Interdisciplinary Studies........................................Bachelor of Arts

* Field experience embedded throughout semester (6-15 hours) ** All History courses with the exception of the elective must be completed before registering for HIST 400. + Field experience embedded throughout semester (60 hours)

Field experiences require a grade of P (pass)

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

REV. T. SHANE MATHEW, Program Director

Individualized Studies Program

This interdisciplinary studies program allows students to design their own curriculum based on personal preferences and career goals. It leads to a Bachelor of Arts degree. With Program Director approval, students can select courses from two (Option A) or three (Option B) separate disciplines from the programs listed below. This program provides the flexibility to explore historical, social and cultural perspectives while also considering the problems and issues of contemporary society. Career preparation comes from choosing appropriate courses that foster administrative skills (e.g. researching, critical thinking, organizing, planning, creating, decision-making and communicating clearly orally and in writing). The program’s capstone course can be from any of the selected disciplines or it can be designed by the student in consultation with the Program Director and the appropriate Dean. Students always work in close consultation with the Program Director. Career opportunities can include communication, media advertising, professional writing, government service, law school, banking, insurance, science, language and a host of other specializations depending on the chosen discipline. Students will meet with the Program Director and draft a tentative course of study. From the electives available, students are strongly encouraged to earn a minor to complement their major discipline. The Program Director will coordinate each student’s program with faculty chosen from the fields of concentration. 1. The course work in the area of concentration is to be distributed in accordance with one of the following options:

Option A:

Thirty-nine upper level credits in two of the following fields; distributed as follows: 24 in a major area and 15 in a secondary area.

Business English History Psychology

Communication Fine Arts Legal Studies Social Work

Criminal Justice Global Languages Philosophy Sociology

Theatre and Com/Art & Culture Political Science Theology

Education

Option B:

Option B requires 42 upper level credits. Thirty of them will be from two of the fields listed above (18 credits in one: 12 from another). The final 12 credits can be completed in any program or department in the University. Students are encouraged to use this option to earn a minor related to their career. 2. Liberal Studies Core: All courses taken in fulfillment of either option are in addition to the requirements of the core as specified for the Bachelor of Arts degree. 3. Speech (3 credits), Math (3 credits) and Global Language (6 credits) are required.

Outcomes

1. Majors will demonstrate knowledge of the primary historical, philosophical, literary and theological themes of the humanities. 2. Majors will demonstrate knowledge of the primary theories, methods and practices of the social sciences. 3. Majors will read, write and speak with clarity, originality and persuasiveness across a variety of contexts. 4. Majors will apply aesthetic, quantitative and scientific reasoning in their academic work. 5. Majors will analyze and evaluate principles of ethics and social justice.

Interdisciplinary Studies Curriculum

(Numerals in front of courses indicate credits) FRESHMAN Fall 2 First-Year Seminar 3 College Composition/LENG 111 3 History Without Borders/LHST 111 3 Public Speaking/SPCH 111 3 Foundations of Theology/LTHE 101 3 Global Language 17

SOPHOMORE Fall 3 The Bible: An Intro/LTHE 201 3 Literature Series/LENG 3 Elective in Concentration 3 Elective 3 Elective in Secondary Concentration/ Minor

15

JUNIOR Fall 3 Fine Art Series/LFIN 3 Natural Science 3 Elective 3 Elective in Secondary Concentration/Minor 6 Elective in Concentration

18

SENIOR Fall 3 Elective in Concentration 3 Elective in Secondary Concentration/ Minor 8 Elective 14 Spring 3 Crit Analysis & Comp/LENG 112 3 Intro to Philosophy/LPHI 131 3 Global Language 3 Elective in Concentration 3 Elective

15

Spring 3 Philosophy II Series/LPHI 3 Social Science 6 Elective in Concentration 3 Elective in Secondary Concentration/ Minor 3 Elective 18

Spring 3 LPHI 237 or any LTHE 300 course 1 Leadership Seminar 3 Math 3 Elective in Concentration 3 Elective in Secondary Concentration/Minor 3 Elective 16

Spring 3 Senior Seminar/LBST 383 3 Elective in Concentration 9 Elective

15