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University Studies, BUS Degree Plan  

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. In addition to the required 35 general education hours, BUS students choose three areas of concentration as listed below. The primary area of concentration requires 30 hours, at least 15 of which must be upper-level hours taken in residence at SAU. The two secondary areas of concentration require 12 hours each, at least 9 hours of which (between the two areas) must also be taken in residence at SAU. To fulfill the 120 total hours required for the degree, there are ample opportunities to take electives from any area of interest. 

Concentration Area Options:

  • Business
  • Education
  • Humanities
  • Natural Science
  • Social Science
  • Leadership & Communication
  • World/Global Studies

University Requirement (2 hours)

General Education (35 hours)

Click here to see the General Education Curriculum .

University Studies Core (9 hours)

Primary Concentration Area (30 hours)

  • 15 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

Second Concentration Area (12 hours)

  • 12 hours of courses selected from the second concentration area*

Third Concentration Area (12 hours)

  • 12 hours of courses selected from the third concentration area*

*9 hours between the second and third concentration areas must be taken at SAU.

Electives (20 hours)

  • 20 hours of elective courses in any area

Note: some of these electives may need to be upper-level courses in order to complete the 40 total upper-level hours required for graduation.

Total Hours - 120

Concentration Area Options

Select three different concentration areas from the options below. Courses may not be double-counted between different concentration areas.

Business Concentration

Courses selected from the following department areas:

  • Accounting (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)

Education Concentration

Courses selected from the following department areas:

  • Agricultural 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)

*EDUC 3013 /PSYC 3013  may be used towards Education or Social Science (but not both).

**Only the following courses: MATH 2053 , MATH 2063 , MATH 3053 , MATH 4293 , MATH 4393 , and MATH 4601 -4603 .

Humanities Concentration

Courses selected from the following department areas:

  • American 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–)
  • Music Ensemble (MUEN)
  • Music Literature (MULI)
  • Music Theory (MUTH)
  • Philosophy (PHIL)
  • Russian (RUSS)
  • Spanish (SPAN)
  • Speech (SPCH)
  • Theatre (THEA)​​​​​​​

Natural Science Concentration

Courses selected from the following department areas:

  • Agriculture (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)

*Excluding the following courses: MATH 2053 , MATH 2063 , MATH 3053 , MATH 4293 , MATH 4393 , and MATH 4601 -4603 .

**Excluding the following courses: PH 2003 , PH 3043 , PH 3063 , PH 4023 , PH 4033 , and PH 4123 .

Social Science Concentration

Courses selected from the following department areas:

  • Anthropology (ANTH)
  • Criminal Justice (CRJU)
  • Geography (GEOG)
  • History (HIST)
  • Military Science (MSCI)
  • Political Science (PLSC)
  • Psychology (PSYC)*
  • Public Health (PH)**
  • Sociology (SOC)
  • Social Work (SWK)

*EDUC 3013 /PSYC 3013  may be used towards Education or Social Science (but not both).

**Only the following courses: PH 2003 , PH 3043 , PH 3063 , PH 4023 , PH 4033 , and PH 4123 .

Leadership and Communication Concentration

Courses selected from the following options:

World/Global Studies Concentration

Courses selected from the following options:

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