Minimum Requirements
B.G.S. Course Distribution Requirements

Minimum Requirements

1. You must successfully complete a minimum of 120 semester hours to graduate.

2. You must successfully complete at least 69 of the 120 required credit hours in the arts and sciences. You may earn no more than 21 of these 69 credit hours—including credits earned on the basis of a self-acquired competency (SAC) portfolio (see Special Opportunities)—in a single arts and sciences department or subject area. In addition, you may earn no more than 30 of the 51 credit hours allowed outside the arts and sciences—including credits earned on the basis of a SAC portfolio—in any one professional school or technical program.

3. You must successfully complete at least 30 of the 120 required credit hours at Indiana University or through the Indiana University Independent Study Program. Earning credit through an academic department examination at Indiana University is equivalent to having completed that course at Indiana University. You may not apply credits earned by self-acquired competency, Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES), and College-Level Examination Programs (CLEP) to this 30 credit hour requirement.

4. You must complete at least 20 of the 30 required credit hours of Indiana University course work after admission to the General Studies Degree Program. You may not apply credits you earned by self-acquired competency, Defense Activity for Nontraditional Education Support (DANTES), and College-Level Examination Programs (CLEP) to this 20 credit hour requirement.

5. You must successfully complete at least 30 of the 120 required credit hours at the 300 and 400 upper-division level.

6. You must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 on all courses considered for the B.G.S. and on all courses you complete after being admitted to the School of Continuing Studies. The minimum grade we accept for any course completed to satisfy course distribution requirements is C-. (See Fundamental Skills Competency and Course Distribution Requirements.)

7. You must also fulfill the fundamental skills and course distribution requirements. (See Fundamental Skills Competency and Course Distribution Requirements.)

8. If you pursue the B.G.S. after completing the A.A. in General Studies, you must fulfill the B.G.S requirements that are in effect when we admit you to the bachelor's program.

9. You may not be awarded the A.A. in General Studies and B.G.S. within the same academic year.

Important: Each academic year includes students graduating in December, May, June, and August. Academic year 2001-02, for example, includes students graduating in December 2001 and in May, June, and August 2002.

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B.G.S. Course Distribution Requirements

To earn the B.G.S., you complete 12 credit hours in each of three learning areas: arts and humanities, science and mathematics, and social and behavioral sciences. You also complete an 18 credit hour concentration in one of these three learning areas. The 12 credit hours required in each learning area, as well as the 18 credit hour concentration, must include courses from at least two academic departments.

You also complete an additional 66 hours of elective credit—including a minimum of 15 additional credit hours in the arts and sciences and no more than 30 credit hours in any one school or technical program.

Arts and Humanities Science and Mathematics Social and Behavioral Sciences Concentration Arts and Sciences Electives General Electives	12 credit hours 12 credit hours 12 credit hours 18 credit hours 15 credit hours 51 credit hours
Total Credit Hours Required for the B.G.S.	120 credit hours

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