Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies
The Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (BSIS) is a unique degree for the Delta region. It provides a program of study targeted toward students who desire a non-traditional approach to learning within a broad range of disciplines: the BSIS program allows students to prepare for careers requiring functional knowledge of multiple disciplines.
The BSIS is a university-wide degree program that enables students to create interdisciplinary specialties that prepare them for careers in a world that increasingly bridges academic disciplines. Students pursue two or three subject-area concentrations that represent academic interests they wish to integrate into a meaningful program.
A four-course core offers students the intellectual tools to identify connections between their concentrations and engage in interdisciplinary problem-solving. The interdisciplinary core is issues-driven and provides pragmatic and thought-provoking approaches to thinking, research, problem solving, and communication. Students, working with the program director, will choose two or three major areas of concentration.
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For more information about the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies:
Go to the DSU 2007-2008 Undergraduate Catalog and view pages 122-123 for description of the program and the four core classes; then go to pages 63-64 for the general education requirements for every degree; then view pages 113-115 for the minors we have right now at DSU, which we are using initially as “tracks” or concentration areas. The minors are a great place for you to start to see if the classes you have will fit into a program; however, we are also working to develop "tracks" of concentration for you that may combine some of your previous or planned courses into a concentration that is not covered in the list of majors or minors. One thing to note: the courses that count towards your general education requirements cannot also be counted towards the tracks. You have to have 18, 18, 18 hours in three different areas, or 27, 27 in two areas, and they all have to be in addition to the general education requirements.
Contact:
Dr. Karen Bell
BA 216
1003 W. Sunflower Rd.
Cleveland, MS 38733
bsis@deltastate.edu
Tel.: 662 846 4279
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