Bachelor of General Studies

Degree Requirements

To complete the Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree, you are required to :

• Earn 125 semester hours;
• 24 of the last 48 semester hours must be earned from UNO courses;
• 30 hours of must be upper level courses numbered 3000-4000, including nine hours from UNO in your area of concentration; and
• Maintain at least a 2.00 grade point average.

You can open or download a PDF file with a list of courses that fulfill the core requirements.

There are two options for pursuing the BGS degree.

OPTION I generally requires a 30-credit area of concentration and two secondary fields of 12 credits each.

OPTION II requires three areas of emphasis of 15 credits each.

Both options share a common core of general education courses and cultural diversity requirements.

The general education core includes nine hours of English composition and writing, intermediate algebra, nine hours of natural and physical sciences, public speaking, nine hours of humanities and fine arts, and 12 hours of social and behavioral sciences.

Six hours of cultural diversity requirements include three hours in U.S. racial or Hispanic minority groups.

For more detailed information contact a DCS academic adviser at 402.554.2370.