Interdisciplinary Studies Major - General Option

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The ISM general option is structured to promote the acquisition of a broad range of content area knowledge in math, science, social sciences, and language arts. Students who are interested in this broad content preparation do not seek a teaching license and do not apply to be admitted to the Teacher Education Licensure Program.

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

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 39

See Liberal Arts Core .

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
Or, transferred 3 credit equivalent

American History course - Credits: 3-4

American History course must be chosen from the following list:

HIST 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
OR
SW 181 - US/SW Environmental History Credits: 3
HIST 280 - Survey of US History, 1600-1877 Credits: 4
HIST 281 - Survey of US History, 1877-Present Credits: 4
HIST 311 - Colonial & Revolutionary America, 1492-1789 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 333 - America Since 1945 Credits: 4
HIST 335 - Work and Workers in the U.S. Credits: 4
NAIS 123 - American Indian History Credits: 3
SW 125 - History of Hispanos in Southwest Credits: 3

Elective Courses in Social Studies - Credits: 6-8

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

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, PHSC, or PHYS prefixes; or any courses from SC1 or SC2.

Senior Seminar Requirement - Credits: 2-4

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

Subtotal Content Course Requirements - Credits: 45

Auxiliary Department Requirements:

PSYC 157 - Introduction to Psychology Credits: 3
OR
any Intro Psyc course from SS3 - Credits: 3

Subtotal Auxiliary Requirements - Credits: 3

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120*

* Among the minimum 120 credits required for the degree, 45 credits must be upper-division (300- and 400-level) courses.