Individually Structured Major Intercampus Interdisciplinary Studies, BA

Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity engages students in critical analyses of the historical and contemporary cultural landscape with a focus on the social constructions of race, ethnicity, class, disability, gender, sexuality, citizenship and religion.  

Research Methods and Data Analysis

Research Methods and Data Analysis focuses on creating and presenting information for multiple audiences through collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting qualitative and quantitative data. Students will be prepared to identify and define complex problems, design and analyze research, and interpret qualitative and quantitative data in a variety of work settings.

Global Studies

Global Studies explores past and present processes of globalization, emphasizing the complex interactions among these global processes, regional and local cultures, and societal structures with an emphasis on non-western societies.

Digital and Media Studies

Digital and Media Studies explores multiple perspectives of how information or content is created and distributed in digital media, as well as the role and impact of those media on human interactions.  Students will be prepared to work in a variety of communication-based industries as well as government and nonprofit settings.

Environment and Sustainability

Environment and Sustainability explores the biological, geological, ecological, political and social dimensions of environmental and natural resource issues involving environmental policy, resource management, climate culture, biodiversity conservation and human health. Students studying this cluster area will gain the knowledge and analytical skills needed to shape policy and design sustainable programs for resource management by business and government agencies.

Social Justice

Social Justice explores methodological and theoretical frameworks for understanding the advancement of equitable and just social change, through an emphasis on diversity and inclusion.

Organizations and Leadership

Organizations and Leadership focuses on understanding the many paths to creating and sustaining organizations, communities and societies as well as leadership principles that promote organizational excellence. These leadership principles include understanding how change occurs, when it is needed, and how it affects a group, as well as persuading individuals and groups to work toward a common goal. This cluster prepares students to become informed participants and leaders in private and public sector organizations.

Professional and Technical Communication

Professional and Technical Communication develops students’ facility to convey ideas and concepts in business, technology, research and government. This specialization includes rhetorical theory and conventions for crafting communications for a range of audiences, including specialists and non-experts. Students pursuing this area can choose to prepare themselves to work in corporate communications, marketing, advertising, public relations, technical writing and grant writing.

Health, Science, and Society

Health, Science, and Society studies how health sciences, medical research, social perceptions and public policy intersect, and how these distinct sectors inform and shape one another. Study in this cluster will prepare students to coordinate the findings of medical and health research with public perceptions and concerns, and develop responsible educational programs and policies to foster community safety and well being.