Arts and Sciences Overlays
Students in the catalog year 2024-2025 or later are required to fulfill three overlays: Ethical Reasoning, U.S. Multicultural, and Global Perspectives. These courses are expected to be used in another part of a student's degree plan (K-State Core, program requirements, or free electives).
Current lists of courses eligible for the overlays updated April 17, 2024.
(The below information is also available as a pdf file.)
Ethical Reasoning Overlay
All courses awaiting committee review and approval.
- PHILO 130 Intro to Moral Philosophy
- PHILO 135 Intro to Social and Political Philosophy
- PHILO 295 Introduction to Environmental Ethics
- PHILO 330 Moral Philosophy (more in-depth for majors/minors; no prerequisite)
- PHILO 335 Intro to Social and Political Philosophy (more in-depth for majors/minors; no prerequisite)
- PHILO 185 (previously 385) Engineering Ethics
- PHILO 365 Medical Ethics
- PHILO 595 Environmental Ethics
Additional courses outside Philosophy pending approval
U.S. Multicultural Overlay
Additional courses pending approval.
- AMETH 160, 300, 351-354, 370, 450, 461, 499, 501, 556, 560, 660, 700
- ANTH 312, 513, 516, 605*, 710
- COMM 434
- CRIM 463
- ENGL 285, 384-389, 476, 655
- GEOG 370, 510
- GWSS 105, 325, 345, 350, 365, 375, 435, 560, 570
- HIST 311, 537, 539
- MC 612
- MLANG 120
- MUSIC 173
- PHILO 180, 380
- POLSC 360
- PSYCH 556, 557
- SOCIO 510, 541, 545, 570, 647
- SOCWK 510
- SPAN 531, 560
- STRAN 550
- THTRE 672
Global Perspectives Overlay (previously International Studies Overlay)
All courses awaiting committee review and approval.
- ANTH 200, 204, 210, 220, 260, 305, 310, 314, 315, 505, 506, 508, 509, 512, 515, 525, 604, 605*, 606, 616, 663, 665
- ARAB 501, 502, 540
- ART 195, 196, 545, 550, 602, 603, 612, 613, 622, 628
- CHINE 501, 502
- CLSCS 501
- COMM 480
- DAS 507, 525
- ECON 505, 507, 536, 681, 682, 684
- ENGL 280, 580
- FREN 301 or above
- GEOG 100, 200, 201, 300, 335, 505, 620, 622, 715
- GREEK 301, 302
- GRMN 301 or above
- GWSS 380, 405
- HIST 111, 112, 250, 303, 330, 332, 501, 504, 505, 508-510, 514, 516, 517, 543-545, 560-562, 571, 576-578, 584, 591-593, 595, 598
- ITAL 520
- JAPAN 391, 591, 592, 599
- LATIN 302
- MC 623, 725
- MLANG 507
- MUSIC 249
- POLSC 145, 341, 343, 388, 390, 505, 511, 540, 545, 549, 623, 626, 627, 629, 642, 643, 645, 647, 651-653, 655
- RUSSN 398, 551-553
- SOCIO 363, 505, 507, 522, 535, 618, 635, 742
- SPAN 301 or above
*ANTH 605 may count for either U.S. Multicultural Overlay or Global Perspectives Overlay, not both.
Go to Arts and Sciences Degree Requirements page.
Faculty/staff wishing to propose additions to course list or changes to Curriculog, should visit the A&S degree requirements, restricted electives, and overlays page.