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
Academic UMHB Core - 40 hours
See Academic UMHB Core
Interdisciplinary Studies Foundation - 6 hours
Literature or Humanities - 3 hours
3-hour Literature or Humanities Course
World Cultures or Any Philosophy - 3 hours
Capstone
Associate Foundation
* Complete a minimum of 60 semester credit hours, including the Academic UMHB Core and Interdisciplinary Studies Foundation, as directed by your Baccalaureate degree.
Two Concentrations - 48 hours
Each Concentration must have:
24 hours chosen from one college. “College” refers to Business, Christian Studies, Education, Exercise Science, Humanities (Communications, English, History, Political Science, Spanish), Nursing (only if the student is coming from Nursing with sufficient hours), Science (natural sciences and social sciences—Criminal Justice, Psychology, Social Work, Sociology), Visual and Performing Arts
12 hours upper-level
12 hours at UMHB, 6 of which must be upper-level
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
Courses from the College of Humanities and Sciences may be separated into a Concentration in Humanities and/or a Concentration in Sciences.
Electives - as needed to bring total to 120 hours