Undergraduate students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Interdepartmental Studies complete their choice of one of the major's tracks below.
With the Interdepartmental Studies Program's approval, students may develop an individualized track for which sufficient courses exist. Students interested in developing a unique track should discuss their ideas with the Interdepartmental Studies Academic Advisor as soon as possible.
Applied Human Services
The Applied Human Services Track provides a preapproved plan of study that combines a generalized psychology background with a choice of three emphasis areas: aging services, community-based services, and corrections services. Students who choose this track also have the option of proposing their own human services-related emphasis area to the faculty advisory committee.
Business Studies
The Business Studies Track provides a preapproved plan of study that combines a generalized business background with a choice of four emphasis areas: organizational practice and perspectives, values and ethics, arts management, and technology and inquiry. Students who choose this track also have the option of proposing their own business-related emphasis area to the faculty advisory committee.
Health Science
The Health Science Track provides a preapproved plan of study that combines a generalized health background with a varied choice of emphasis areas: multidisciplinary science, entrepreneurial, aging, global health, cultures of healing, and writing for the sciences. Students who choose this track also have the option of proposing their own health science-related emphasis area to the faculty advisory committee.
Individualized Plan of Study
Students who choose the Individualized Plan of Study Track build their own study plan, creating a unique major that speaks to interests across departments and that integrates varied approaches to a particular topic (e.g., aging studies, international business, children's studies, environmental issues, health issues). Thus, the program allows students to design their own majors, in an interdisciplinary area that does not exist as an academic department at the University. Interdepartmental Studies students have designed individualized majors in areas as varied as aging studies, international business, diversity studies, children's studies, environmental issues, and health issues.