Requirements:

• Students must complete a total of 39 upper-division credit hours across at least two different disciplines.
• Each of these disciplines must have a minimum of 12 upper division hours.
• The university core requirements must be satisfied and the 39 upper division hours must all be of a grade of “C” or higher.
• Students desiring the Interdisciplinary degree major will need to explain both in writing and orally to the Interdisciplinary Studies Council the rationale/justification—explaining how the degree assists the student in reaching both personal and career goals.
• Students will be required to prepare a curriculum that includes courses in three categories: writing/communication, theory/culture, and application/integration.
• To qualify for the program, each student must combine at least two disciplines.
• Each student must work with a faculty advisor and have a collaborative advisor from the second discipline.
• The program proposal must fit student learning outcomes.
• The proposal must provide the niche that the combined disciplines that cannot be accomplished with a KSU degree program already offered.
• The student must have some summative experience through research, coursework, internship, or practicum to integrate the interdisciplinary program.
• Students are strongly encouraged to have an internship, applied learning experience, or practicum in their degree program.

For more information:
Dr. Edward Chan, Assistant Professor, Department of University Studies
Phone: 770-423-6930
E-mail: echan@kennesaw.edu

Dr. Liza Davis, Director of the Honors Program
Phone: 770-423-6116
E-mail: ldavis@kennesaw.edu

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