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Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits Required: 125-127

First Year - Credits: 32

• World Language听 (Cr: 6)
• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement听听(Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives听 (Cr: 6)
• Electives听 听(Cr: 6)

• ENG 111听-听Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112听-听Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• INT 100听-听Internship I (Cr: 2)
  

• IDS 115听-听Finding Your Path: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Problem Solving (Cr: 3)
  

Sophomore - Credits: 32-33

• Global Issues General Education Requirement听听听 (Cr: 3)
• Literary Perspectives General EducationRequirement听听听 (Cr: 3)
• Values & Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement (Cr: 3)
• English Elective听听听 (Cr: 3)
• Interdisciplinary Studies or Political Science Elective听 听(Cr: 3)
• Philosophy or Religion Elective听听 (Cr: 3)
• Science or Math Elective听听 (Cr: 3-4)
• Electives 听 (Cr: 6)

• INT 200听-听Internship II (Cr: 2)
  

• IDS 201听-听Interdisciplinary Seminar (Cr: 3)
  
  Interdisciplinary鈥� Studies majors are required to complete two semesters for six credits.

Junior - Credits: 31-32

• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement听听听(Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement听听 (Cr: 3)
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement听听 (Cr: 3-4)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement听听听(Cr: 3)
• History Elective听 (Cr: 3)
• Political Science Elective听 听(Cr: 3)
• Psychology or Sociology Elective听听(Cr: 3)
• Electives 听听(Cr: 6)

• IDS 302听-听Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Requirement

• IDS 379听-听Semester Internship Strategies (Cr: 1)
  

Senior - Credits: 30

• American Studies or Interdisciplinary Studies Elective听听(Cr: 3)
• Elective听听 (Cr: 3)
• General Education Electives听 (Cr: 6)
  (must be above the 100 level)

• IDS 480听-听Semester Internship (Cr: 12)
  

• IDS 489听-听Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• IDS 490听-听Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• IDS 491听-听Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Interdisciplinary Studies Discipline-Specific Electives

The eight discipline-designated elective requirements (English; history; international studies; political science; philosophy or religion; psychology or sociology; math or science; American studies or Interdisciplinary听Studies) may be met by taking any course with the individual discipline's prefix.听However, at least three of the eight courses must be above the 100-level.

The American studies/Interdisciplinary Studies elective requirement may be met by taking any course with an AMS or IDS designation or one of the following courses:

• ART 308听-听Art in American Culture (Cr: 3)
  

• ART 320听-听Native American Art: Beyond Tradition (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 224听-听Justice and Injustice in American Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 240听-听Boston in Literature and Film (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 310听-听Modern American Poetry (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 337听-听American Indian Literature (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 225听-听The Salem Witch Trials (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 227听-听Boston History (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 229听-听The American West (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 230听-听African-American History (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 306听-听New England History (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 317听-听Civil Rights Movement (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 330听-听History of Sexuality in the United States (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 340听-听Women in American History and Culture (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 230听-听Jazz Styles (Cr: 3)
  

• MUS 240听-听The Rise of Rock and Roll (Cr: 3)
  

• SM 303听-听Sport in Society (Cr: 3)
  

• SOC 320听-听Racial and Ethnic Diversity in American Society (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the Interdisciplinary Studies program students will:

• Articulate the academic role of disciplinary distinctions and interdisciplinary connections.听
• Demonstrate critical inquiry and analysis skills across disciplines.
• Apply relevant disciplinary methods to complex problems of human interaction.听
• Communicate the results of inquiry in written form using appropriate academic conventions.听听
• Implement skills learned in coursework in professional contexts through a series of internships.听

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Interdisciplinary Seminar Requirement

Students must take a minimum of two IDS 201 Interdisciplinary听Seminar offerings听to complete the program. These seminars are听team-taught and examine topics from at least two disciplinary听perspectives. The topics will change each semester.