A Flexible, Competitive Degree
The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) allows you to combine your academic interests, contribute to society in meaningful ways, and find full-time employment or compete for promotion. This major is designed for flexibility to help you achieve your goals. It emphasizes adaptability, thinking, writing, and communication skills.
The BGS helps prepare you mainly for support careers in various fields, including government, health care, real estate, general social services and the service-producing sector, law, retail, and private industry.
We welcome all UAB students and non-UAB students with credits you would like to transfer to UAB. Come explore options and possibilities with us. We are dedicated to our students and will help you meet your goals. We are eager to work with you if you believe this major could be your perfect fit!
As she finishes one dream, UAB student is living another
In 2003, Lorenda Pryor enrolled at UAB and dove into the college experience. Then life intervened. She got married, had three children, and started working in the accounting department at a local company. But she found that, even though she had earned her associate’s degree, “there were certain jobs I couldn’t apply for without a bachelor’s degree,” Pryor says. That career roadblock spurred her to finish her education at UAB.