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Jul 12, 2025
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Undergraduate Catalog 2025-2026
General Studies, B.G.S.
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This degree is a flexible degree program designed to serve the needs of individuals with varied interestes when pursuing a major. Students work with an advisor to determine interest areas and develop an appropriate degree plan. Students earning a B.G.S. complete all general education requirements (30 credit hours), three areas of emphasis (15 credits in each area) selected by the student from these disciplines, and a capstone course specific to the degree program. Specific coursework in the three areas of emphasis is selected by the student; additional credits for graduation can be selected from any discipline.
Location(s): Madison Main Campus and Online
Learning Outcomes
Plan of Study - General Studies (BS) 25-26
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| System-wide General Education Requirement |
30 credits |
| Required Core |
6 credits |
| Emphasis Areas |
45 credits |
| Capstone |
3 credits |
| Electives |
36 credits |
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System-wide General Education Requirement (SGE) (30 Credits)
GOAL 1: Written Communication (6 Credits)
GOAL 2: Oral Communication (3 Credits)
GOAL 3: Social Sciences (6 Credits)
Choose two courses in different disciplines. GOAL 4: Arts and Humanities (6 Credits)
Choose two courses in different disciplines or in a sequence of foreign language courses. ART and ARTH are considered one discipline. GOAL 5: Mathematics (3 Credits)
GOAL 6: Natural Sciences (6 Credits)
Combinations not permitted because of excessive duplication are BIOL 101 and BIOL 151; PHYS 111 and PHYS 211; or PHYS 113 and PHYS 213. Required Core (6 Credits)
Choose 15 credits from three of the following emphasis areas (45 Credits)
- Allied Health: HIM, NURS, RESP
- Business: ACCT, BADM, BED, ECON, OED
- Education: ED, EDER, EDFN, EPSY, ELED, INED, MLED, SEED, SPED
- Fine Art: ART, ARTD, ARTH, DAD, GFA, MUAP, MUED, MUEN, MUS, THEA
- Humanities: CMST, ENGL (literature), HIST (western & world civilization), HUM, MCOM, PHIL, REL, foreign languages (ARAB, FREN, GER, GREE, LAKL, RUSS, SPAN)
- Social Science: ANTH, CJUS, GEOG, GLST, HIST (except western and world civilization), POLS, PSYC, SOC, WMST
- Science and Mathematics: BIOL, CHEM, ESCI, MATH, PHSI, PHYS
- Technology: CIS, CSC, ELED 422 , GAME, SCTC
- Wellness: EXS, HLTH, PE, WEL
Capstone Course (3 Credits)
Criteria for Capstone Course: - Independent study class, created for individual students with a faculty member assigned who has expertise/interest in the areas of emphasis.
- Capstone course meets the writing requirement for a degree program.
- Fifteen page paper on a contemporary issue related to the three areas of emphasis.
- Updated vita.
- Learning statement explaining how the three areas of emphasis have prepared the student for their career.
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