General Studies: Exercise and Wellness (BGS)
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Major Academic Plan
Program Requirements
Have 27 hours of campus residency.
Complete a minimum of 10 hours in the emphasis after formal admission to the BGS program.
Thirty of the 120 hours including 15 hours in the emphasis must be 300-level or above courses.
Students must earn a minimum 2.0 BYU grade point average, a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average, and a minimum 2.0 emphasis grade point average.
The program must be completed in eight years or less.
All emphasis courses taken after admission to BGS must be BYU courses.
Requirement 1 —Complete 1 Course
Complete the following prerequisite course (required of all applicants to the BGS program):
course - Essential College Skills 1.0
Requirement 2 —Complete 5 Courses
course - Science of Wellness 3.0
course - Kinesiology & Biomechanics 3.0
course - Chronic Disease Prevention 3.0
course - Stress Management 3.0
course - Exercise Physiology 3.0
Requirement 3 —Complete 15 hours
course - Human Biology 3.0
course - Human Anatomy (w/ virtual lab) 3.0
course - Health Promotion 3.0
course - Health Behavior Change 3.0
course - Essentials of Human Nutrition 3.0
course - Psychological Science 3.0
course - Sport Psychology 3.0
PSYCH 365 - Motivation 3.0
course - Introductory Sociology 3.0
course - Current Social Problems 3.0
course - Principles of Statistics 3.0
Requirement 4 —Complete 1 Course
Complete the capstone experience (last course to be completed):
course - BGS Capstone 2.0
