Quick Facts
General Education Requirements: 37 hours
Required Courses: 15 hours
Electives: 68 hours
Total: 120 hours
Full Program RequirementsProgram Overview
Solving complex, real-world problems begins
with the ability to work collaboratively and think across multiple disciplines.
Governors State’s Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies facilitates the development of skills in multimodal thinking, expanding beyond
discipline-specific methodologies while developing knowledge of subject matter
relevant to specific fields and problems.
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Program Tracks
The IDSS program offers transfer and adult students a customizable degree plan, which can be completed between three different program tracks. Students can pick the best track option for their schedule:
Interdisciplinary Studies
Take courses in any format you choose. Online, on-campus, or hybrid.
Deadline: Done on rolling admission basis
Request infoInterdisciplinary Studies Accelerated Degree Completion*
*Must have 90 credit hours completed for this track.
Take a combination of on-campus, hybrid, and online courses that are only 7.5 weeks long.
Deadline: August 1
Request infoInterdisciplinary Studies Online
Choose only online courses to earn your degree.
Deadline: Done on rolling admission basis
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What You Will Learn
First semester: Learn
the foundational skills and knowledge required to become a disciplinary insider
while learning interdisciplinary problem-solving methods. Also, remember to enroll in our new Career Planning and Decision Making course, which acts as an entry point into the program that helps students identify their marketable strength and investigate possible career options.
Second semester: Develop
skills further through hands-on application, including research, group
projects, and an optional internship.
Third semester: Synthesize
knowledge through the IDSS capstone experience, in which students conceive,
complete, and articulate their work in a final, cumulative project.
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Your Career Goals
The IDSS program emphasizes career exploration
and encourages you to apply for an internship within your area of interest. The
IDSS degree prepares you to enter a wide range of fields, including business,
health, technology, and the natural and social sciences or to pursue
graduate-level studies.
Prior
Learning Assessment
Credit for the IDSS program can be obtained through
alternate modes of education, such as through military training, competency
exams such as the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), and Prior Learning
Assessment credit (PLA) which automatically transfers American Council on Education
(ACE) credits or allows students to build a portfolio to demonstrate prior
learning course equivalency.
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