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.

catalog

  • 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.

catalog

  • 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.