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Interdisciplinary Studies, BS
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
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If you’re looking for a way to earn a Bachelor of Science degree online, consider Maranatha’s Interdisciplinary Studies. Within this program, you benefit from courses in Maranatha’s Bible and Liberal Arts Core and select one or more concentrations to customize the degree to meet your goals. You may also qualify for dual enrollment in Maranatha’s graduate programs.
Military credit transfers and credits for lifetime learning are available. Classes are offered year-round, and sessions begin six times annually. Flexible class scheduling is designed to work with your personal life plans.
Concentration Options
• Bible • Church Ministries • Applied Science • Mathematics • Education • Humanities/Liberal Arts • History • Music • Business Management • Office Management • Previous study • Other (inquire for information)
Residential students may also pursue this major by contacting the Registrar.
Academic Policies
Students enrolling in the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies should attend to the following policies:
• Students must accumulate at least 24 hours in 300-400 level courses. • Thirty hours must be completed through Maranatha Baptist University. • Students must complete 24 of the last 30 semester hours at Maranatha
Baptist University. • All grades must be a C- or above to apply toward the major. • Students enrolling in Interdisciplinary Studies and wish to receive credit for lifetime learning may be required to create a portfolio to validate that the lifetime learning is equivalent to the content of a course or courses offered at a university.
Major Requirements (37 credits) Concentration 1 (36 credits if using only one concentration) 18 Concentration 2 (not needed if using only one concentration) 18 IDS 410 Interdisciplinary Studies Capstone 1 Bible Core (24 credits) BIBI 111 Old Testament Survey 3 BIBI 112 New Testament Survey 3 BIBC 230 Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism 3 BIBI 315 Bible Doctrine 1 3 BIBI 316 Bible Doctrine 2 3 BIBC 321 Baptist Heritage 3 Bible Course Electives (3-6 hours) BIBI 300 Hebrew History 3 BIBI 305 Genesis 3 BIBI 330 Proverbs & Ecclesiastes 3 BIBI 338 Matthew 3 BIBI 341 Luke 3 BIBI 345 John 3
BIBI 351 Acts 3
BIBI 358 Romans BIBI 361 1 & 2 Corinthians BIBI 371 Galatians BIBI 384 James & 1 Peter BIBI 386 Johannine Epistles BIBI 390 Daniel & Revelation BIBI 396 Pauline Epistles 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Bible Application Electives (0-3 hours) BIBC 233 Modern Creationary Thought 3 BICO 241 Introduction to Biblical Counseling 3 BIPA 472 Fundamentalism 3
Liberal Arts Core (31 credits)
Rhetoric and Communications
CASP 111 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 2 HUEN 121 English Composition 1 1 3 HUEN 122 English Composition 2 3
Literature and Music
Music Elective(s) (Any music course) 2 Literature Requirement (Any literature course) 3
Humanities
HUHI 130 The Modern World 3 American Studies 2 3 Humanities & Social Sciences Electives 3 6
Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning (Any math course) 3 Scientific Reasoning (Any science course) 3
Course Distribution
Interdisciplinary Studies Major Bible Core Liberal Arts Core Open Electives
Minimum Hours Required
37 24 31 36 128
1 Those who test out of HUEN 121 English Composition 1 will replace the credits with any additional credits from the Liberal Arts Core. 2 Any course in the disciplines of history, political science, or government that focuses on the United States of America. 3 Any non-Pass/Fail course in the disciplines of art, music, comparative religions, economics, foreign language (ancient or modern), geography, government, history, literature, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology.
More Online Options
For further information about the online degrees below and for extended course requirements, please refer to the pages in the respective academic departments.
• AA in Christian Ministry page 44 • AA in Humanities page 96 • AS in Business page 142 • AS in Criminal Justice page 143 • AS in Digital Media page 98 • BS in Bible page 36 • BS in Business page 138 • BS in Educational Studies page 176 • Master of Arts in Teaching page 193 • Master of Education in
Leadership page 196 • Master of Nonprofit
Administration page 197
