Master of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
About Master of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies
Program Description
The Interdisciplinary Studies Program (IDS) is an innovative, flexible, and highly individualized graduate program designed to meet students’ academic and professional goals. The program gives students the opportunity to design a program of study tailored to their own needs and interests. When students choose IDS, they take on the exciting challenge of creating their own curriculum and unique plan for learning. Creating an individualized program requires maturity, self-motivation, and independence. Students seeking a combination of flexible options and academic challenges are natural IDS candidates. IDS is a creative alternative to more rigid traditional, discipline-specific programs. Students can build their particular academic or professional interests and concentrate on specialized fields that are not available in traditional graduate programs.
The program offers the following:
- Individual, self-designed graduate program of study that builds on specific academic and professional interests.
- Ability to combine various academic disciplines in chosen areas of study.
- Choice of courses in most colleges and schools.
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Demonstrate multi-disciplinary and/or inter-disciplinary approaches in research and writing in their capstones and other major writing projects.
- Use their knowledge of the methods and approaches of at least one particular academic or professional discipline to complete academic or technical writing projects.
- Analyze and interpret discourse and media in a variety of academic, literary, professional, and popular genres.
- Research and write in a variety of academic and/or professional genres, including expository essays, critical analysis, research papers, white papers, etc. culminating in an extended capstone, analyzing and incorporating a variety of academic and technical resources in appropriate scholarly and professional formats.
- Analyze value systems in social, professional, and institutional settings.
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