Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree - Academic Core
The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is designed for individuals who are currently employed in or who wish to be employed in fields that do not require a degree in a specific subject area. It is also an appropriate program for persons who desire a degree only for purposes of personal enrichment.
To receive a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree, a student must fulfill the following course requirements:
Degree Requirements
A. Core Courses - 46 hours
Capstone
English - 9 hours
Quantitative Reasoning - 3 hours
MATH only
Lab Science - 4 hours
Scientific Inquiry or Natural Sciences - 3 hours
Fine Arts - 3 hours
Freshman Seminar - 1 hour
UMHB 1101: required for first-time freshmen with fewer than 12 semester hours of transfer credit only
Chapel - 1 to 4 credits
UMHB 1002: credits determined by admission classification
Christian Studies - 6 hours
Social Science - 6 hours
two different subject areas outside of major
World Ideas or Philosophy or Non-US History - 3 hours
Contemporary World Issues or Social Science - 3 hours
Speech Communication - 3 hours
Activity PE - 2 courses
Fine Arts Experience - 2-8 hours
UMHB 1005: credits determined by admission classification
B. Two Concentrations - 48 hours
Each Concentration must have:
| | 24 hours chosen from one college except Nursing | |
| | 12 hours upper-level | |
| | 12 hours at UMHB 6 of which must be upper-level | 1 |
| | Courses from at least three areas represented by course prefixes | |
| | Associate degree academic or technical fields excluding General Studies may be a concentration | |
| | Courses in the general education core will not also count towards hours in the concentration | |
C. Electives - 30 hours
D. Total for Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Degree - 124 hours