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.

• Make connections in learning across the disciplines and draw logical conclusions.
• Demonstrate problem solving through interpreting, analyzing, summarizing, and/or integrating a variety of materials.
• Use mathematics to organize, analyze, and synthesize data to solve a problem.

• Use appropriate search strategies 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.

• Recognize the relationship of the individual to human heritage and culture.
• Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship of the individual to the biological and physical environment.
• Develop an awareness of self as an individual member of a multicultural global community.

Alice Benham
Professor/Division Chair
270-901-1022
alice.benham@kctcs.edu

Linh Changaris
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
270-901-1023
linh.changaris@kctcs.edu

Carmen Gaskins
Associate Professor, Computer Literacy
270-901-1060
carmen.gaskins@kctcs.edu

Dr. Craig Gillam
Instructor, Science
270-901-1071
craig.gillam@kctcs.edu

Barry Kennedy
Instructor, Heritage
270-901-1108
bkennedy0011@kctcs.edu

Kevin Kenady
Associate Professor, Mathematics
270-901-1021
kevin.kenady@kctcs.edu

Bryan Mason
Instructor, Science
270-901-1096
bmason0031@kctcs.edu

Wren Mills
Assistant Professor, Writing
270-901-1158
wren.mills@kctcs.edu

Loucas Papalouca

Assistant Professor, Computer Literacy

270-901-1165

loucas.papalouca@kctcs.edu

Byron Pennycuff
Instructor, Mathematics
270-901-1107
dpennycuffii0001@kctcs.edu

Ryan Sandefur
Instructor, Mathematics
270-901-1093
rsandefur0001@kctcs.edu

Eugenia Scott
Oral Communication/Diversity Coordinator
270-901-1106
eugenia.scott@kctcs.edu

Diane Wilkins
Assistant Professor, Writing
270-901-1040
diane.wilkins@kctcs.edu

Thomas Williams
Instructor, Psychology
270-901-1038
tommy.williams@kctcs.edu