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Integrative Studies

Degree Requirements

33 credit hours required
Recommended enrollments are six hours fall and spring semesters, three hours in the summer.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is needed for graduation.

Courses

Phase One:  Interdisciplinary Studies (nine hours)

  • Introduction to Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Interdisciplinary Foundations
  • Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies

Phase Two: Core Integrative Studies Courses (six hours)

  • Critical Literature in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies

Phase Three: Select an Integrative Studies Track (nine hours)

Archaeoastronomy Track

  • Archaeoastronomy and Methods
  • Archaeoastronomy of Chaco Canyon and Cahokia
  • Field Work in Archaeoastronomy
  • Archaeoastronomy Elective Course

Diversity Track

  • Cultural Communication in Leadership
  • Global Challenges in Leadership
  • Addressing Diversity in the United States
  • Diversity Elective Course

Interdisciplinary Research Methods Track

  • Ethnographic Research
  • Literature Review Development
  • Quantitative Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies
  • Qualitative Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies

Self-Design Track

  • Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
  • Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
  • Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
  • Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)

Phase Four: Program Completion (six hours)

After completing your coursework in Phases One, Two, and Three, you’ll finalize your program by selecting a degree completion option. You can choose to either complete a thesis or take six additional credit hours of elective coursework.

  • Thesis
  • Six additional credit hours of elective coursework