, natural science, business, education, technology, health, or professional studies.

The student declaring this major should go to the Dean of Whitney Young Honors Collegium to be assigned an advisor who will work with the student to define the area of concentration and the appropriate advised electives. Minimum Academic Requirements:

• 31/32 semester-credit hours of the General Education Core
• 12 semester-credit hours in the Integrative Studies subject to transfer-student policy
• 42 semester-credit hours of concentration
• 15 semester-credit hours of advised electives.
• ■ 10 semester-credit hours of free electives
• ■ 120 total college-level undergraduate semester hours (of which 42 semester-credit hours must be in upper-level [300–400] courses)
• ■ Grade-point average of at least 2.0 overall.
• ■ Grade of “C” or better in all major courses and advised elective courses

Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies 121 credit hours

2021-2022 KSU UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG