General Studies, B.G.S.

Description

The University’s Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree program provides interdisciplinary study across the academic disciplines and professional fields. It is designed for students whose academic interest or career objectives require an individualized university degree. Degree candidates are assigned an academic advisor to assist in preparing an appropriate course of study. Prospective graduate students should contact their advisor regarding the degree’s applicability to that goal.

The program objectives are:

1. To meet the University of Nevada, Reno’s mission as a land-grant university;
2. To better serve the general educational needs of the state’s citizens;
3. To provide nontraditional students an opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree;
4. To offer a relatively flexible degree program that may include studies in several disciplinary and professional areas.

http://www.unr.edu/assessment/plans-and-forms/provosts-office/general-studies-bgs

Contact Information

405 Pennington Student Achievement Center
(775) 784-4684

Advising Center - advising@unr.edu

Transfer to the University of Nevada, Reno

Use the transfer agreement  and the degree planner (available by clicking  at the top right of this page) to build your plan for graduation with your advisor. Course substitutions not identified on the transfer agreement require UNR advisor approval.

If a major-to-major transfer agreement is not available for your transfer institution, please check the General Core agreement  if available. If neither is available, access established transfer course equivalencies to assist in your planning.

Admission Requirements

Entrance Requirements: students must have completed a minimum of 60 undergraduate credits from an accredited institution before seeking admission to the BGS program. Students may not use the BGS as a second bachelor’s degree.

Graduation Requirements

• Total Units | 120
• Cumulative GPA | 2.0
• University GPA | 2.0
• Major GPA | 2.0
• Residency Requirement | 30 Upper-Division Units at UNR
• Upper-Division Requirement | 42 Upper-Division Units
• Half Program/4 Year Institution | 60 Units

A maximum of four units applicable to the BGS degree may be earned in recreation, physical education and dance activity courses (numbered 100-199). 

I. Silver Core General Education Requirements (24-27 units)

NOTE: Refer to the Core Curriculum  chapter of this catalog for information regarding the “Core English and Math Completion Policy  .”

Students must meet all Silver Core Objectives (CO1 through CO14). Courses satisfying Core Objectives are designated (e.g., CO9) in General Catalog curricula and course description.

II. Additional Silver Core Requirements (18 units maximum)

Students must take courses that satisfy the following Core Objectives. Some or all of these requirements may be satisfied by courses in other requirements. Refer to the Core Curriculum   chapter in this catalog.

III. Additional College Requirements (0 units)

IV. Major Requirements (60 units)

V. Minor Requirements (0 units)

As part of the Specialization, two minors are required. Students in the General Studies program may declare up to two minors in addition to those used to satisfy the Specialization requirement.

VI. Electives (15-18 units)

VII. Recommended Schedule