The Kansas Board of Regents has authorized a three-year pilot program that would allow leaders of the state’s six public universities to propose special bachelor’s degrees requiring as little as three-fourths of the course credit hours of a standard 120-credit degree.
Called reduced-credit baccalaureate degrees, or RCBDs, the proposed programs would go through a vetting process as the universities develop them for review under the pilot.
The authorization, approved in Topeka, sets the framework for whether reduced-credit pathways can be tested across Kansas public universities over the next three years.