Bachelor of General Studies is Disappointing

[sal1820]

https://www.uopeople.edu/programs/online...l-studies/

UoPeople's Bachelor of General Studies program is simply a watered down version of the business administration degree. The core reason anyone would want to be interested in a General Studies degree is that it would allow them to structure their credits from different sources into one proper degree. But the General Studies degrees lets you transfer in only 90 credits like the other UoPeople degrees, and an exhaustive list of 45 mandatory credits (15 courses) means that you will end up spending significant time completing your degree and studying the compulsory courses at UoPeople.

On top of that, the two pathways offered are mainstream business concentrations. The first is a degree focused on organizational behavior and the second is a degree with a concentration in HR. Even though you're spending most of your time studying for a business degree, you will still end up with a general studies degree, which is widely considered to be comparatively inferior.

UoPeople seems to not understand what to do with this program. It's neither flexible, nor is it distinct from other offerings at the university. You are getting a less valuable business degree in probably the same time or even more time as it would take you to complete a business administration degree.

[drey]

https://www.uopeople.edu/programs/online...l-studies/

UoPeople's Bachelor of General Studies program is simply a watered down version of the business administration degree. The core reason anyone would want to be interested in a General Studies degree is that it would allow them to structure their credits from different sources into one proper degree. But the General Studies degrees lets you transfer in only 90 credits like the other UoPeople degrees, and an exhaustive list of 45 mandatory credits (15 courses) means that you will end up spending significant time completing your degree and studying the compulsory courses at UoPeople.

On top of that, the two pathways offered are mainstream business concentrations. The first is a degree focused on organizational behavior and the second is a degree with a concentration in HR. Even though you're spending most of your time studying for a business degree, you will still end up with a general studies degree, which is widely considered to be comparatively inferior.

UoPeople seems to not understand what to do with this program. It's neither flexible, nor is it distinct from other offerings at the university. You are getting a less valuable business degree in probably the same time or even more time as it would take you to complete a business administration degree.

Dont agree with all of what you said, but as a general studies degree it is pretty whack

[wow]

Ugh. Had been hoping to use the General Studies degree to sidestep all the Pathways problems I've been running into with Health Science. Guess not.

I guess it adds a little more flexibility than the BSBA? It's designed specifically for transfer students, and I think the number of required courses is fewer, even though longer than I expected.

I wonder if the concentration goes on the transcript and diploma.

Edited to add: Also looks like the major has fewer required upper levels? Am I reading that right?

[sal1820]

I looked into what you said, and what I found out hints that the impact isn't too noticeable.

In terms of higher-level credits, you will require a total of six Level 3000+ courses for the General Studies (BA-GS) program. That's just one less than the higher-level credits required for the business studies degree.

Second, in terms of flexibility, most useful for transferring in are elective credits since any credits you study irrespective of subject can usually be converted into elective credits. But for the General Studies program, just three extra elective credits over the BSBA are reserved for the General Studies degree over the BSBA.

Some major, or core, credits have been moved into general education credits for the BA-GS. But general education credits are bracketed by type of subjects -- there are different requirements for studying a number of different social sciences, humanities and science subjects.

It just doesn't impress me. To me a general studies degree needs to allow maximum transfer credits of all kinds. It should be the most painless degree of all.