This Transfer Agreement and Articulation Guide is established on June 22, 2001, between Fort Hays State University (FHSU) and Dallas County Community College.
The Transfer Agreement and Articulation Guide has been developed to facilitate the transition of students with academic credit at Dallas County Community College to Fort Hays State University.
Requirements for Bachelor of General Studies Matriculation
1. The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree requires 124 hours of credit including the following components:
- A minimum of 100 hours of coursework in the following liberal arts and science areas: art, biological sciences, chemistry, communication, economics, English, geosciences, history, information networking and telecommunications, interdisciplinary studies, justice studies, leadership studies, mathematics and psychology, sociology, and social work.
- A minimum of 60 hours of upper-division coursework (numbered 300 and above at FHSU),
- A maximum of 40 hours in one department,
- Six hours of English composition,
- A minimum of 12 hours of approved general education courses in each of the areas of humanities, natural sciences and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences with at least 3 departments represented in each area.
- A minimum grade index of 2.00 for all coursework, and coursework at FHSU,
- A minimum of 30 hours of credit from FHSU,
- A 21 hour individualized area of concentration,
- A 3-hour computer literacy course or suitable equivalent.
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2. Students must have been admitted to Dallas County Community College and satisfy all FHSU admission and degree requirements.
3. All prior coursework transferred into FHSU to be applied to the BGS degree will need to meet the above requirements.
4. Credit for equivalent technical courses may be granted by departmental examination at the discretion of FHSU.
5. Those students interested in the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees are strongly advised to consider the requirements section for other degrees in the FHSU university catalog.
6. For the BGS degree, FHSU will accept up to 64 lower-division credits and a total of 94 upper- and lower-division credits (applicable only if Dallas County Community College grants bachelor's degrees).
Note: Students from Eastfield College and North Lake College will not be able to transfer their A.A.S. degree. However, all DCCC students who take core courses within their A.A.S. degree, such core courses will be transferable.
8. FHSU tuition and fees are established annually by the Kansas Board of Regents and publicized by FHSU.
This Agreement is approved by the following signatories who are authorized to sign such Agreement.
Dr. Larry Gould Dr. William Wenrich
Provost Chancellor
Fort Hays State University Dallas County Community College