Program: Interdisciplinary Studies Major - General Option - Fort Lewis College

Apr 07, 2025

2013 - 2014 Catalog of Courses

REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES - GENERAL OPTION

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core for course choices

Communication	CO1/CO2	Any one approved CO1^a course and any one approved
	or	CO2^acourse (Credits: 7 - 10)
	CO2/CO3	Any one approved CO2^a course and any one approved
		CO3^acourse (Credits: 7 - 8)

Mathematics	MA1	Any one approved MA1^a course (Credits: 4)

Arts & Humanities	AH^b	Any two approved AH courses(Credits: 8)

History	HI^b	Any one approved HI course(Credits: 4)

Social & Behavioral Sciences	SS^b	Any one approved SS course(Credits: 4)

Natural & Physical Sciences	SC1	Any one approved SC1 course (Credits: 4)
	SC1 or SC2	Any one approved SC1 or SC2 course (Credits: 3 - 4)

Physical Well-Being	PE/ES	Any one PE course or ES 100 (Credits: 1)

Major Requirements: Credits: 46

Content Course Requirements:

Mathematics - Complete the following for a minimum of 9 credits:

Math courses may be chosen from any FLC college-level math or statistics courses or any courses from the MA1 category of the Liberal Arts Core.

Language Arts - Complete the following for a minimum of 12 credits:

Language Arts courses may be chosen from the following FLC courses: SOC 376 , THEA 323 , any modern or foreign language course, any course with an ENGL prefix, OR any course from AH1, AH2, or AH4

Social Studies - Complete the following for a minimum of 12 credits:

PSYC 254 - Life Span Human Development Credits: 4

American History course - Credits: 4

American History course must be chosen from the following list:

HIST 181 - U.S. Environmental History Credits: 4
HIST 280 - Survey of US History: 1600-1877 Credits: 4
HIST 281 - Survey of US History: 1877-Present Credits: 4
HIST 314 - Inventing America: 1789-1850 Credits: 4
HIST 318 - The Emergence of Modern America: 1893-1939 Credits: 4
HIST 331 - Poverty in the United States Credits: 4
HIST 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
OR
GWS 332 - Women in American History Credits: 4
HIST 335 - Work and Workers in the U.S. Credits: 4
NAIS 123 - Native American History Credits: 4

Elective Courses in Social Studies - Credits: 4

Social Studies elective course must be chosen from the following: FLC courses with ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, PS, or SOC prefixes or any courses approved for: HI1, SS1, SS2 or SS3 gtPathways.

Science - Complete the following for a minimum of 10 credits:

Choose from the following list of at least two disciplines and at least one course including a lab:

Any FLC courses with BIO, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS prefixes; or any courses approved for SC1 or SC2 gtPathways.

Senior Seminar Requirement - Credits: 2-4

Any FLC Senior Seminar course (any subject with a course number of 496).

Auxiliary Department Requirements:

PSYC 157 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 4

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

^aCheck course description for minimum grade in prerequisite course(s) required to enroll in this course.

^b A minimum of 15 credits of coursework must be completed in the combined areas of AH/HI/SS.

Note: Among the total credits required for graduation, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses.

Note: Students completing the Liberal Arts Core in fewer than 39 credits will have additional free electives.

Note: Students who have met a prerequisite or required course through transfer, examinations, or assessment of prior learning will have additional free electives.

Freshman Map to Graduation:

Interdisciplinary Studies Major - General Option: Freshman Map

Transfer Map to Graduation:

Interdisciplinary Studies Major - General Option: Transfer Student Map