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Bachelor of Liberal Studies

The Whitworth Bachelor of Liberal Studies Degree Program include interdisciplinary majors that blend the best of a liberal-arts education with skills you can use in the workplace. The classes for Whitworth's bachelor of liberal studies degrees are all offered in the six-week accelerated-format evening schedule. Liberal-studies students also have the option of attending classes during the day, if that fits their schedule best.

Interdisciplinary Majors:

Social Services

12 additional credits in related areas as approved by academic advisor
36 credits total

Program Management

12 additional credits in related areas as approved by academic advisor
36 credits total

Humanities
Individual programs taken under this category must be directed and approved by the program director or advisor. A minimum of 45 semester credits is required for the completion of the humanities major.

At least 30 semester credits must come from courses in the following areas: English, history, philosophy, theology, communication studies, art, music and theatre.

Fifteen semester credits may be earned from courses in the following social sciences: psychology, sociology, political studies and economics.

Upside-down degrees for A.A.S. transfers:
What is an "upside-down" degree? Good question.

Washington community-college transfer students may transfer into the liberal-studies program in one of two ways: with an A.A. degree or with an A.A.S. degree earned 10 or fewer years ago that has been approved for transfer. The "upside-down" aspect simply refers to the fact that you have completed your major area of study (in gerontology, for example) at the community college and can now complete general-education and upper-division requirements necessary for a four-year bachelor's degree without having to start all over again. Students entering Whitworth via the upside-down program transfer in with 60-64 semester credits and are granted junior standing.

A grade-point average of at least 3.25, as well as satisfactory completion of liberal-arts-degree admission requirements, is required for admission. Applicants for the upside-down degree should be at least 25 years old. However, special consideration may be given to younger applicants who have demonstrated high academic ability while obtaining their A.A.S. degrees.

Click here for a list of Washington state community colleges from which A.A.S. degrees are accepted for transfer into Whitworth’s BLS upside-down degree program.