General Studies - BS

The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in General Studies provides a general college education for persons to build a strong academic platform for problem solving and from which to make future career and educational decisions. Individuality and flexibility describe this program of studies. Students will find maximum freedom of choice while building on a stable general education foundation.

This program consists of 124 credits of course work, which includes both Liberal Arts requirements and a concentration in one academic area. The program design requires the student to complete at least 30 of the 124 hours with Indiana Wesleyan University. Therefore, transfer of credits is an option for this degree if the credits are earned at other regionally-accredited institutions or institutions accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education and a grade of "C" or higher was earned.

The total of 124 credit hours must include 30 hours in Liberal Arts, 30 hours in upper-level coursework, 20 hours in a concentration, and 3 hours in required electives as specified below:

Liberal Arts Requirements

• 6 credits in Philosophy/Religion/Biblical Literature

(3 of the 6 credits MUST be in Biblical Literature)

• 6 credits in English Composition (ENG-140 and ENG-141 or the equivalent, must be completed with grade of "C" or better)
• 6 credits in Social Science
• 3 credits in Math/Science
• 3 credits in Fine Arts/Foreign Language
• 6 credits in Liberal Arts Electives (from any of the above areas)

Required Electives

• 2 credits in Introductory seminar (ADM-201, UNV-181, or UNV-111)
• 1 credit in General Studies Colloquium (UNV-401)

Concentration

• 20 credit hours total with a 2.25 G.P.A.
• 9 of 20 hours must be completed at IWU
• Concentrations include those listed below
• Individualized concentrations must be approved by the General Studies Faculty

Concentration Elements:

• Business - courses with ACC, ADM, BUS, ECO, or MGT prefixes, except ADM-400
• Communications - courses with ENG, WRI, and COM prefixes, as well as MGT-205
• Criminal Justice - courses with CRJ prefixes and SOC-246, PSY-365, and PHE-366
• Computer Information Technology - courses with CIT and BIS prefixes
• Entrepreneurship - ECO-300, two or more courses in accounting or fraud examination, one or more MGT courses, and ADM or BUS courses
• Fine Arts - courses with ART and MUS prefixes and foreign language courses
• History - courses with HST prefixes and REL-225
• Human Services - courses with SOC and PSY prefixes, and CRJ-268
• Liberal Arts - courses with Liberal Arts prefixes
• Life Sciences - courses with BIO, CHE, EAR, SCI prefixes, PHE-140, PHE-141, PHE-362, and PHE-366 with coursework from at least two separate areas required
• Marketing - courses with MKG prefixes and MGT-421
• Mathematics - course with MAT prefixes and ADM-320
• Religious Studies - courses with REL and BIL prefixes
• Individualized Concentration - permits customized concentration with approval of General Studies Faculty