Areas of Emphasis

The broad areas of emphasis listed below are available for an Interdisciplinary Studies Degree program. Scroll down to view approved courses in each individual emphasis.

Arts
Organization & Communication of Ideas
Business
Science
Education
Social and Behavioral Science
Health
Social Justice and Equity Studies
Humanities
Technology
Military
Sustainability

Arts

           ADVERTISING: AD ***
           ART: ART ***
           DANCE: DANC ***
           ENGLISH: ENG * **
           FILM: FILM ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERIOR/FASH: IDFM ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           INTERACT. DES: IXD ***
           MUSIC: MUS ***
           PERFORMANCE: PERF ***
           PHOTOJOURN: PJ ***
           THEATRE: THEA ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UCC ***

Organization & Communication of Ideas

           ADVERTISING AD ***
           ARABIC: ARBC ***
           ART: ART ***
           SIGN LANG: ASL ***
           BUS. COMM: BCOM ***
           BIBLICAL LANG: BLNG ***
           COM. DISORDERS: CD ***
           CHINESE: CHIN ***
           CHIN. FLAGSHIP: CHNF ***
           COMMUNICATION: COMM ***
           ENGLISH: ENG ***
           FILM: FILM ***
           FOLK STUDIES: FLK ***
           FRENCH: FREN ***
           GERMAN: GERM ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERDIS. STU: IDST ***
           ITALIAN: ITAL ***
           JAPANESE: JAPN ***
           JOURNALISM: JOUR ***
           KOREAN: KORE ***
           LITERACY: LTCY ***
           PHOTOJOUR: PJ ***
           RUSSIAN: RUSS ***
           JOUR/BROD: SJB ***
           SPANISH: SPAN ***
           SWAHILI: SWAH ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***

Business

           ACCOUNTING: ACCT ***  ACC ***
           ADVERTISING: AD ***
           AG. ECON: AGEC ***
           BUS. ADMIN: BA ***
           BUS & MKT ED: BE ***
           BUSINESS INFO: BI ***
           BUSINESS: BUS ***
           COMP INFO SYS: CIS ***
           ECONOMICS: ECON ***
           ENTREPRENEUR: ENT ***
           FINANCE: FIN ***
           HEALTHCARE AD: HCA ***
           HOSP. MGT/DIET: HMD ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           LEADERSHIP: LEAD ***
           MANUFACTURING: MFG ***
           MANAGEMENT: MGT ***  MGMT ***
           MARKETING: MKT ***
           OFFICE. SYS: OST ***
           PUBLIC REL. PR ***
           REAL ESTATE: RE ***
           SYS. MGMT: SM ***
           SPORT MGMT: SPM ***
           PROFESS. STU: SPS ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***

Science

           AG. ECON: AGEC ***
           AG. EDUCATION: AGED ***
           AG. MECHANIC: AGMC ***
           AGRONOMY: AGRO ***
           ALLIED HLTH: AH ***
           ARCH. MAN. SCI: AMS ***
           ANIMAL SCI: ANSC ***
           ASTRONOMY: ASTR ***
           BREWING/DIST: BDA ***
           BUSINESS INFO: BI ***
           BIOLOGY: BIOL ***
           CIVIL ENG: CE ***
           CHEMISTRY: CHEM ***
           CONST. MGMT: CM ***
           DENTAL HYGIENE: DH ***
           ELEC. ENG: EE ***
           ENG. MECHANICS: EM ***
           ENV. STUDIES: ENV ***
           EXERCISE SCI: EXS ***
           GEOGRAPHY: GEOG ***
           GEOLOGY: GEOL ***
           GEO. INFO. SYS: GISC ***
           HLTHCARE ADM: HCA ***
           HLTH INFO MGMT: HIM ***
           DIETETICS: HMD ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           HORTICULTURE: HORT ***
           INTERDIS. STU: IDST ***
           MATH: MATH ***
           MECH. ENG: ME ***
           METEOROLOGY: METR ***
           NURSING: NURS ***
           PHYSICS: PHYS ***
           PSYCHOLOGY: PSY ***
           PSY. SCIENCES: PSYS  ***
           SCI. MATH ED: SMED ***
           STATISTICS: STAT ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***
           UTILITIES MGMT: UM ***
           WATER TECH: WTTI ***

Education

           AG. EDUCATION: AGED ***
           BUS & MKT ED: BE ***
           COUNSELING: CNS ***
           EDUCATION: EDU  ***
           ELEMENTARY ED: ELED ***
           FAM/CON. SCI: FACS ***
           HEALTH ED: HED ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INST. DESIGN: ID ***
           EARLY CH. ED: IECE ***
           LIBRARY MEDIA: LME ***
           LITERACY: LTCY ***
           MIDDLE GRADES: MGE ***
           MODERN LANG: MLNG ***
           PHYSICAL ED: PE **
           RECREATION: REC ***
           SECONDARY ED: SEC ***
           SCI. MATH ED: SMED ***
           SPECIAL ED: SPED ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***

