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Other requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n The bachelor of university studies degree offers to students an alternative to other degrees which focus on a single area or prepares one for a profession. It may also serve the needs of those who return to the University in order to better their professional opportunities. Other requirements: Students must have three hours foreign language…. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13925,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_genesis_title":"","_genesis_description":"","_genesis_noindex":"","_genesis_nofollow":"","_genesis_noarchive":"","_genesis_canonical_uri":"","_open_graph_title":"","_open_graph_description":"","_twitter_title":"","_twitter_description":"","_social_image_url":"","_social_image_id":"","redirect":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"college_department":[18304],"delivery":[255],"types":[28854,28850],"class_list":["post-10286","program","type-program","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","college_department-college-of-liberal-and-performing-arts","delivery-on-campus","types-major","types-undergraduate","entry"],"acf":{"page_layout":"legacy","landing_page_url":"","department_college":"College of Liberal & Performing Arts<\/a>","badge_text":"","Number_of_Hours":"120","tuition_instate":"","tuition_outstate":"","estimated_total_tuition":"","start_dates":"","duration":"","Degree Plans":"\n
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University Requirement (2 hours)<\/h4>\nGSTD 1002 - Freshman Seminar\n
General Education (35 hours)<\/h4>\n
University Studies Core (9 hours)<\/h4>\nSPCH 1113 - Introduction to Public Speaking\nUSTD 3003 - Information Literacy\n3 hours selected from the World\/Global Studies concentration area\n
Primary Concentration Area (30 hours)<\/h4>\n15 hours of upper-level courses selected from the primary concentration area (must be taken at SAU) 15 hours of additional courses (at any level) selected from the primary concentration area\n
Second Concentration Area (12 hours)<\/h4>\n12 hours of courses selected from the second concentration area*\n
Third Concentration Area (12 hours)<\/h4>\n12 hours of courses selected from the third concentration area*\n*9 hours between the second and third concentration areas must be taken at SAU.\n
Electives (20 hours)<\/h4>\n20 hours of elective courses in any area\nNote<\/strong>: some of these electives may need to be upper-level courses in order to complete the 40 total upper-level hours required for graduation.\n
Total Hours - 120<\/h4>\n
Concentration Area Options<\/h4>\nSelect three different concentration areas from the options below. Courses may not be double-counted between different concentration areas.\n
Business Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following department areas:<\/strong>\nAccounting (ACCT) Agricultural Economics (AGEC) Economics (ECON) Finance (FIN) General Business (GBUS) Healthcare Administration (HCAD) International Business (IB) Information Systems (IS) Management (MGMT) Marketing (MKTG) Supply Chain Management (SCM) Sustainability (SUST)\n
Education Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following department areas:<\/strong>\nAgricultural Education (AGED) Athletic Training (AT) Education (EDUC)* Elementary Education (E ED) Exercise Science (ESCI) Health Science (HS) Human Performance and Sport Sciences (HPSS) Mathematics (MATH)** Mathematics Education (MAED) Middle School Education (MSED) Music Education (MUED) Recreation (REC) Secondary Education (S ED) Special Education (SPED) Sport Management (SM) Teacher Education (TEDU)\n*EDUC 3013 \/PSYC 3013 may be used towards Education or Social Science (but not both).\n**Only the following courses: MATH 2053 , MATH 2063 , MATH 3053 , MATH 4293 , MATH 4393 , and MATH 4601 -4603 .\n
Humanities Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following department areas:<\/strong>\nAmerican Sign Language (ASL)Art (ART)Chinese (CHIN)Digital Cinema (DC)English (ENGL)Foreign Language (FL)French (FREN)German (GERM)Humanities (HUM)Mass Communication (MCOM)Mass Media (MM)Media Production (MPRO)Music\/Applied Music (MUS, MA\u2013)Music Ensemble (MUEN)Music Literature (MULI)Music Theory (MUTH)Philosophy (PHIL)Russian (RUSS)Spanish (SPAN)Speech (SPCH)Theatre (THEA)\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\n
Natural Science Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following department areas:<\/strong>\nAgriculture (AGRI) Animal Science (ANSC) Biology (BIOL) Chemical Engineering (CHEG) Chemistry (CHEM) Computer Science (CSCI) Data Science (DSCI) Engineering (ENGR) Engineering Technology (ETEC) Geology (GEOL) Industrial Technology (ITEC) Mathematics (MATH)* Mechanical Engineering (MECH) Nursing (NURS) Physical Science (PHSC) Physics (PHYS) Plant Science (PLSC) Poultry Science (POSC) Public Health (PH)** Science (SCI) Welding (WELD)\n*Excluding the following courses: MATH 2053 , MATH 2063 , MATH 3053 , MATH 4293 , MATH 4393 , and MATH 4601 -4603 .\n**Excluding the following courses: PH 2003 , PH 3043 , PH 3063 , PH 4023 , PH 4033 , and PH 4123 .\n
Social Science Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following department areas:<\/strong>\nAnthropology (ANTH) Criminal Justice (CRJU) Geography (GEOG) History (HIST) Military Science (MSCI) Political Science (PLSC) Psychology (PSYC)* Public Health (PH)** Sociology (SOC) Social Work (SWK)\n*EDUC 3013 \/PSYC 3013 may be used towards Education or Social Science (but not both).\n**Only the following courses: PH 2003 , PH 3043 , PH 3063 , PH 4023 , PH 4033 , and PH 4123 .\n
Leadership and Communication Concentration<\/h4>\nCourses selected from the following options:<\/strong>\nAGED 3003 - Professional Leadership and Communication\nART 2003 - Introduction to Communication Design\nART 2123 - Graphic Software Applications\nART 2133 - Basic Digital Photography\nART 2203 - Introduction to Art Therapy\nART 3333 - Advanced Communication Design\nART 3353 - Multimedia and Web Design I\nART 3363 - Advanced Digital Photography\nART 4353 - Multimedia and Web Design II\nASL 1002 - American Sign Language I\nASL 1012 - American Sign Language II\nBIOL 2403 - Medical Terminology\nCRJU 3003 - Multiculturalism\nCRJU 3013 - Police Leadership and Management\nCRJU 3103 - Ethics in Criminal Justice\nCRJU 4013 - Legal and Ethical Issues in Juvenile Justice\nCRJU 4923 - Senior Project\nCSCI 1053 - Computer Concepts and Applications for Allied Health\nCSCI 1101 - Introduction to Computing Lab\nCSCI 1102 - Introduction to Computing\nDC 2333 - Fundamentals of Digital Cinema\nDC 3333 - 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