Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies
About This Program
The Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (BSIS) provides an individually crafted degree for the jobs of the future. The program offers students the opportunity to create a truly customized degree plan. While traditional disciplines are slow to adjust to job demands, Interdisciplinary Studies allows students to build their degree to fit the job students want to be the leaders of tomorrow. Because of the flexibility of the degree, the Interdisciplinary Studies program is intended to meet the needs of creative and intellectually curious students.
Both the Bachelor of Science and the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (BAIS) provide students the opportunity to create degrees that will provide access to new careers. Students pursuing the BAIS take more credit hours in foreign language while students pursuing the BSIS take more credit hours in mathematics.
The interdisciplinary studies program (INTS) at the University of Texas at Arlington enables students to build rigorous and coherent personalized degree plans that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. The individualized degrees allow students to develop themes or topics that fall outside the usual university departmental boundaries requiring a multi-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary, and trans-disciplinary understanding and analytical techniques.
Students in the program are expected to work closely with their adviser to develop an innovative program of study that draws on the rich academic resources of the University, including existing minors and certificates.
Competencies
- Upon graduation, INTS students will be able to write with clarity for optimum precision.
- Upon graduation, INTS students will be able to produce a final project that is well organized.
- Upon graduation, INTS students will be able to produce a project that incorporates interdisciplinary perspectives related to their chosen field of study
Curriculum
| Foundations | ||
| General Core Requirements | 42 | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies Foundations | ||
| UNIV 1131 | STUDENT SUCCESS | 1 |
| or UNIV 1101 | CAREER PREPARATION AND STUDENT SUCCESS | |
| INTS 2301 | ENVISIONING INTERDISCIPLINARITY | 3 |
| INTS 4391 | INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES SENIOR SEMINAR | 3 |
| Select a career development course from the following: | 3 | |
| WORK, OCCUPATIONS, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT | ||
| ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ARTS | ||
| EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION | ||
| INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE | ||
| NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT | ||
| NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT | ||
| Select a theory course from the following: | 3 | |
| SOCIAL THEORY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE | ||
| SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY | ||
| LITERARY CRITICISM AND THEORY II | ||
| DEBATES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY | ||
| THEORIES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR | ||
| INTERDISCIPLINARY THEORY | ||
| Select a Research (Methodology) class from the following: | 3 | |
| SOCIAL RESEARCH | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS - UTEACH | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS - UTEACH | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS - UTEACH | ||
| PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES AND METHODS | ||
| MATHEMATICS RESEARCH | ||
| RESEARCH METHODS - UTEACH | ||
| Specialization One | ||
| Select 18 hours in a minor, certificate, or approved INTS track. 1 | 18 | |
| Specialization Two | ||
| Select 18 hours in a minor, certificate, or approved INTS track. 1 | 18 | |
| Select electives sufficient to complete 120 hours with at least 36 hours at the 3000/4000 level. | 26 | |
| For the Bachelor of Science degree, at least 18 hours in the two tracks must be "science for science majors" course work; at least 12 of these must be at the 3000/4000 level. | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |
24 hours must be completed at UT Arlington. Each specialization (track) requires a minimum of 18 hours and must include 9 hours of 3000/4000 level course work. Students must take at least one methods class (from approved list) within one of their tracks for at least 3 credit hours.
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For the BS, at least 18 hours in the two tracks must be "science-for-science majors" course work; at least 12 of these must be at the 3000/4000 level.
Advising Resources
The Liberal Arts Applied Programs (LAAP) office offers advising for students majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies (INTS) or minoring in Law and Legal Studied (LLS) or Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies (GWSS). First time in college students should speak to a LAAP advisor when starting their second year. Transfer students should contact a LAAP advisor when enrolled.
Location:
University Hall 520
Email:
laap.advising@uta.edu
Phone:
817-272-3131