General Studies, B.A.

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. To graduate, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be achieved, and a total of 120 credits is required. This total includes both the required courses for the program and any free electives selected. The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/general-studies/programs. 

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)

All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.   

MAJOR REQUIRMENTS (30 Credits)

Up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements and will be indicated below; no more than two courses in the same subject may be used towards LEP Explorations.  

Major GPA 2.0 

Select a 30-credit themed concentration (15 credits must be at the 300 or 400 level):

• Business theme (ACC, BIS, BUS, ECO, FIN, MGT, MKT).
• Educational Studies theme (EDU, ILS, MUT, RDG, SED, SHE).
• Health and Community Service theme (CMD, HLS, HMS, HSC, MGT, MUT, NUR, PCH, PSY, REC, RSP, SHE, SMT, SWK).
• Humanities theme (AAC, AFR, ARB,  ART, CHI, CMS, DGH, ENG, FRE, GER, HIS, IDS, ITA, JRN, JST, LAC, LAT, LIT, MUS, MUT, PHI, RUS, SPA, THR, WGS, WLL).
• Social Sciences theme (ANT, ECO, GEO, JRN, PSC, PSY, SOC, WGS).
• STEM theme (BIO, CHE, CSC, DSC, EGR, ENV, ESC, GEO, MAT, MAR, PHY).
• Additional themed concentrations can be constructed with your General Studies major advisor.

Any course accepted for transfer credit, may count towards the major requirements outlined above. In addition, students must combine courses from at least two course disciplines within the themed
concentration.

ACCELERATED PATHWAY OPTION (12 Credits)

Students with a 3.0 GPA and at least 90 credits may be eligible to complete an accelerated pathway during their senior year to earn dual credit towards both their current undergraduate program and future graduate program of interest. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.

Students will meet with their faculty advisor to prepare a Graduate Course Plan (500-level courses or higher), with a maximum of 6 credits per semester, based on their graduate program of interest. Approval from both the Program Department Chairperson and the Graduate Coordinator is required. Programs may have higher requirements, and seat availability in certain graduate programs may be limited.    

Courses completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit for both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Graduate programs may have higher grade requirements in place for certain courses which may require the student to retake the course for a higher grade letter.