Discover Your Direction While Diversifying Your Curriculum
An Associate of General Studies from Fort Hays State University is designed to allow currently enrolled FHSU students whose personal and professional plans have evolved during their time at the university to engage in focused study in one of fourteen emphasis areas, building upon the work they have already done while developing specialized skills that will prepare them either for a four-year college degree or a professional career.
A Gateway to Specialties and Different Careers
Our program is dedicated to providing the opportunities to make your academic experience at Fort Hays inspiring and genuine. You will gain critical-thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, and math and communication skills necessary to move ahead in your current job or prepare you for a new career. When you complete your associate’s degree in general studies, you will have the foundation to pursue your four-year degree or a career as well as the freedom to focus on your next job.
Program Requirements for the Associate of General Studies
To earn an Associate of General Studies degree, a student must complete 60 credit hours. The degree allows for 14 hours of free electives and 12 hours in your area of emphasis. (The Associate of General Studies with an emphasis in Massage Therapy requires the completion of the 32-hour massage therapy certificate).
I. General Edducation (34 hours required)
- Students are required to complete the FHSU Kansas Board of Regents Systemwide General Education Framework.
II. Area of Emphasis (12 hours required)*
III. Free Electives (14 hours required)
Students who entered the AGS degree program prior to the Fall 2024 term must complete the older AGS Legacy Program Requirements.
*The Associate of General Studies with an emphasis in Massage Therapy requires the completion of the 32 hour massage therapy certificate.