Interdisciplinary Studies, BA: LAS Concentration Areas

An Interdisciplinary Studies degree is best suited for:

• Students who have a specific personal or professional interest that cannot be met within the traditional degree structure or
• Students with disparate credit hours trying to find a way to complete their degree.
   

• Students and faculty can design majors around interdisciplinary topics of professional and personal interest.
• Students, guided by advisors, take initiative in directing their own education.
• Students learn how to analyze and apply knowledge gained from multiple disciplines.

Students can structure their own unique degree (following LAS guidelines) or select from one of several pre-designed interdisciplinary options shown below:  

1. Cognitive Archaeology

2. Cybersecurity and the Liberal Arts

3. Cognitive Studies (minor)

4. Linguistics (minor)

5. Mathematics as Liberal Art (minor)
 

Interdisciplinary Studies Major (39 hours)

• Requires a minimum of 39 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 27 credit hours of upper-division (3000-4999 level) coursework.
• Students must select their two clusters early in the program to
ensure that all courses can be completed within three years. 

Check the Interdisciplinary Studies website for specific details and course lists for each cluster.
 

Introductory Courses (Interdisciplinary Core)

• INFS 1100 -Production Apps for the Workplace
• CS 1910 Cybersecurity for All OR CJ 2300 - Cyber Law & Policy
• INFS 3500 - Introduction to Cybersecurity Technologies
• INDS 3660 - Interdisciplinary Internship (or equivalent)
• CYSM 3750 - Organizational Cybersecurity
• COMM 4230 - Crisis Communication
• INDS 4660 - INDS Capstone (or equivalent from Concentration area)