Welcome
We’ve moved!
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We are directly across the street from Red Robin at 220 E Parkcenter Blvd.
Please have a BSU parking permit displayed in your window and park in the General Area OR park in the designated visitor space if you do not have a permit. Once you enter the building, the Extended Studies office is the first door on the right just past the reception desk.
Please see map for more directions. 
The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree is designed to meet the needs of adult students with significant life experience who have already completed sixty credit hours of college credit.
The program’s flexible curriculum allows adult students to maximize credits already earned and shorten the time needed to complete the degree.
Students may be awarded credit for knowledge acquired from external study or from experience equivalent to the learning outcomes of traditional courses. Prior Learning is sometimes called “experiential learning.” Credit for Prior Learning is awarded for the knowledge and skills gained through experience – not for the experience itself. This knowledge must be assessed as college-level learning by the appropriate academic department. Each academic department determines whether or not portfolios will be considered for academic credit.
Download the Bachelor General Studies program brochure. Check out this scholarship opportunity.
 My education has been a whirl wind of college after college after college in state after state after state! My husband was active duty military for 37 years and we moved on average of every 2 years. My goals were to obtain my BSN degree, but never lived long enough in one place to complete the program. My husband finally retired from the military and I from nursing and we moved back home to Boise but felt I was too old now for daily clinicals required in the BSN program. Thankfully, Boise State offered their General Studies Degree where I could culminate all of my credits towards this degree. I owe my adviser huge kudos for her encouragement and continued guidance. Soon, I will have my degree which will prevent losing all of my credits I have earned through the years. Thank you BSU for a program like this! It helps me to feel better about myself, feel successful and feel like I have finally accomplished a long-term goal.Patricia Whiteley Current BGS Student |
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 The most helpful aspect of this degree was being able to plan out my own schedule and choose the classes I felt were relevant to my goals. Having a written plan, one that was my plan and not something thought up by someone else, kept me on track and made me accountable to myself, my peers and my adviser.Christopher Moore Summer 2010 BGS Graduate |
