Kansas City Kansas Community College

Bachelors degrees, master degrees and doctorates earned at regionally accredited colleges and universities within the last seven years will be honored as fulfilling Kansas City Kansas Community College general education core requirements.

Orientation Class Requirement
All first time degree-seeking students who score 75 or above on the Accuplacer reading exam will take HUDV 100, College Orientation.

All degree-seeking students who score below 75 on the Accuplacer reading exam will take HUDV 101, Strategies for Academic Excellence/Lifelong Learning.

Exemptions:

1. A student already has a college degree.
2. A student from another institution who is enrolling only in summer courses.
3. A student is only enrolled in Wellness, Workforce Development, or refresher courses.
4. A transfer student with 30 or more college credit hours.
5. Students taking Honors Tutorial I as Presidential Scholarship recipients.

If a student does not meet one of the exemptions listed above and wishes to appeal the requirement of completing the course, the student will need to obtain the approval of the chief academic officer.

All students working towards an Associate in Arts, an Associate in Science, and an Associate in General Studies are required to complete Composition I and II, Public Speaking, and Freshman Orientation or Strategies for Academic Excellence/Lifelong Learning. Students working toward an Associate in Applied Science may substitute Technical Writing as specified in certain degree requirements. Proper prerequisites must be observed unless they are waived by the Provost.

Recommendation: All degree seeking students should complete this course within the first 15 credit hours of college enrollment.

1. maintain an overall cumulative grade-point average of 2.00;
2. complete 12 of the last 24 credit hours of their degree at KCKCC
3. complete the 15 credit hours in residency requirement at KCKCC;
4. enroll in and complete one course at KCKCC during the semester the degree is granted;
5. apply no more than 30 credit hours of nontraditional studies credit to graduation requirements;
6. earn only one degree or certificate in a semester; and
7. approved programs completed at a Kansas Area Vocational Technical School apply as credit hours only toward an Associate in General Studies degree at KCKCC and cannot be applied toward a second degree.

Basic Skills courses, including:

• 6 hours of English composition I & II;
• 3 hours of Public Speaking or Interpersonal Communication; and
  

  ENGL 101	Composition I
  ENGL 102	Composition II
  SPCH 151	Public Speaking or
  SPCH 153	Interpersonal Communication
  (ENGL 206 - Technical Writing may be substituted for ENGL 102 under certain AAS degrees)

Mathematics and Natural and Physical Science courses:
3 hours of college level mathematics; College Algebra and/or Statistics will be required of transfer students where University curriculum requires it.