KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Student Nam e:________________________
Student I.D. No._______________________
K-State 8 and General Education Program
Each student must successfully complete creditbearing courses/experiences to cover all of the KState 8 areas. Some of the K-State 8 areas may be
covered in the student’s major. The intent of the K-State
8 is for students to explore the perspectives of
disciplines that may be quite different from those of their
own majors. For that reason, a minimum of four
different course prefixes (e.g., AGEC, MATH, FSHS)
must be represented in the fulfillment of the K-State 8
requirements. To learn more about K-State 8 and read
the eight subject area descriptions, see
http://www.k-state.edu/kstate8/ .
PARK MANAGEMENT and CONSERVATION
Mathematics & Statistics:
(6 hours)
____ MATH 100* (3) College Algebra (F,S,SU)
____ STAT 325* (3) Introduction to Statistics (F,S,SU)
Law Enforcement Ranger:
____ PMC
441 (12) Topics/NPS Law Enforcement Academy
____ PMC
441 (3) Topics/NPS Police Officers Standards Trng.
PROFESSIONAL CORE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 hours
____ PMC
110* (1) Environmental Education & Leadership (F)
____ PMC
210 (3) Intro. To Outdoor Recreation (F))
____ PMC
275* (3) Intro. to Natural Resource Management (F)
____ PMC
330 (3) Dendrology (F)
____ PMC
350 (1-2) Parks & Outdoor Rec. Practicum
(F,S,SU)
____ PMC
475* (3) Natural History for Park Professionals (F)
____ PMC
489* (3) Outdoor Rec. Program and Event Dev. (S)
____ PMC
492 (6) Internship in Parks & Rec. (F,S,SU)
____ PMC
510 (3) Forestry for Park Professionals (F)
____ PMC
580 (4) Park Ops. & Maintenance Management (F)
____ PMC
620 (3) Park Planning and Design (F)
____ PMC
635* (3) Methods of Environmental Interpretation (F)
____ PMC
710 (3) Natural Resource Based Tourism (S)
Choose 2 credit hours from the following:
____ PMC
112 (1) Boat Safety & Navigation (F)
____ PMC
113 (1) Shooting Sports Certification (F)
____ PMC
114 (1) Kansas Park and Wildlife Regulations (F)
____ PMC
115 (1) Adventure Challenge Certification (F)
____ PMC
116 (1) Certified Interpretive Guide (S)
____ PMC
120 (1) Outdoor Recreation Certification (F,S,SU)
Resource Management:
____ AGEC 525* (3)
____ BIOL
222* (1)
____ BIOL
303* (3)
____ BIOL
504* (3)
____ ENTOM 312* (3)
____ GEOG 221* (4)
____ GEOG 340* (3)
____ GEOG 508* (4)
____ GEOG 605 (3)
____ HORT 508* (2)
____ HORT 515* (2)
____ HORT 585* (3)
____ PLPTH 500* (3)
____ PMC
575 (3)
Natural Res. & Environmental Economics (F)
Field Ornithology (S)
Ecol. Of Environmental Problems (S)
Plant Ecology (F)
General Entomology (F,S)
Introductory Physical Geography (F,S,SU)
Geography of Natural Resources (F)
Geographic Information Systems I (F,S)
Remote Sensing of the Environment (F,S)
Landscape Maintenance (F)
Basic Turfgrass Culture (S)
Arboriculture (S)
Principles of Plant Pathology (S)
Water Mgt. For Natural Res. Managers (F)
Social Sciences:
____ GEOG 300*
____ HIST
511*
____ HMD
230*
____ MANGT 390*
____ PLAN 315*
____ POLSC 507*
____ PSYCH 535*
____ SOCIO 361*
____ SOCIO 362*
____ SOCIO 460*
____ SOCIO 561*
____ SOCIO 570*
Geography of Tourism (S,SU)
Environmental History (F, alternate yrs.)
Issues in Tourism (S)
Business Law I (F,S,SU)
Introduction to City Planning (F)
Intro. To Public Administration (F)
Social Psychology (F,S,SU)
Criminal Justice Systems (F,S,SU)
Police and Society (F,S)
Youth and Crime (F,S,SU)
Criminology (F,S)
Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA (F,S)
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 hours
Communications:
____ COMM 106
____ COMM 311
(3)
(3)
____ ENGL
____ ENGL
(3)
(3)
100
200
Natural Sciences:
____ AGRON 305*
____ BIOL
198*
____ CHM
110*
____ CHM
111*
____ GEOL 100*
(4)
(4)
(3)
(1)
(3)
(12 hours)
Public Speaking I (F,S,SU)
Business & Prof. Speaking
(F,S,SU)
Expository Writing I (F,S,SU)
Expository Writing II (F,S,SU)
(15 hours)
Soils (F,S)
Prin. of Biology (F,S,SU)
General Chemistry (F,S,SU)
General Chemistry Lab.
Earth in Action (F,S,SU)
(F,S,SU)
Social Sciences:
(12 hours)
____ ANTH 200* (3) Intro. To Cultural Anthropology
(F,S)
____ ECON 110* (3) Principles of Macroeconomics
(F,S,SU)
or
____ ECON 120* (3) Principles of Microeconomics
(F,S,SU)
____ PSYCH 110* (3) General Psychology (F,S,SU)
____ SOCIO 211* (3) Intro. to Sociology (F,S,SU)
SPECIALIZED COURSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 hours
Choose 30 or more hours from the following:
Business: (minor in Business)
____ ACCTG 231* (3) Accounting for Business Ops. (F,S,SU)
____ ACCTG 241* (3) Accounting for Invest. & Finan. (F,S,SU)
____ FINAN 450* (3) Principles of Finance (F,S,SU)
____ MANGT 420* (3) Management Concepts (F,S,SU)
____ MKTG 400* (3) Introduction to Marketing (F,S,SU)
____ STAT 350* (3) Business & Econ. Statistics I (S)
Communications:
____ AGCOM 712
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(3) Environmental Communications (S,
even yrs.)
COMM 320* (3) Theories of Human Comm. (F,S)
COMM 526* (3) Persuasion (F,S)
ENGL 465* (3) Intro. To Creative Nonfiction (F,S)
MC
110* (3) Mass Comm. In Society (F,S,SU)
PMC
740* (3) Advanced Environ. Interpretation (S)
Any one Modern Language Course
Any one Theatre Course
Students must complete at least 45 hours of
upper division courses
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
FREE ELECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 hours
Total Hours Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
*Approved K-State 8/General Education Courses
Fall, 2015
K-State 8/General Education Requirements
for Transfer Students
Transfer students are required to cover all eight of the K-State 8
areas. When Kansas State University has an articulation agreement with
a transfer institution, we will rely on that agreement to determine
which K-State 8 area(s) transfer credit(s) could cover. For example, when
a K-State course is tagged for one or two areas, then the “equivalent”
course from another institution will be tagged for the same one or two
areas. The student's dean's office will determine -- on a case by case
basis -- which K-State 8 area(s) can be allocated to a non-equivalent
transfer course.