The Interdisciplinary Studies major allows students to create their own unique degree program by combining two or three concentrations (or academic disciplines/areas of study).
Through the program's core courses, combined academic concentrations and optional experiential learning experiences, Interdisciplinary Studies students develop a strong understanding of their disciplines, their relationship and intersectionality as well as research and problem solving skills. This will ensure program graduates can navigate a rapidly changing global economy over the course of their working lives.
The Career-Concentration Connection
The following are some examples of concentrations that may be combined with specific career connections in mind, however, these are just some examples, and many other combinations exist to fit your unique career goals.
Business Art or Arts Administration: consider concentrations in Business Administration, Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy and Art and Design or Digital Humanities
Child Development/Family Services: consider concentrations in Child, Family and Community Studies, Applied Behavior Analysis, and Psychology or Sociology
Community Health Activist/Advocate: consider concentrations in Healthcare Studies, Public Health and Racial and Intersectional Justice Studies or Public Relations
Cybersecurity: consider concentrations in Computer Science, Criminal Justice and Data Science
Digital Marketing Analytics: consider concentrations in Marketing, Data Science, and Psychology or Social Media
Entrepreneurship: consider concentrations in Entrepreneurship, Communication or Public Relations and Psychology or Digital Humanities or Leadership Studies
Event Coordination: consider concentrations in Event Management, Public Relations, and Psychology or Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy
Grant Writing/Nonprofit Development: consider concentrations in English - Professional Writing, Public Relations, and Leadership Studies or Racial and Intersectional Justice Studies
Health Informatics: consider concentrations in Healthcare Studies, Data Science and Public Health or Computer Science
Public Relations: consider concentrations in Communication, Public Relations and Social Media or Marketing
Sustainability Consulting: consider concentrations in Environmental Studies, Business Administration, and Data Science or Economics
UX/UI Design: consider concentrations in Digital Humanities, Psychology, and Graphic Design
Concentration Spotlight
Interdisciplinary Studies majors can select from over 90 concentrations available to create their ideal academic program, suited to their specific academic and career needs. Here is a sampling of some of our innovative concentrations, not offered as traditional majors at the university, available for IDS students to pursue:
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy
- Clinical Trials Administration and Practice
- Critical Disability Studies
- Data Science
- Digital Humanities
- Drone Applications
- E-Sports Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Forensic Science
- Geographic Information Science and Technology
- Graphic Design
- Medical Spanish
- Public Relations
- Racial and Intersectional Justice Studies
- Social Science and Medicine
All Interdisciplinary Studies Concentration Options
- Accounting
- Adapted Physical Activity and Sport
- Africana Studies
- Aging Studies
- Anthropology
- Applied Behavior Analysis
- Art and Design
- Art History
- Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy
- Asian Studies
- Astronomy
- Biology
- Business Administration
- Business Information Systems
- Central and East European and Eurasian Studies
- Chemistry
- Child, Family and Community Studies
- Chinese
- Clinical Trials Administration and Practice
- Coaching
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Criminal Justice
- Critical Disability Studies
- Data Science
- Digital Humanities
- Drone Applications
- E-Sports Management
- Earth Science
- Economics
- English - Creative Writing
- English - Language, Literature, and Writing
- English - Literature
- English - Professional Writing
- Entrepreneurship
- Environmental Studies
- Ethnic Studies
- Event Management
- Exercise Science
- Film Studies
- Forensic Science
- French
- Geographic Information Science and Technology
- Geography
- German
- German Studies
- Global Studies
- Graphic Design
- Healthcare Studies
- History
- Human Resource Management
- Italian
- Journalism
- Judaic Studies
- Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Leadership Studies
- Linguistics
- Management
- Marine Science
- Marketing
- Mathematics
- Media Studies
- Medical Spanish
- Music
- Music, Technology, and Media
- Natural Resources
- Nutrition
- Outdoor Recreation
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Political Economy
- Political Science
- Psychological Science
- Psychology
- Public Health
- Public Relations
- Racial and Intersectional Justice Studies
- Real Estate
- Religious Studies
- Renaissance Studies
- School Health Education
- Science, Values, and Society
- Self Design
- Social Media
- Social Science
- Social Science and Medicine
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Theatre
- Urban Affairs
- Wellness
- Women’s & Gender Studies
- Women’s Leadership