Course requirements:

• Minimum of 120 credit hours and overall Indiana University grade point average of 2.0 is required for graduation
• Minimum of 30 Indiana University credit hours
• Minimum or 20 credits hours residency, after admission to the General Studies program, with a GPA of 2.0
• Maximum of 21 credit hours in a single Arts & Science subject area and 30 credit hours in a professional school
• Minimum of 30 credit hours of upper level (300/400) courses
• Minimum grade of C- in Major Areas of Learning and Area of Concentration
• Competencies to include the following
  • ENG W131 – Elementary Composition
  • SPCH S121 – Public Speaking
  • GNST G203 - Introduction to General Studies
  • Intensive writing (2 Intensive Writing courses needed)
  • MATH M100 or higher (including M111 & T101)
  • Computer science
  • Science course with a lab
  • Diversity class
  • GNST G408 General Studies Capstone

Awards and Distinctions

Scholastic Honor Society

Omicron Sigma Delta is a liberal arts scholastic honorary society based on the same criteria as those used by the prestigious national honorary scholastic society, Phi Beta Kappa.  Candidates are selected on the basis of high scholarship and good character.

Graduation with Distinction

The General Studies Program recognizes outstanding performance in coursework by awarding degree with three levels of distinction. In order to graduate with distinction, students must have 60 graded IU credit hours.

The levels of distinction, which are printed on the IU diploma, are determined by the following grade point averages:

• 3.50-3.74 distinction
• 3.75-3.89 high distinction
• 3.90-4.00 highest distinction