KSU's Core IMPACTS Curriculum

Kennesaw State University鈥檚 Core Curriculum is designed to help students succeed through exploration, collaboration, and rigor. The curriculum engages students from diverse backgrounds and talents to produce meaningful change. KSU believes that general education serves to support students becoming productive members of a democratic society and be well-prepared to enter the workplace. Core IMPACTS provides students with a broad foundation in the humanities, natural sciences, and the arts along with the practical career-ready skills needed to engage in society and the workforce. Students learn through exploration of big questions that guide learning and develop skills and competencies critical for future success. Each IMPACTS area is guided by an orienting question and learning outcomes, along with a set of career-ready competencies.

NOTE: The IMPACTS core curriculum is for students who enrolled at Kennesaw State University for the Fall 2024 semester and after, or those who change their major. All current KSU students should continue in the core curriculum aligned with their catalog year, which can be found in the archived catalogs. 

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Students take 42 credit hours of IMPACTS core courses and an additional 18 hours of Field of Study requirements specific to their major. 

  • Orienting Question:

    How does my institution help me navigate the world?

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will demonstrate the ability to think critically and solve problems.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Critical Thinking
    • Teamwork
    • Time Management 

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I measure the world? 

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will apply mathematical and computational knowledge to interpret, evaluate, and communicate quantitative information using verbal, numerical, graphical, or symbolic forms.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Information Literacy
    • Inquiry and Analysis鈥�
    • Problem-Solving

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I prepare for my responsibilities as an engaged citizen?鈥�� 

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will demonstrate knowledge of the history of the United States, the history of Georgia, and the provisions and principles of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of Georgia.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Critical Thinking
    • Intercultural Competence
    • Persuasion

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I interpret the human experience through creative, linguistic, and philosophical works?

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will effectively analyze and interpret the meaning, cultural significance, and ethical implications of literary/philosophical texts or of works in the visual/performing arts.鈥� 

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Ethical Reasoning鈥��
    • Information Literacy鈥��
    • Intercultural Competence

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I write effectively in different contexts?鈥�� 

    Learning Outcomes:

    1. Students will communicate effectively in writing, demonstrating clear organization and structure, using appropriate grammar and writing conventions.
    2. Students will appropriately acknowledge the use of materials from original sources.
    3. Students will adapt their written communications to purpose and audience.
    4. Students will analyze and draw informed inferences from written texts.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Critical Thinking
    • Information Literacy
    • Persuasion

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I ask scientific questions or use data, mathematics, or technology to understand the universe?鈥��

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will use the scientific method and laboratory procedures or mathematical and computational methods to analyze data, solve problems, and explain natural phenomena.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Inquiry and Analysis鈥��
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    • Teamwork

  • Orienting Question:

    How do I understand human experiences and connections?鈥��� 

    Learning Outcome:

    Students will effectively analyze the complexity of human behavior, and how historical, economic, political, social, or geographic relationships develop, persist, or change.

    Career-Ready Competencies:

    • Intercultural Competence鈥��
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    • Persuasion

 

Resources for Faculty

Academic Affairs and Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) will partner to support faculty tasked with teaching Core IMPACTS courses. Please check for more information as it becomes available.

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