General Studies: Exercise and Wellness (BGS)

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