Bachelor of General Studies Degree

College of Liberal Arts
Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, Louisiana

General Studies Online

An overview of the degree requirements follows. Please click the links for more information about the General Education Requirements, the Interdisciplinary Thematic Concentration, Electives, and the Additional Requirements:

General Education Requirements ------------------------------------ 48 Hours
Thematic Concentration ---------------------------------------------- 24 Hours
Electives --------------------------------------------------------------- 51 Hours

Additional Online Degree Requirements

Students are not required to have any college credit to enter the General Studies Online degree program. Also, all interested applicants are encouraged to apply to the degree program well in advance of when they would like to begin taking classes, so that access can be granted to email, B.O.S.S., and Blackboard.

Here is a link to a PDF of our General Studies Online Curriculum with Humanities or Social Sciences Thematic Concentrations.

Click here for a link to a PDF of our General Studies Online Curriculum with a Business Concentration.

General Studies Program Coordinator
Ms. Christine Strebeck
Louisiana Tech University
College of Liberal Arts
GTM Hall, Office # 278 P. O. Box 3044
Ruston, LA 71272
Phone: 318.257.2707
infogs@latech.edu