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General Studies

Requirements

39 credits hours selected from  Arts and Science academic departments, of which:

  • 18 credit hours selected from one area below.  
  • Credit hours earned must be from two or more different academic departments with a C- or higher.  
  • No more than 21 credit hours are allowed from each department

Arts and Science academic departments

Cultural Arts and Humanities

 Afro-American Studies (AFRO-)  German (GER-) 
 American Sign Lang/ Eng Interpret (ASL-)     Herron School of Art (HER-)  
 American Studies (AMST-)          Italian (ITAL-)
 Classical Studies and Latin (CLAS-)     Latino Studies (LATS-)
 Communication Studies (COMM-)  Medical Health & Humanities (MHHS-)  
 East Asian Languages, Chinese and Japanese (EALC-)    Music (MUS-)
 English (ENG-)      Near Eastern Language &Culture (NELC) Arabic   
 Film Studies (FILM-)   Philanthropic Studies (PHST-)
 Folklore (FOLK-)   Philosophy (PHIL-)
 Foreign Languages & Cultures (WLAC-)     Religious Studies (REL-)
 French (FREN-)   Spanish (SPAN-)
   Technical Communications (TCM-) 

Life and Physical Science

 Astronomy (AST-)      Geology (GEOL-)
 Biology (BIOL, MICR, BITN, all count as one dept.)     Mathematics (MATH & STAT, all count as one dept.)  
 Chemistry (CHEM-)          Computer Science (CSCI)
 Forensic Science (FIS-)       Physics (PHYS-)
 Microbiology (MICR-)         General Science (SCI-) 

Social Science

 Anthropology (ANTH-)      Psychology (PSY-)
 Criminal (SPEA-)      Political Science (POLS-)   
 Economics (ECON-)         Sociology (SOC-)
 History (HIST-)  Women's Studies (WOST-)
  • 21 additional credits selected from anywhere in the  Arts and Science academic departments
  • 51 credit hours in general electives.  Courses can be selected from Professional Schools and Arts and Science academic departments.

Professional Schools

 Allied Health (AHLT-)       Medicine
 Aviation Technology (AV-)       Military (MIL-)  
 Business (BUS-)          Museum Studies (MSTD-)
 Dental Assisting (DAST-)  Music (MUS-)*
 Dental Hygiene (DHYG-)       New Media (NEWM-)
 Education (EDUC-)           Nursing (NURS-)
 Emergency Medical (EMER-)   Organizational Leadership & Supervision (OLS-)
 Foods & Nutrition (FN-)        Philanthropic Studies (PHST-)
 Health Information Admin (HIA-)    Physical Education (HPER-)
 Herron School of Art (ART-)     Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
 Informatics (INFO -)      Social Work (SWK-)
 Library & Information Science (SLIS)   Technical Communications (TCM-)
 Journalism (JOUR-)      Tourism Convention and Event Management (TCEM-)
 Labor Studies (LSTU-)     University College (UCOL)

School of Engineering/Technology (maximum 30 credit hours from any combination of departments below)

 Computer Graph Tech (CGT-)         Engineering (ECE,ME, ENGER-)
 Computer & Info Tech (CIT-)       Industrial Engr Tech (IET-)
 Computer Integrated Manuf Tech (CIMT)   Industrial Engineering Tech (IET-)
 Construction Tech (CNT-)   Interior Design (INTR-)
 Elec & Computer Engr Tech (ECET-)  Mechanical Engr Tech (MET-)

NOTE: must include a Learning Community or Internship or Overseas Study or a Capstone class. 

  • Completion of 30 credit hour General Education Core  (http://uc.iupui.edu/UndergraduateEducation/GeneralEducationCurriculum/GeneralEducationCore.aspx)
  • Minimum  18 credit hours completed after official admission to the General Studies Degree program
  • Minimum 30 credit hours completed at Indiana University (any campus)
  • Minimum 30 credit hours of upper level coursework (courses numbered 300-400 level)
  • No more than 21 credit hours from a single Arts and Science academic department and/or 30 credit hours from a single professional school
  • Must complete one of the following courses during last term before graduation:
  • GNST-G 399 General Studies Internship OR GNST-G 400 General Studies Capstone
  • Maximum 90 transfer credits accepted from colleges/universities awarding baccalaureate degrees
  • Maximum 64 transfer credits accepted from two-year and community colleges