What is the Bachelor of Multidisciplinary

Studies?

Introduction

The Bachelor of Multidisciplinary Studies (BMS) degree offers students the opportunity to achieve their educational goals with an interdisciplinary degree program. As an individualized, non-traditional program of study, the BMS emphasizes a broad learning experience.

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What is the BMS?

A degree program individualized toStudents’ preferences and interestsStudents’ previous course credits

A course of study that is flexibleOnline onlyFace-to-face onlyA combination of online and face-to-face courses

A great path for students because it Uses credits from other colleges/universitiesUses credits from multiple disciplines

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Who is it for?

• Transfer Students• Students who have several areas

of study• Students who would like to

complete their degrees

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Flexibility

Multiple modes of instruction:Face-to-face coursesOnline courses available through UTEPOnline courses available through University of Texas

Online ConsortiumAccelerated 7-week and 8-week courses as well as full-

semester coursesAny combination

of the above

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Finish@UT

• A collaboration of UT Arlington, UT Brownsville, UT Permian Basin, and UTEP

• Increases the options for completing degree• Increases the number of available online

courses

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Degree Requirements

120 total credit hours consisting of:42 credit hours General Education Core Curriculum3 Concentrations: 45 credit hours, 15 in each

• 9 of these hours must be upper-division hours• Based on either student interest and/or coursework already

completed• Must have a 2.0 in each concentration

33 credit hours of Electives, 18 of which must be upper-division hours

2.0 cumulative GPA to graduate

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Example Degree Plan

A student interested in people and their cultures completed courses in

Art History, Music Theory, Psychology, Sociology, History, and Chicano Studies.

Her degree plan includes: Core Curriculum: 42 Credit hours Concentration one: Fine Arts—15 Credit Hours Concentration two: Humanities—15 Credit Hours Concentration three: Social Sciences—15 Credit Hours Electives: 33 Credit Hours TOTAL: 120 Credit Hours

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For More Information

For more information, please contact the BMS office at915-747-5151bms@utep.edu

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