5.0.4 KCTCS General Education Certification

KCTCS offers two levels of general education certifications: full and category. To receive either category or full general education certification, the student must be in good academic standing.

5.0.4.1 General Education Full Certification

• 5.0.4.1.1 Residency Requirement
  • To be fully general education certified, a student must complete a minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours at a KCTCS college.
• 5.0.4.1.2 Curriculum Requirements
  • To be fully general education certified, a student must complete a general education program of 33 unduplicated semester credit hours meeting the criteria listed below:
    1. 9 credit hours to meet one of the following:
       1. 6 credit hours in Written Communication PLUS 3 credit hours in Oral Communication
          
          OR
          
          
       2. 3 credit hours in ENG 105 PLUS
          3 credit hours in Oral Communication PLUS
          3 credit hours from any general education area
    2. 3 credit hours in Heritage PLUS 3 credit hours in Humanities
    3. 18 credit hours to meet one of the following:
       1. 3 credit hours in Quantitative Reasoning plus 6 credit hours in Natural Sciences plus 9 credit hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences
          
          OR
          
          
       2. 6 credit hours in Quantitative Reasoning plus 3 credit hours in Natural Sciences plus 9 credit hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences
          
          OR
          
          
       3. 6 credit hours in Quantitative Reasoning plus 6 credit hours in Natural Sciences plus 6 credit hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences
          
          The Natural Sciences hours must include a laboratory experience. Two disciplines must be represented in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, and those disciplines must be different from those in Heritage and Humanities.

5.0.4.2 General Education Category Certification

• 5.0.4.2.1 Communication Category Certification
  • To obtain Communication Category Certification, a student must complete 6 hours of Written Communication and 3 hours of Oral Communication OR ENG 105 and 3 hours of Oral Communication.
• 5.0.4.2.2 Arts & Humanities Category Certification
  • To obtain Arts & Humanities Category Certification, a student must complete 3 hours of Humanities and 3 hours of Heritage.
• 5.0.4.2.3 Quantitative Reasoning Category Certification
  • To obtain Quantitative Reasoning Category Certification, a student must complete 3 hours of Quantitative Reasoning.
• 5.0.4.2.4 Natural Sciences Category Certification
  • To obtain Natural Sciences Category Certification, a student must complete 3 hours of Natural Sciences. The Natural Sciences hours must contain a laboratory experience.
• 5.0.4.2.5 Social and Behavioral Sciences Category Certification
  • To obtain Social and Behavioral Sciences Category Certification, a student must complete 6 hours of Social and Behavioral Science. The hours must be from a minimum of two disciplines, and they must be different from the disciplines used to complete the Arts and Humanities requirement.