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Bachelor of Science • General Studies [ONSITE / ONLINE]
About the Program | Admission & Graduation Requirements | Information & How to Apply
Admission & Graduation Requirements
Admission Requirements
The admission requirements are as follows:
- Must have High School diploma or G.E.D.
- Two years of full-time work or life experience, which can include significant philanthropic, home, or volunteer experience.
- You must have completed at least 60 transferable credit hours from a regionally accredited college or university.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in General Studies from the College of Adult and Professional Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University, the following requirements must be met:
- Completion of 124 credit hours, of which at least 30 credit-hours must be completed at Indiana Wesleyan University, with a G.P.A. of 2.0 or above
- Completion of the required courses and requirements in one Concentration area with a G.P.A. of 2.25 or higher
- A cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
- Completion of at least 30 semester hours at Indiana Wesleyan University
- 30 credit-hours must be upper-level ("300" and "400" numbered) courses
- Completion of 30 hours of liberal arts courses as specified
- Completion of 3 hours of required electives
- Payment of all tuition and fees
Liberal Arts Requirements:
- 3 credits in Biblical Literature (BIL)
- 3 credits in Biblical Literature, Religious Studies, or Philosophy (BIL, REL, PHL)
- 9 credits in English/Composition/Speech/Literature (ENG 140 & ENG 141 are required, or the equivalent must be completed with a grade of “C” or better) ENG, COM
- 6 credits in Social Science (ECO, GEO, HST, POL, PSY, SOC)
- 3 credits in Science (BIO, EAR, SCI)
- 3 credits in Math (MAT)
- 3 credits in Fine Arts/Foreign Language (ART, MUS, SPA)
Required Electives
- 2 credits in first-year seminar (UNV 111)
- 1 credit in Liberal Arts Appreciation (UNV 401)
Concentration
- 20 credit hours total with a 2.0 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 Committee.
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 a CRJ prefix 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, one or more courses in human resources (MGT435 or MGT490), one or more non-human resources 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 REL225
- Human Services — courses with SOC and PSY prefixes, and CRJ 268
- Liberal Arts — courses with BIO, ECO, HST, POL, PSY, PHL, REL, AND SOC prefixes
- Life Sciences – courses with BIO, CHE, EAR and PHE140, PHE141, PHE362, PHE366, with coursework from at least two separate areas required.
- Marketing – courses with MKG prefix, and MGT421
- Mathematics – courses with MAT prefixes and ADM320
- Religious Studies - courses with BIL, REL and PHL prefixes
- Individualized Concentration — Permits customized concentration with approval of General Studies Faculty
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