Interdisciplinary Studies Major
Interdisciplinary Studies Mission:
The Interdisciplinary Studies program guides students to succeed by providing opportunities for intellectual inquiry into a personalized plan of study designed to meet the student’s individual post-graduate plans.
Learning Outcomes:
Most of the learning outcomes for individual students will depend on the component areas a student chooses as part of the IS plan of study. The component area student learning outcomes are most appropriately assessed as part of the component areas’ curricula.
- The student will demonstrate knowledge/skills in multiple component areas by planning a senior capstone project.
- The student will integrate knowledge/skills in multiple component areas by executing a senior capstone project.
- The student will successfully present and defend the Capstone project to their committee.
Major Assessment: Senior capstone and students must also participate in selected major assessments for the degree’s component areas.
Entrance Requirements
- Students must declare the Interdisciplinary Studies major before they have earned 70 credit hours.
- Students who have earned more than 70 credit hours can submit a letter of appeal to the division chair requesting admission to the program.
- Students must submit a letter of application to the division chair that describes the proposed plan of study and how the Interdisciplinary Studies degree is appropriate for the student’s post-graduate plans.
Major Requirements
1. OPTION A: Student must earn 15 credit hours in three component areas for a total of 45 credit hours.
a. 9 credit hours must be upper-division courses
b. No more than 6 credit hours may be earned through readings, applied skills, methods, technique, or problem courses.
c. Special Topics and Experimental courses cannot be used to meet a major requirement.
2. OPTION B: Student must earn 21 hours in one component area and 24 hours in a second component area for a total of 45 hours.
a. 12 credit hours of the 21 hours in the first area must be upper-division courses; 15 credit hours of the 24 credit hours in the second area must be upper-division hours.
b. No more than 6 credit hours may be earned through readings, applied skills, methods, techniques, or problems courses.
c. Special Topics and Experimental courses cannot be used to meet a major requirement.
3. The component areas are:
a. Arts (AR, DN, MU, TH)
b. Humanities (EN, FR, SN, HU, PL, RE)
c. Education (ED)
d. Physical Education (EX, PE)
e. Social Sciences (AY, CJ, GE, HS, PS, PY, SC)
f. Business (AG, AC, BA, EC)
g. Human Services (NP)
h. Math (MA)
i. Computer Information Systems (CS)
j. Science (BI, CH, PH)
k. Military Science (MS)
l. Nursing/Allied Health (HL, NU)
m. Communications (SP, MC, PR)
4. Students must maintain a 2.0 GPA in component area courses with no Pass/Fail.
5. Including capstone courses, the degree requires a total of 49 credit hours.