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The Interdisciplinary Studies major exemplifies a growing trend in higher education: a customized educational experience designed to open doors and create opportunities. This degree program enables students to combine a strong foundation in the liberal arts with a specific area of study in one of the diverse disciplines offered by the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Through this major, graduates enter the next phase of their education or career with strong critical thinking, reasoning, and communication skills, and enhanced flexibility in their personal and professional lives.

Why Choose This Major?

Students who choose this major will graduate having gained a range of soft skills rooted in the liberal arts combined with a more specific skill set rooted in their primary area of study.

Graduates of the interdisciplinary studies program will be able to:

• Articulate the rationale behind the choice of concentrations comprising the major.
• Analyze complex theories in self-identified areas of concentration.
• Synthesize the theories and principles from disciplines in the areas of concentration in the major into a unified, coherent project.

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