Integrative Studies Major (BA)

The Integrative Studies major provides students the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study that is not typically offered as part of the College curriculum. In this major, a student deSigns a coherent program that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest. The major is designed in collaboration with an academic advisor and the director of the Integrative Studies Program. After establishing learning outcomes, the advisor, the director and the student select appropriate courses, internships and learning experiences designed to help the student develop and demonstrate a body of knowledge in a specific area.

The major requires a minimum of ten courses and 30 semester hours, including advanced courses in at least two disciplines, a senior capstone course/independent study and no more than two additional independent studies (regardless of the number of semester hours). A student in good academic standing may design and submit her proposal in collaboration with a faculty member and the director of the program in her sophomore year or in the first term of her junior year.