BACHELOR OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES
Effective Date: 11/14/2014 - 11/14/2017
Completion of the following curriculum will satisfy the requirements for an Associate in Arts degree at KCTCS and related baccalaureate BACHELOR OF UNIVERSITY STUDIES degree at Morehead State University. This pathway
meets the general education, pre-major, and program requirements.
The suggested courses in this pathway leads to an Associate and Baccalaureate major. The course
recommendations for the first two years are required for the Baccalaureate degree, but also apply to the
associate degree. The completion of these courses will enable a student to move efficiently into the last
two years of the baccalaureate program.
It is important to discuss revisions to the plan, graduation requirements, entrance requirements, and other
important program requirements with your advisor. Students who complete the associate degree in this pathway are guaranteed acceptance
into the pathway as stated, unless otherwise noted on the pathway.
Sample 1st & 2nd Year Progression
| Associate in Arts Requirements | | Arts & Humanities (AH) -or- Social & Behavioral Sciences (SB) -or- Foreign Language (FL): 6 Credit Hours | | AH/SB/FL Course | 3 | | AH/SB/FL Course | 3 | | General Education Core (GE) -or- Foreign Language (FL): 6 Credit Hours + Associated Lab | | GE/FL Course | 3 | | GE/FL Course | 3 | | Total Credit Hours | 12 |
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Pre-Transfer Notes
1. Three credit hours of social behavior science, heritage, or humanities will also need to be a cultural studies course.
2. Students who complete the computer literacy requirement by another means than taking the CIT 105 course must complete an additional 3 hours of elective.
3. Any Digital Literacy course can be substituted for the CIT 105 course in semester 1.
4. Students may take MAT 146 or a higher level general education quantitative reasoning course.
Additional KCTCS Graduation Requirements
| 1. | Completion of minimum of 60 credit hours, |
| 2. | Minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA, |
| 3. | Minimum of 15 credit hours earned at the institution awarding the degree, |
| 4. | Cultural studies course, (Refer to the KCTCS catalog.) |
| 5. | Demonstration of computer/digital literacy, (Refer to the KCTCS catalog.) |
| 6. | One science course must include a laboratory experience, and |
| 7. | Two disciplines must be represented in Social & Behavioral Science courses and must be different than those in the Heritage and Humanities categories. |
Sample 3rd & 4th Year Progression
Program Notes
1. Students must complete 42 hours of 300+ level courses.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 120 hours to complete this degree.
3. Transfer students must complete MoSU general education requirements and comply with all published academic requirements and regulations (see MoSU catalog for details).
