The Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences program offers eight Bachelor of Arts degrees and two options within the Interdisciplinary Studies major. These majors and options allow students to specialize in an area of interest without losing sight of the linkages among different ways of knowing and engaging the world.
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS) degrees focus on four core learning objectives: critical thinking; collaboration and shared leadership; interdisciplinary research; and writing and presentation. These learning objectives are developed and documented through the IAS degree portfolio process, a process that begins with the program core course and concludes with a capstone course.
IAS emphasizes these learning objectives because they allow students to hone their abilities in writing, speaking, quantitative reasoning and information literacy. These skills position students to participate in workplace and civic leadership in a democratic society, to enrich their personal lives and their communities and to appreciate and care for the natural environment.
Students choose one of the following nine majors: