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Kansas Community Colleges: Transfer Agreement/General Education Requirements

In 1989, the Kansas Board of Regents institutions and the accredited public community colleges in Kansas agreed to honor a transfer agreement to facilitate the transition of community college students to any of the Regents institutions in the state. A student who completes an associate of arts or associate of science degree based on a baccalaureate-oriented sequence at a Kansas community college and whose degree program has met the requirements of this agreement will be accepted with junior standing and will have satisfied ESU's general education requirements. Any course exceptions must be approved by the director of the General Education Council.A minimum of 48 credit hours of general education courses numbered 100 or above will be required. General education hours totaling less than 45 will be accepted, but transfer students must complete the remainder of this requirement before graduation from the receiving institution.


I. Basic Skills (12 hours)

  • 6 hours of English Composition
  • 3 hours of Speech Communication
  • 3 hours of college level Mathematics

II. Humanities (12 hours from at least three of the following disciplines)

  • Art*
  • Music*
  • Theatre*, History
  • Philosophy, Literature *Performance courses are excluded.

III. Social and Behavioral Sciences (12 hours from at least three of the following disciplines)

  • Sociology Economics
  • Political Science Geography
  • Psychology Anthropology

IV. Life and Physical Sciences (9 hours in only those courses with lab - one course from life science and one from physical science)

V. ESU Graduation Requirements (5 hours)

Applied Science (3 hours); choose one of the following:
  • BU 241 Personal Finance
  • SOC 261 Marriage and Family
  • HL 150 Health for Human Wholeness Physical Education (2 hours)

Last Updated January 25, 2006