November 23, 2009

TTU Home Outreach & Distance Education Bachelor of General Studies

The student's official catalog will be the catalog current when the student officially enters the B.G.S. program. All coursework in the general degree requirements, the three concentration areas, and electives must total a minimum of 120 semester hours. Each concentration area shall include a minimum of 9 hours of coursework at the junior-senior level. In two of the areas of concentration, a majority of the semester hours must be from disciplines related to departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students should be aware that entering the program late may increase the likelihood of needing more than the minimum total hours to complete the program because of the possible incompatibility of earlier completed courses. Similarly, prerequisites for courses selected in the concentration areas must be completed and, depending on the concentration, may not count toward the 18-hour minimum. A total of 40 upper-division hours are required for the degree. Students wishing to develop a concentration area in the College of Mass Communications, the Rawls College of Business, or the College of Human Sciences must meet the GPA standard and complete necessary prerequisites to take those courses. Alternatively, students having an interest in developing a business or finance oriented concentration may do so, with guidance and approval of appropriate advisors, using courses from such disciplines as economics, personal financial planning, agricultural economics, consumer science, and retailing. Departmental requirements for entering these courses must be met.