The Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) is a general studies degree in the liberal arts. Earn a degree with the flexibility to choose courses based on your interest and goals. Instead of a traditional major, you select course work from three of five distribution areas: humanities, communications and arts, natural sciences and mathematical disciplines, social sciences, and professional fields.

The BLS degree is offered with similar requirements by all three Iowa regent universities, and provides a framework to assemble all the educational opportunities you may have locally available into a coherent four-year educational program. Up to three-fourths of the total degree requirements may be transferred from accredited institutions. Work done in community colleges or other accredited colleges and universities may be applied toward the degree, as can applicable courses taken at any of the three Iowa regent universities, whether on or off campus. You may also earn credits by proficiency or test-out examinations.

Curriculum
Admission and graduation requirements

Summer 2008

Fall 2008

Brochure about the program in pdf format, 153 KB
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For more information, contact
Kathleen Timmons, BLS adviser, ketimmo@iastate.edu or
Bruce Allen, adviser, allenbs@iastate.edu
(515) 294-4831,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Carrie Chapman Catt Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011

The Bachelor of Liberal Studies is offered by all three of Iowa's Regents universities--Iowa State, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa.