Borna, this would be the data, and the information that started the entire post. Maybe stop trying to troll me and focus on the actual topic. 4 of 6 is I believe 66%.

What college does one earn a BSS from? The one I'm most familiar with is the college of ed and I can't find it listed there anywhere.

Thanks for the info. That is a pretty huge change from Bubba's Rec Mgmet, Tommy's Business, Wilkins Psych, Settys Rec Mgmt, Sayles Sport Mgmt, Tunji, Leon. Jerome etc.. ..... Would it be safe to say that change happened during the time while JC was here? Looking out at the players out in the workforce under the previous coaches they seem to be doing well and excelling. Will be interesting to see who goes where and in what kind of job they are able to land.


Comparing 14" All Academic MAC squad...I do not see a lot of specialized studies in that group. I think giacomo's OP is accurate and begs the question....why the sudden increase in numbers and percentages and is it only at Ohio or across the conference?


2013-14 MAC Men's Basketball Academic All-MAC Team
Will Regan, Buffalo, 3.646 GPA, Management
Chris Fowler, Central Michigan, 3.43 GPA, Theatre
John Simons, Central Michigan, 3.45 GPA, Accounting
Daylen Harrison, Eastern Michigan, 3.66 GPA, Chemistry
Connar Tava, Western Michigan, 3.45 GPA, Pre-Business

Honorable Mention
Carmelo Bentancourt, Akron, 3.209 GPA, Sports Studies – Sports Management
Reggie McAdams, Akron, 3.369 GPA, Mechanical Engineering
Blake Hibbitts, Central Michigan, 3.71 GPA, Accounting
Austin Stewart, Central Michigan, 3.43 GPA, Sociology (Criminal Justice)
Zach Saylor, Central Michigan, 3.42 GPA, Master’s Science Admin. (Sports Management)
Travis Wilkins, Ohio, 3.57 GPA, Psychology
Treg Setty, Ohio, 3.212 GPA, Recreation Management
Austin Richie, Western Michigan, 3.65 GPA, Pre-Organizational Communications
Kellen McCormick, Western Michigan, 3.26 GPA, Pre-Management

I am surprised and sitting with a bit of bated breath watching these 4 guys to see where they land. Thanks for following up with info.

I dunno Pre Engineering, Pre Business eic. ... I don't think those kids who apply to the school of biz, engineering etc after gen studies are remedial students.

Of the 120 hours, 54 must be done at the 3000 level and 30 of the 54 have to be in the major. It is not relegated to one area like liberal arts, it can be a combination of minors like Jaaron's degree. Here is more information.
https://www.ohio.edu/southern/academics/degrees/bachelor-...

Overview
By it's nature, the specialized studies degree is unique to each individual. Making a general statement regarding career preparation impractical. The application process, however, requires a statement of rationale for pursuing the major and for selection of the curriculum plan. This statement includes the student's educational and career goals. Many B.S.S. students design a major with a specific career or graduate program in mind. The B.S.S. major has an internship option, which can further students' preparation for their particular career objectives.

Admissions
A student must have earned no less than 45 quarter hours and have a cumulative 2.0 grade point average. The student must complete an application form and discuss his or her program with a Southern Campus counselor. If the student intends to complete the degree on the Athens campus, he/she must meet with Athens faculty advisers and a counselor in the University College.

University Wide Graduation Requirements
To complete this program, students must meet all University wide graduation requirements.

Requirements
As a student in the Bachelor of Specialized Studies program, you may complete one or more academic minors, as long as the courses taken to meet the minor requirements are not included in the Bachelor of Specialized Studies area of concentration. You need to indicate your intention to complete a minor at the time you submit your Bachelor of Specialized Studies application. Curses required to earn a certificate may be included in the area of concentration.
Up to 32 hours earned through the Experimental Learning Program may be applied to the Bachelor of Specialized Studies degree program. A maximum of 44 hours from the College of Business may be included in a Bachelor of Specialized Studies degree program.
Bachelor of Specialized Studies students may earn departmental honors thought University College. Students must have an accumulated GPA within the top 20 percent of the B.S.S. students to be eligible to earn departmental honors. An honors thesis is required. Guidelines and an application are available from the college office or online at www.ohio.edu/univcollege .

