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Systemwide General Education

The KU Core 34 is KU’s revised general education curriculum launching in Fall 2024. The KU Core 34 aligns with the Kansas Board of Regents’ (KBOR) systemwide general education framework which is designed to improve the transfer student experience. By completing the KU Core 34, students will also fulfill the statewide general education requirements.

KU Core 34

Goals of the Systemwide General Education

KBOR’s new Systemwide General Education Program policy (Chapter III.A.18) outlines:  

  • the common system framework (disciplines, core subjects, and credit hours) that each institution must adopt, 
  • establishes institutional reporting requirements, and 
  • creates a General Education (GE) Council, which will be responsible for reviewing institutional reporting, issuing recommendations regarding requests for certain majors to deviate from the GE requirements, and investigating student and institutional complaints relating to the systemwide GE program and its application to the Transfer and Articulation policy 

The goals of the Systemwide General Education include: 

  1. Maximize the application of credit throughout the system.  
  2. Simplify processes for transfer students. 
  3. Remove barriers for transfer students. 

KU Resources

KBOR Resources