Online Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
ASU’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies offers you the opportunity to design your major around multiple interests and prepares you for careers that cross-disciplinary boundaries. As a BIS student, you will learn about answering questions, solving problems and addressing contemporary social issues from multiple perspectives, all while designing your own educational plans.
Quick facts
Next start date: 10/12/2020
Total classes: 40
Weeks per class: 7.5
Total credit hours: 120
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Details
As an Interdisciplinary Studies student, you take an active role in designing your own educational plans to help match your defined career goals. The degree emphasizes written communication, versatility, self-assessment and critical thinking - essential skills for navigating today's dynamic world. You could choose to integrate entertainment technology and business, applied psychology and social welfare, communication and justice studies, public administration and ethics, kinesiology and computer gaming, or many other unique combinations.
Students will work with an advisor to choose two concentrations from the following options:
- Anthropology
- Art History
- Business
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Engineering Management
- English
- Family and Human development
- Film and Media Studies
- Global Health
- History (U.S.)
- Justice Studies
- Media Analysis
- Organizational Studies
- Personal Health
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
- Sales and Marketing Essentials
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Sustainability
- Technical Communication
- Women and Gender Studies
The BIS degree, one of the top five programs in the country, offers you the freedom to select two concentration areas from a rich menu of more than 140 possibilities. The core curriculum provides you the intellectual tools to integrate your concentration areas and engage in interdisciplinary problem solving.
Featured courses
IDS 302: Integration Skills
IDS 401: Integration: Experiential Learning
IDS 301: Becoming Interdisciplinary
IDS 201: Intellectual Fusion (SB)
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Prestigious faculty
Faculty in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts are deeply committed to exploration in their fields of work. Many of our faculty and staff are recognized both nationally and internationally for their achievements.
- American Educational Research Association fellows.
- American Psychological Association fellows.
- Fulbright scholars.
- Numerous achievement awards in fields from psychology to writing.
Prestigious faculty
Faculty in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts are deeply committed to exploration in their fields of work. Many of our faculty and staff are recognized both nationally and internationally for their achievements.
- American Educational Research Association fellows.
- American Psychological Association fellows.
- Fulbright scholars.
- Numerous achievement awards in fields from psychology to writing.
Admission requirements
freshman student
Don't meet admission requirements?
You can still gain admission to ASU through Earned Admission. Through this pathway, you can demonstrate your ability to succeed at ASU by completing online courses with a 2.75 GPA or higher.
To begin, submit an application to ASU. An enrollment coach will reach out with more information if the Earned Admission Pathway is right for you.
Don't meet admission requirements?
You can still gain admission to ASU through Earned Admission. Through this pathway, you can demonstrate your ability to succeed at ASU by completing online courses with a 2.75 GPA or higher.
To begin, submit an application to ASU. An enrollment coach will reach out with more information if the Earned Admission Pathway is right for you.
Study at a globally recognized university
ASU is a global university recognized for its commitment to innovation, research and high-quality academic programs. Our university has been recognized with peer-reviewed honors from U.S. News & World Report.
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