Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies |
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The minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree is 120, at least 39 of which must be at the upper-division level.
Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies without teacher certification must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.
Core Curriculum Component Area |
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements |
|---|---|
Communications |
English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours) |
Mathematics |
Mathematics (3 semester credit hours) |
Natural Sciences |
Science (6 semester credit hours) |
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts |
Literature (3 semester credit hours) The Arts (3 semester credit hours) |
Social and Behavioral Sciences |
United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours) Political Science (6 semester credit hours) Social and Behavioral Science (3 semester credit hours) Economics (3 semester credit hours) |
World Society and Issues |
(3 semester credit hours) |
IDS Degree Requirements (44 semester credit hours)
IDS 2083 Technology for Learning and Teaching
IDS 2103 The Individual, Family, and Community
IDS 2113 Society and Social Issues
IDS 2203 World Civilization to the Fifteenth Century
IDS 2213 World Civilization since the Fifteenth Century
IDS 2303 World Literature I: Through the Sixteenth Century
IDS 2313 World Literature II: Since the Sixteenth Century
IDS 2403 Physical Science
IDS 2413 Earth Systems Science
IDS 3003 Science and Humanity
IDS 3013 Diversity, Equity, and the Social Sciences
IDS 3123 Culture, Literature, and Fine Arts
IDS 3201 Advanced Physical Science Laboratory
IDS 3211 Advanced Earth Systems Science Laboratory
IDS 3653 Music and Related Arts
IDS 3713 Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Areas of Specialization (18–24 semester credit hours)
One area of specialization must be selected by the student seeking the IDS major only concentration. This involves a sequence of courses, with a minimum of 18–24 semester credit hours, including 6 hours at the upper-division level, in one specific area or discipline. Assistance in selection is available from the COEHD Advising and Certification Center. Students are encouraged to select their area of specialization as early in their program as possible.
Electives (upper-division courses to complete a minimum total of 120 semester credit hours)
Advisors in the COEHD Advising and Certification Center will assist interdisciplinary studies degree-only majors to use their electives to develop a coherent program of study using existing UTSA course offerings.