Program Description

One day you wake up, look at your transcript, and realize you've got enough credits for nearly two minors. Consider turning your diverse academic interests into a general studies degree, boosting your appeal to employers in health care, law, real estate, industry, and other fields.

To give you the well-rounded background you crave, we have a very wide range of subjects you can choose to study. In fact, there are approximately 85 undergraduate minors here at UAB, and the combination of any two of them can give you your degree. Before you graduate, however, you'll need to complete a capstone experience. Here, you'll apply knowledge from multiple disciplines to different contexts, examine your intellectual development, and analyze future opportunities.The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree is a flexible interdisciplinary degree that allows students to choose a general curriculum that meets their individual goals and provides room for exploration and inquiry. Our students have found special meaning in the modular and interdisciplinary intent of our program. The BGS prepares students for careers in various professional fields, including government, health care, real estate, general social services and the service-producing sector, law, retail, as well as the private industry where fundamental critical thinking and inquiry skills as well as rigorous writing and communication skills are of key importance. BGS graduates with high GPAs have also been successful in meeting their professional school goals, including graduate school.

The Bachelor of General Studies is a broad-based option supported by all undergraduate programs offering a minor at UAB. UAB offers a choice of over 80 minors. The BGS program integrates all our undergraduate campus in the choice of options. The program goals are to 1) equip students with a broad-based higher education allowing them to perform efficiently in the workplace; 2) prepare students to understand an increasingly complex and multifaceted world; and 3) help students to demonstrate a multidisciplinary base of knowledge.

Undergraduate students graduating with a degree in General Studies work with the assigned BGS advisor and select two minors of their choice offered at UAB, along with 9 hours of 400-level course work and a Capstone experience. Graduating students are expected to: (1) write, communicate, and present effectively; (2) evaluate and interpret information as well as societal issues critically and analytically; (3) apply knowledge and modes of inquiry from several disciplines; (4) demonstrate integrative learning.

Admission Requirements

Satisfactory completion of a secondary/high school diploma with an overall GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale; SAT or ACT may be required for some programs 

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6

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