Bachelor of Liberal Studies (BLS) - Open Continuous Enrollment

The BLS degree program does not have a traditional major. Rather than having a single area of focus as you would with a traditional major, BLS students choose courses in three of the five distribution areas. To satisfy a distribution area, you must complete 12 semester hours with at least 6 of the hours designated as upper-level. The five distribution areas are:

• Humanities
• Communications & Arts
• Natural Sciences & Math
• Social Sciences
• Professional Fields

All of UNI's Guided Independent Study courses fit into one of the five distribution areas. Below is a sampling of courses a BLS student might take.

• INDIVSTU 4192 Exploratory Seminar: Foundations of Interdisciplinary Studies (3 credits)
• INDIVSTU 4198 Individual Study Project: Portfolio (3)
• PSYCH 3403 Abnormal Psychology (3)
• HPE 4167 Cultural Competency for the Helping Profession (3)
• FAM SERV 3145 Violence in Intimate Relationships (3)
• COMM 3155 Business and Professional Oral Communication (3)
• BUSINESS 4045 Practical Marketing for Organizations (3)
• HUM 3123 Latin America (3)
• CAP 3121 Creativity and the Evolution of Culture (3)
• SOC 1000 Introduction to Sociology (3)
• CRIM 3319 Victimology (3)
• LYHS 4186/5186 Studies in Electronic Communication, Youth Development and Generation X, Y, and Z (3)
• SW 4171/5171 Addictions Treatment (3)
• ANTH 4016/5016 Climate Change, Human Migration and Conflict (3)
• EDPSYCH 4186/5186 Studies in Forgiveness (3)