Interdisciplinary Studies - General Option

The Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) degree program: General Option (BS or BA) is designed for students who have multiple interests and talents or who may have existing credits-academic, technical, or experiential-and wish to pursue degree completion at UWA. The program allows students, under the supervision of an advisor, to design a program of study by exploring different courses across the University of West Alabama's course curriculum. Students must complete a total of 72 hours within the chosen courses and must meet all prerequisites for the selected coursework in order to meet degree requirements. Students in the IDS General program must complete a 48-credit hour basic curriculum, must complete a total of 120 semester hours, one-third of which are upper level, and must maintain a 2.0 in the basic curriculum and in the selected areas of study in order to meet graduation requirements. In addition, up to 42 hours of experiential or technical credit may be transferred into the program if approved by the advisor and dean. The major is a comprehensive degree program and does not require a minor.

Basic Curriculum

I. Written Composition: 6 hours

A. Six semester hours from the following sequences:

EH 101. Written English I Credits: 3
EH 102. Written English II Credits: 3
OR
EH 104. Advanced Written English Credits: 3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts: 12 hours

III. Natural Sciences and Mathematics: 11 hours

A. Eight semester hours from the following:

Any course with a BY, CH, EN, ES, or PH prefix

B. Three semester hours from the following:

MH 105. Finite Mathematics Credits: 3
MH 113. Precalculus Algebra Credits: 3

IV. History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences: 12 hours

A. Three semester hours from the following:

HY 101. History of Western Civilization I Credits: 3
HY 102. History of Western Civilization II Credits: 3
HY 211. American History I Credits: 3
HY 212. American History II Credits: 3

B. Six semester hours from the following:

Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology and/or Sociology

C. Three semester hours from the following:

Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, History and/or Sociology

Note(s):

All Students must complete a six-hour sequence in either Literature or History

V. UWA Experience: 2 hours

A. Two semester hours from the following:

UWA 101. Freshman Seminar Credits: 1

Approved Program Coursework

A. Career Readiness: 6 hours

IDS 409. Professional Interdisciplinary Internship Credits: 3
IDS 495. Interdisciplinary Capstone Credits: 3

B. 300/400 level courses: 34 hours

Approved courses from the 300 and 400 levels: 34 hours

C. 100/200/300/400 level courses: 39 hours

Approved courses from the 100, 200, 300, and 400 levels: 39 hours