海角社区

General Education (44 credit hours minimum)

• Students will complete the same  required of all students if approved by the student’s academic advisor.
• Students may follow either requirements for a Bachelor of Science (BS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. A BA requires the completion of 6 credit hours of foreign language courses at the introductory level.

IDS Core Curriculum (9 credit hours)

• IDS 100 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies (3 credit hours, online). In IDS 100 the student will, in addition to other requirements, choose an area of emphasis and develop a program of study to complete their degree program. This course must be taken within the first 12 credit hours of admission to the IDS major. 
• IDS 250W Interdisciplinary Research: Process and Practice (3 credit hours, online)
• IDS 450 Capstone Project (3 credit hours, online). This course is taken during the student's last semester at 海角社区.

Area of Emphasis (42 credit hours)

If choosing a singular emphasis,

• No more than 24 hours can be taken within the same discipline as reflected by that discipline's prefix (examples = AC, BI, DA, GE, etc.).
• A minimum of 24 hours of 300/400 level credit must be included in the area of emphasis (36 total 300/400 level credits are needed to graduate).
• No more than 30 hours may come from the Sanders College of Business and Technology.
• A writing-intensive course (signified by a W by the course number) must be included. 
• Up to 12 hours of advisor-approved classes that fall outside of a particular area of emphasis may be included contingent upon their alignment with the student's career goals.

*If choosing two areas of emphasis,

• Each emphasis will be 21 credit hours.
• Each emphasis will include a minimum of 12 hours of 300/400 level credit (36 total 300/400 level credits are needed to graduate).
• No more than 24 hours can be taken within the same discipline as reflected by that discipline's prefix (examples = AC, BI, DA, GE, etc.).
• No more than 30 hours may come from the Sanders College of Business and Technology.
• A writing-intensive course (signified by a W by the course number) must be included in at least one area of emphasis.
• Up to 6 hours of advisor-approved classes that fall outside of either area of emphasis may be included contingent upon their alignment with the student's career goals

*The option to choose two emphases is pending approval by the Alabama Council of Higher Education and the Southern Association of Colleges and School Commission of Colleges (SACSCOC).

Electives (remaining hours to reach a total of 120 credit hours minimum)

• A total of 120 semester hours is required as a minimum for graduation with 36 semester hours of this total coming from courses numbered 300 or 400.
• The remainder of the 120 hours may be selected by the student with program approval.
• An average of C (2.0) is required for all hours attempted toward the degree.
• All other university policies (e.g., residence requirements) relating to requirements that must be met for all degree programs apply to IDS students.
• A minor is NOT required for IDS students. However, students are often able to add classes into their area of emphasis that will complete the requirements for a minor or certificate with little effect on the total number of hours needed to complete their degree.