General Studies

Bachelor of General Studies Degree Requirements

This generalist’s degree program is designed for students whose educational objectives are not aligned with a more traditional degree program. It offers a flexible, individualized curricula leading to a Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree. Through individualized advising, the program helps students define their educational goals and design interdisciplinary curricula drawing on a variety of course offerings. The program is also intended to allow a student who has completed most of the requirements of a major but has been unsuccessful in some required portion of an approved program to complete a degree in a timely manner.

Bachelor of General Studies

Program Policies

Students may not substitute 100-200 level courses for 300-400 level courses.

A transfer course taken at the 300-400 level counts towards the upper-level credit requirement.

Transfer courses taken as a lower-level course will only count toward the upper-level credit requirement if the transfer course is equivalent to an upper-level MiSU course. A course equivalency must be entered into the Transfer Evaluation System (TES) by the corresponding department.

A maximum of eight credits of Internship and/or Research coursework may be applied to the upper-level credit requirement.

The BGS degree may not be earned in combination with another degree/major.

Students may declare a minor (or minors), but not concentrations.