Degrees

University Studies (UVST) Bachelor's Degree

Thank you for your interest in the University Studies (UVST) Bachelor’s degree offered through the department of Student Leadership & Success Studies in the School of Education. The UVST bachelor’s degree is individually tailored to provide a unique, nontraditional major for students whose goals and objectives cannot be met through existing degrees.

  • To be admitted into the UVST bachelor's degree you must meet with your advisor.  

How to Apply for a Custom Degree

1) Requirements

Requirements to Enter the UVST bachelor’s degree Programs:

  1. Be admitted to UVU as a student.
  2. Minimum 2.0 grade point average.

Requirements for graduation from the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Art Degree Program:

 Bachelor of Science:

  1. Completion of 120 semester credits.
  2. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above.
  3. Residency hours: minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
  4. At least 40 credit hours in upper division courses.
  5. Completion of General Education requirements.
  6. Completion of specific departmental (major) requirements.
  7. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.
  8. Successful completion of at least two Writing Enriched (WE) courses. 

Bachelor of Art:

  1. Completion of 120 semester credits.
  2. Overall grade point average of 2.0 (C) or above.
  3. Residency hours: minimum of 30 credit hours through course attendance at UVU, with at least 10 hours earned in the last 45 hours.
  4. At least 40 credit hours in upper division courses.
  5. Complete 16 credit hours of course work from one language to include the 1010, 1020, 2010 and 202G/2020 levels, or transferred equivalents.
  6. Completion of General Education requirements.
  7. Completion of specific departmental (major) requirements.
  8. Successful completion of at least one Global/Intercultural course.
  9. Successful completion of at least two Writing Enriched (WE) courses.

2) Meet with Academic Advisor

The approval process includes:

  1. Visit with the UVST Bachelor's Degree Academic Advisors:
    1. Gabe Black (A-F)
    2. Ashley Graham (G-M)
    3. Shalyse Nakayu (N-Z)

3) Decide Captone or Internship

 

Capstone or Internship: Please decide whether a capstone or internship experience is best for you. 

Capstone:

      • Requires the innovating, planning, and carrying out of a research-based-project that fills an identified need.
      • This 3-credit-hour class is a designated Writing Enriched (WE) course involving multiple drafts of a written paper, which is about the researched based project and is developed during the course.
      • Requires a final presentation to peers and the UVST Committee.
      • An ideal capstone project topic is one that is personal to the students’ interests, current work, and can be planned and carried out on a small scale within the time frame of the course.

Internship:

      • Best Suited for students who are seeking to make the transition from school to career.
      • May take place in students current work setting/but new or additional duties must be assigned beyond current work responsibilities.
      • Students are not required to have an internship specified but need to have at least 2-3 internship ideas that could be opportunities.
      • UVU Internship personnel will help students identify internship opportunities, students are required to make contacts with the organization/mentor.
      • May be 2 to 8 credits per semester for a maximum allowed of 16 credit hours; 60 hours of work is required per credit hour.
      • The student is responsible for making the case for how the internship uses the skills and knowledge gained through college coursework and how the internship connects to current and future work.
      • If you are choosing the Internship you are encouraged to reach out to the Internship Coordinator Cathy Chartrand right away. 

As part of the UVST degree, you will have the option to take the UVST Capstone class or complete an Internship. The Capstone course should be taken during your last semester before graduation. You will work with your internship Coordinator to plan your Internship.

UVST 4930 - UVST Capstone
The UVST Capstone course (UVST 4930) is designed to provide an opportunity to develop and complete a project addressing an issue relevant to your personal, educational, professional and/or career goals.
UVST 481R - Internship
An Internship experience is an academic endeavor, with identified learning objectives, for students to apply knowledge gained in the classroom to the professional world and to gain experience in a desired career field.