Mission
The mission of the General Education and Enrichment Division is to enable students to acquire breadth and depth of knowledge and skills necessary to successfully pursue academic, career, and personal goals.
Course Offerings
BGTC offers general education courses in computer literacy, foreign language, heritage, humanities, mathematics, oral communication, science, social interaction, and writing. These courses will help students become intellectually flexible, articulate, reflective, creative, and prepared for continuous learning.
General Education Competencies
Communicate Effectively
- Read and listen with comprehension.
- Speak and write clearly using standard English
- Interact cooperatively with others using both verbal and non-verbal means.
- Demonstrate information processing through basic computer skills
Think Critically
- Make connections in learning across the disciplines and draw logical conclusions.
- Demonstrate problem solving through interpreting, analyzing, summarizing, and/or intergrating a variety of materials.
- Use mathematics to organize, anyalyze, and synthesize data to solve a problem.
Learn Independently
- Use appropriate search stategies and resources to find, evaluate, and use information.
- Make choices based upon awareness of ethics and differing perspectives/ideas.
- Apply learning in academic, personal, and public situations.
- Think creatively to develop new ideas, processes, or products.
Examine Relationships in Diverse and Complex Environments
- Recognize the relationship of the individual to human heritage and culture.
- Demonstrate an awareness of the relationshop of the individual to the biological and physical environment.
- Develop an awareness of self as an individual member of a multicultural global community
For more information
Alice Benham
(270) 901-1022
Professor/Division Chair
This information should not be considered a substitute for the KCTCS Catalog. You should always choose classes in cooperation with your faculty advisor to ensure that you meet all degree requirements.