undergraduate

To Graduate with a Bachelor of Specialized Studies degree, you must:
Earn 120 hours, of which at least 54 must be courses with catalog numbers at the 3000-level or above. This does not include graduate level courses.
Complete no fewer than 30 hours (the degree residency requirement) after being admitted to the specialized studies program. his total excludes any transfer credit, transient credit, Course Credit by Examination, Independent Study coursework, etc., fir which initial registration occurred prior to application to the specialized program.
Complete a minimum of 30 hours in the self-designed area of concentration approved by the Bachelor of Specialized Studies review committee. The area of concentration can include courses that are completed, current and planned at the time of application. The courses included as current and planned in the concentration become requirements for graduation subject to change only by prior permission from a University College adviser and, in some cases, the Bachelor of Specialized Studies review committee. At least 50 percent of the coursework take for the B.S.S. area of concentration must be completed at Ohio University.
Complete the University General Education Requirements.
Complete the minimum of 32 hours of Ohio University coursework to satisfy the University residency requirement.
Earn at least a 2.0 GPA in the area of concentration and overall. To have current credit hours included as part of the 30 hours B.S.S residency requirement, application must be submitted by the tenth week in the fall and spring semesters of the full summer semester.

For More Information Contact:

Kim T. Keffer, Ph.D.
Associate Lecturer
keffer@ohio.edu
740.533.4612
Office Riffe 274

Around here "pre-engineering" is a designation we use for classes a student has to take,pass, and in some cases ,get a certain grade, to be admitted into an engineering program.

This includes prerequisite classes like Trigonometry,Chemistry etc. that a student didn't take or do well enough in high school.

Some other schools require all incoming engineering students to take an admission exam to see their proficiency in math,science,etc.
If they have weaknesses in certain areas,they have to take "remedial" classes and and not only pass,but get a certain grade to move on.

"Remedial" somewhat of a misnomer.
One of our friend's sons had to take a pre-calculus class.
It was college level,but since you started engineering with calculus,it was
considered "remedial".
He also had to take the class twice to get a high enough grade.

How is it demeaning when it is essentially limited to three male sports? Also, until someone can produce the data on what percentage of the general student population has this same major so that the percentages can be compared, this looks a tad suspicious.

I agree. I remember when I was at Ohio, we could get one credit hour for going out on an anthpology dig. The history and anthropology departments would often go out and look for artifacts. I never went on one. I also remember another department offering a trip to Cuenca, Equador, there you could get Spanish credits. Here is some info on experimental learning at Ohio University as far as language.
Experimental Study of Language Certificate

Interdisciplinary complement to any undergraduate baccalaureate degree program.
Designed to enhance the preparation for students who plan to enter graduate study in an area of language investigation that has an experimental focus. Such areas include but are not restricted to communication sciences and disorders; experimental and applied phonetics; psycholinguistics; computational linguistics; and instructional design in language teaching.
Coursework from outside academic majors and research opportunities in the form of individual, guided research experiences in faculty research labs.
Core coursework that provides content in the areas of linguistics, psycholinguistics, statistics and research methods.
Senior thesis gives students experience in all steps involved in a research project.
More information is available on the program webpage of the academic catalog or by contacting Sally Marinellie, College of Health Sciences and Professions, at marinels@ohio.edu .

Sorry,but from reading what you just posted,and what you posted previously about Harvard,it seems the next thing you'll be able to get "Experimental Learning" credit for is writing a report on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation".

If that supports your narrative, lets go for it. They should cancel their daily two hour study tables. FS is complicit, so are the dean's and the school administration and the internet athletes go wild. Leave it to Peery Mason and friends.

My "narrative", as you call it,has nothing to do with Coach Solich.
It has to do with the value of a BSS degree,especially when it comes to athletes.

As I've said,without seeing a breakdown of the courses athletes and non athletes take to get a BSS degree ,there is no way to objectively assess the value of the curriculum,other then,in the case of athletes,keeping them eligible.

Most of our starters have pretty challenging and reputable majors as illustrated in a previous post. So if FS is telling them to pick easy majors, they must not be listening to him. This would lead me to believe that all of this is just a load of crap. Mike Mitchell, Taylor Price and TJ Carrie did not major in specialized studies. On the flip side, Landen Cohen majored in public relations which is a specialized studies major and he owns his own business and his business seems to be thriving. The crazy thing is that most people did not even know what it was, now they are subject matter experts.

Actually,the issue of the BSS has come up before in other threads,including the fact that it seems to be the successor of the previous General Studies Degree.
Guess BSS sounded better.

As far as being "subject matter experts",I think a number of posters,including myself,have taken the opposite position.

We're trying to find out exactly what courses were taken by athletes and non-athletes to get a BSS degree.

As to the degrees athletes are pursuing,no one is saying that some FB and BB players aren't pursuing "challenging and reputable" majors.
But they don't seem to be in the majority.