The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) is an interdisciplinary degree that allows students to enhance personal goals by connecting three Texas State minors, two General Studies courses and appropriate supporting courses.

Students who are challenged by choosing one major can find 67 minor options. The BGS degree may also be ideal for students who have invested a large number of hours in another degree but wish to change academic goals.

For More Information:

• The BGS Undergraduate Curriculum
  
• Declaring the BGS Major
• BGS Minor Checksheets
• BGS Graduation Information

The BGS Minor of the Month: Sports Psychology

If you’re interested in the relationships between psychological concepts and attitudes toward health and exercise, consider a minor in sport psychology.

An example of courses that may be taken for this minor include:

SOCI 3340: Sociology of Sport and Leisure: The theories and research in leisure and popular culture will serve as the broad framework. An emphasis will be placed on the sub-area of sport sociology, including such topics as sport and aggression, competition, children, women, minorities, professionalism, and others.

PSY 3361: Health Psychology: Surveys contemporary theory and research on body/mind interaction in physical and mental health. Emphasis on personality, psychosocial, and stress factors in physical health. Other topics include the effects of physical health on psychological well being, pain management, longevity and aging, and coping with illness and dying.

ESS 3323: Psychosocial Aspects of Exercise and Sport Science: This course examines the psychological and social theories and research related to physical activity. Emphasis is on the determinants that influence exercise behavior and sport participation.

 For more information or to declare a General Studies major contact:

University College Advising Center
Office: Undergraduate Academic Center (UAC) 120, East Lobby
Phone: 512.245.2218
Fax: 512.245.8765
E-mail: ucadvising@txstate.edu