BGS Traditional Program Concentrations
The BGS concentration consists of a minimum of 21 semester credits. The concentration is individually designed and should demonstrate intellectual integrity and academic coherence. Concentrations must be approved by the academic advisor, and may be interdisciplinary and interdepartmental.
- There is no minor in General Studies.
- BGS students complete a concentration which appears on the graduation transcript. The concentration title need not be the name of an academic discipline or department.
- A BGS concentration is individually designed and may include undergraduate courses from almost any academic discipline that Gonzaga offers. While concentrations may be interdisciplinary, the Dean of Professional Studies or the BGS director must determine in each case that the concentration has academic coherence and intellectual integrity.
- Transfer credits may apply toward completion of a concentration. The total number of such transfer courses is determined on a case by case basis. The majority of courses counted towards the concentration must be taken at Gonzaga.
- From a 21 credit concentration, students must complete a minimum of nine upper division credits.
- A second or third concentration may be earned. The same rules are required for other concentrations as for the first one. The same course may not be used for more than one concentration.
- A concentration in a BGS degree as a second baccalaureate degree must meet the above criteria plus these standards:
(a) courses taken as part of a first degree do not transfer to a second degree;
(b) courses which satisfy the BGS core but which were taken as part of a first baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution are not repeated;
(c) waiver forms must be completed and filed with the Registrar for core requirements in philosophy and religious studies which were satisfied as part of a first degree;
(d) a concentration as part of a BGS degree as a second baccalaureate may not duplicate a major or minor completed as part of the first degree; and
(e) no more than nine semester credit units of the concentration may be waived in recognition of relevant elective course work taken as part of a first degree. - A significant scholarship in the form of a tuition reduction is granted by Gonzaga University for all BGS students enrolled in 12 credits or less only. Should a student want to pursue a major other than General Studies then the tuition rate of that major applies. The BGS tuition is in effect only while the student is a BGS student.
