Transfer Agreement and Articulation Guide

The Transfer Agreement and Articulation Guide has been developed to facilitate the transition of students with an associate degree from accredited colleges and universities to Fort Hays State University.

Requirements

(1) Students must graduate from an accredited college or university with an associate degree based on a baccalaureate oriented sequence (see FHSU University Catalog).

(2) Students must meet the following requirements:
A minimum of 45 credit hours of general education with distribution in the following fields:

Twelve (12) hours of Basic Skills courses:
6 hours of English Composition
3 hours of Speech Communication
3 hours of college level mathematics (Statistics will be required of transfer students where university curriculum requires it.)

Twelve (12) hours of Humanities courses from at least three of the following disciplines:
Art*
Theater*
Philosophy
Music*
History
Literature

*Performance/studio courses are excluded.

Twelve (12) hours of Social and Behavioral Science courses from at least three of the following disciplines:
Sociology
Psychology
Political Sciences
Economics
Geography
Anthropology

Nine (9) hours of Natural and Physical Science courses from at least two disciplines (lecture with lab).

POINTS OF CLARIFICATION

1) Any student earning a Fort Hays bachelors degree using a Transfer Articulation Agreement must have the associates degree from another institution posted at least one semester prior to granting the Fort Hays degree.

2) Students still may be required to take freshman or sophomore courses to meet degree or graduation requirements.

3) All students completing a teacher education program at the university shall satisfy the FHSU general education requirements or the transfer and articulation agreement. Students must complete the following specific courses with a C grade or higher:

English Composition I, 3 hours
English Composition II, 3 hours
Fundamentals of Oral Communication, 3 hours
Intro to Computer Information, 3 hours
College Algebra or higher, 3 hours
Elements of Statistics, 3 hours
Multiculturalism in the U.S., 3 hours

4) Students with associate's degrees who have not met the transfer articulation distribution requirement may complete the Transfer Articulation Agreement at FHSU or fulfill the FHSU General Education program.

5) Credit for equivalent technical courses may be granted by departmental examination at the receiving institution.

6) In addition, all transfer students must fulfill a three-hour upper division integrative course which fulfills a university requirement.

Effective Fall 2001