Bachelor of General Studies Degree - Academic Core

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The Bachelor of General Studies is designed for individuals who are currently employed in or who wish to be employed in fields that do not require a degree in a specific subject area. It is also an appropriate program for persons who desire a degree only for purposes of personal enrichment.

To receive a Bachelor of General Studies degree, a student must fulfill the following course requirements:

Degree Requirements

A. Core Courses - 46 hours

Capstone (determined by concentrations)

Christian Studies - 6 hours

CSBS 1311Old Testament Survey

3

CSBS 1312New Testament Survey

3

English - 9 hours

ENGL 1321Rhetoric & Composition I

3

ENGL 1322Rhetoric & Composition II

3

ENGL
Literature

3

Exercise and Sport Science (2 activity courses) - 2 courses

Fine Arts - 3 hours

Global Issues or Social Science - 3 hours

Lab Science - 4 hours

Public Speaking - 3 hours

COMM 1320Public Speaking

3

Quantitative Reasoning - 3 hours

MATH only

MATH 1304Quantitative Reasoning

3

or

higher

Scientific Inquiry or Natural Sciences - 3 hours

Social Science - 6 hours

two different subject areas outside of major

Chapel - 1 to 4 credits

UMHB 1002Chapel

0

UMHB 1002: credits determined by admission classification

Fine Arts Experience - 2-8 credits

UMHB 1005Fine Arts Experience

0

UMHB 1005: credits determined by admission classification

Freshman Seminar - 1 hour

UMHB 1101Freshman Seminar

1

UMHB 1101: required for first-time freshmen with fewer than 12 semester hours of transfer credit only

World Ideas or Philosophy or Non-US History - 3 hours

B. Two Concentrations - 48 hours

Each Concentration must have:

24 hours chosen from one college

12 hours upper-level

12 hours at UMHB, 6 of which must be upper-level

Associate degree academic or technical fields (excluding General Studies) may be a concentration

Courses in the general education core will not also count towards hours in the concentration

Courses from the College of Humanities and Sciences may be separated into a Concentration in Humanities and/or a Concentration in Sciences.

C. Electives - as needed to bring total to 124 hours

D. Total for Bachelor of General Studies Degree - 124 hours