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Nov 24, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
General Studies, B.G.S.
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Bachelor of General Studies |
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120 |
Graduates of the College of General Studies have used the Bachelor of General Studies degree to enter a variety of post-baccalaureate (e.g., teacher certification), professional (e.g., medicine, law, social work) and graduate programs. Specific examples of master’s degree programs our graduates have entered with the BGS include (but are not limited to), Counseling, Psychology, Communicative Disorders, and Engineering. Our graduates have also gone on to earn the Master of Public Health, Master of Public Administration, Master of Business Administration, etc.
College of General Studies graduates have also used the BGS to qualify for positions with companies in a variety of industries (e.g., pharmaceutical, retail, petroleum, telecommunications, healthcare).
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Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 Credits)
Choose from ANTH, CJUS, ECON 201 , ECON 202 , ECON 300 , GEOG, POLS, PSYC and SOCI.
Mathematics (3 Credits)
Choose in consultation with academic advisor.
Additional Electives (6 Credits)
One of these electives must be a course that has been designated as writing intensive, unless such a course is applied elsewhere in the curriculum. Selection of the writing intensive course and the minor area should be done in consultation with the student’s academic advisor.
Concentration (6 Credits)
Choose from 1 of the 5 concentration blocks at the 300 - 400 level; minimum grade of “C” in concentration area.
Enrichment (12 Credits)
12 semester hours must be completed from 3 of 5 concentration blocks, totaling 36 semester hours. Communication (3 Credits)
Choose from:
Computer Literacy (3 Credits)
May be computer science (CMPS) or an approved departmental computer literacy course or credit earned by completion of a proficiency exam in this area. Concentration (12 Credits)
Choose from 1 of the 5 concentration blocks at the 300 - 400 level; minimum grade of “C” in concentration area.
Enrichment (12 Credits)
12 semester hours must be completed from 3 of 5 concentration blocks, totaling 36 semester hours. Concentration (6 Credits)
Choose from 1 of the 5 concentration blocks at the 300 - 400 level; minimum grade of “C” in concentration area.
Enrichment (12 Credits)
12 semester hours must be completed from 3 of 5 concentration blocks, totaling 36 semester hours. Additional Electives (12 Credits)
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