B.G.S. Requirements
Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming
Students seeking the degree Bachelor of General Studies satisfy
the requirements of a major by completing
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A minimum of 85 semester hours in course work offered or approved by NIU's
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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A minimum of 30 semester hours of upper-division credit in course work
offered or approved by NIU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
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A minimum of 15 semester hours in each of the following three categories:
behavioral and social sciences; life, mathematical, and physical sciences;
humanities; (course work used to fulfill the English, mathematics, and
speech requirement of the university's general education program will not
be credited to any of these areas).
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No more than 25 semester hours in any one department.
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At least 30 semester hours of credit after entry in the program.
To graduate from Northern Illinois University, each student must
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Complete 124 semester hours of course work offered or accepted in transfer
by NIU.
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Complete a minimum total of 40 semester hours of upper-division course
work, i.e., courses numbered in the 300-400 level series.
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Complete the last 30 hours semester hours at NIU or NIU extension sites.
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Attain a 2.00 grade point average or better in all course work completed
at NIU.
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Complete the university's general education program.
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Complete the requirements of a major.
Consult the current Northern Illinois University Undergraduate
Catalog for additional information.
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