Social and Behavioral Science

           AFAM STUDIES: AFAM ***
           ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTH ***
           ASAIN REL/CUL: ARC ***
           COUNSELING: CNS ***
           COMMUNICATION: COMM ***
           CRIMINOLOGY: CRIM ***
           ECONOMICS: ECON ***
           EDUCATION: EDU ***
           ELEMENTARY ED: ELED ***
           FAM & CON SCI: FACS ***
           FOLK STUDIES: FLK ***
           GEOGRAPHY: GEOG ***
           GERONTOLOGY: GERO ***
           GEN. WOMEN STU: GWS ***
           HISTORY: HIST ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INST. CITIZEN: ICSR ***
           IN. DESIGN/FAS: IDFM ***
           INTER. STUDIES: IDST:
           JOURNALISM: JOUR ***
           LEADERSHIP: LEAD ***
           MILITARY SCI: MIL ***
           MARKETING: MKT ***
           PUBLIC HLTH: PH ***
           PARALEGAL STU: PLS ***
           POP. CULTURE: POP ***
           POLITICAL SCI: PS ***
           PSYCHOLOGY: PSY ***
           PSY. SCIENCES: PSYS ***
           RELIGIOUS STU: RELS ***
           SOCIOLOGY: SOCL ***
           SCHOOL PROF ST: SPS ***
           SOCIAL WORK: SWRK ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***

Health

           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERDIS. STU: IDST ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UCC ***
           GERONTOLOGY: GERO ***
           PUBLIC HLTH: PH ***
           HEALTH ED: HED ***
           PHYSICAL ED: PE ***
           RECREATION: REC ***
           ALLIED HEALTH: AH ***
           BIOLOGY: BIOL ***
           CHEMISTRY: CHEM ***
           DENTAL HYG: DH ***
           ENV. STUDIES: ENV ***
           EXERCISE SCI: EXS ***
           HEALTH CARE AD: HCA ***
           HLTH INFO MGMT: HIM ***
           HOSP/DIETETIC: HMD ***
           NURSING: NURS ***
           COM. DISORDERS: CD ***
           SAFETY: SFTY ***
           SPORT MGMT: SPM ***

Social Justice and Equity Studies

           AFAM STUDIES: AFAM ***
           CRIMINOLOGY: CRIM ***
           DIV. COMM. STU: DCS ***
           ENV. SCIENCE: ENV ***
           GEN. WOM. STU: GWS ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INST. CIT/SOC: ICSR ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           PUBLIC HLTH: PH ***
           PARALEGAL STU: PLS ***
           PHILOSOPHY: PHIL ***
           POLITICAL SCI: PS ***
           SOCIAL WORK: SWRK ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UCC ***

Humanities

           AFAM STUDIES: AFAM ***
           ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTH ***
           ARABIC: ARBC ***
           ART: ART ***
           ASIAN REL/CUL: ARC ***
           BIBLICAL LANG: BLNG ***
           CHINESE: CHIN  ***
           CHIN FLAGSHIP: CHNF ***
           DANCE: DANC ***
           DIV & COMM STU: DCS ***
           ENGLISH: ENG ***
           FILM STUDIES: FILM ***
           FOLK STUDIES: FLK ***
           FRENCH: FREN ***
           GERMAN: GERM ***
           HISTORY: HIST ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           HUMANITIES: HUM ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           JAPANESE: JAPN ***
           LIBRARY MEDIA: LME ***
           MODERN LANG: MLNG ***
           MUSIC: MUS ***
           PERFORMANCE: PERF ***
           PHILSOPHY: PHIL ***
           PHOTOJOURN: PJ ***
           POP CULTURE: POP ***
           RELIGIOUS STU: RELS ***
           SPANISH: SPAN ***
           SUSTAINABILITY: SUS ***
           THEATRE: THEA ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***

Technology

           AG. MECHANICS: AGMC ***
           ARCH. MAN. SCI: AMS ***
           BUSINESS COMM: BCOM ***
           BUS & MKT ED: BE ***
           CIVIL ENG: CE ***
           COMP. INFO SYS: CIS ***
           COMP. INFO TECH CIT ***
           CONST. MGMT: CM ***
           COMPUTER SCI: CS ***
           ELECTRICAL ENG: EE ***
           ENG. MECHANICS: EM ***
           GEO. INFO SYS: GISC ***
           HLTH INFO MGT: HIM ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INSTRUCT DES: ID ***
           INT. DES/FASH: IDFM ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           INFO. SYSTEMS: INS ***
           INTER. DESIGN: IXD ***
           MECHANICAL ENG: ME ***
           MANUFACTURING: MFG ***
           OFF. SYSTEMS: OST ***
           SYSTEMS MGMT: SM ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***  UCC ***
           UTILITIES MGT: UM ***
           WATER TECH: WTTI ***

Military

           AEROSPACE STU: AERO ***
           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERDISC. STU: IDST ***
           MILITARY SCI: MIL ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UCC ***

Sustainability

           HONORS: HON ***
           INTERDIS. STU: IDST ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UC ***
           UNIV. COLLEGE: UCC ***
           ENV STUDIES: ENV ***
           GEOGRAPHY: GEOG ***
           AGRICULTURE: AGRI ***
           AGRONOMY: AGRO ***
           HORTICULTURE: HORT ***

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