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Bowling Green State University
Bachelor of Science Degree
Each student must complete the degree requirements listed below, preferably in the freshman and sophomore years, and must satisfy the requirements for a major and minor area of specialization as outlined. We recommend that every student take English in the first year. If known, the major or minor should be started in the first year, but selection of the major may be deferred as late as the middle of the sophomore year. Certain majors and programs require course sequences. These sequences should be started in the freshman year. Major courses may not be taken "S/U."
A bachelor of science degree is only available in biology, chemistry, computer science, environmental science, geology, mathematics, microbiology, neuroscience, physics, psychology, scientific and technical communication, or statistics. The student also completes a minor area of specialization as outlined below.
Degree requirements
Group I—English composition
Students are required to complete GSW 1120 or demonstrate by examination that they have proficiency in written expression equivalent to that attained by the student who completes that course. (A penalty is imposed if GSW 1120 is not completed within the first 60 hours.)Group II—Foreign languages
Each student is required to demonstrate proficiency in a language and language area by one of the options listed below:
Romance and Classical Studies (French, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish)
- GRK 1010 and 1020 and six additional hours from GRK 2010, 2020, CLCV 2410, 2420, 2450
- American Sign Language: EDIS 3240, 3250, 3260, 3270
Course 2020 is required for admission to 3000-level courses. Credit toward a degree is not granted for foreign language courses which duplicate more than two units of high school study.
Group III—Mathematics, computation and natural sciences
A student is required to complete a minimum of 45 hours of credit, including:
Certain science courses numbered 1000 do not apply toward a student's degree requirements if credit has been granted for the introductory course in the same science. See individual departmental listings in the course descriptions for specific instructions.
*See MATH course descriptions for placement in MATH 1280/1300/1310/1340 & 1350 or the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for placement test. MATH 1310 or equivalent satisfies the quantitative literacy requirement.
Group IV—Social sciences
Each student is required to complete two courses in one or more of these areas in addition to the BG Perspective program. A list of courses approved for social science Group IV requirement is printed in the College of Arts and Sciences Handbook.Group V—Arts and humanities
Each student is required to complete one course in literature (American, English or foreign), one course in the fine arts, and two additional courses from the arts and humanities list of courses in addition to foreign language courses numbered 2010, 2020, 2120, which apply to Group II, not Group V. Two of these four courses must also be from the BG Perspective list of courses. A list of courses approved for the BG Perspective program and arts and humanities Group V requirement is printed in the College of Arts and Sciences Handbook.
Bachelor
of Science: Majors and minors
By the beginning of the second year, most
students select a major and minor area of
study. The number of hours required for
a major or minor varies with departmental
requirements but is at least 32 hours in
the major and 20 hours in the minor, except
as indicated below. Courses taken for majors
or minors may not be elected to be taken
"S/U." In arranging courses in
the minor field, a student should consult
the department concerned.