Interdisciplinary Programs Major, BA - Cultures and Societies Concentration

Campus: Distance Education

The major consists of 30 credit hours:

Primary Emphasis (9 credit hours)

Secondary Emphasis - Choose 4 courses from one of the following 5 options (12 credit hours).

All courses must be distinct from the courses used for the Primary Emphasis.

Electives in Major (9 credit hours)

Choose up to 3 courses from a second Secondary Emphasis Area (must be distinct from the courses used for the Primary and Secondary Emphasis). Can replace up to 2 courses with up to 6 credit hours of INPG 492 - Off-Campus Study .

These are not part of the major but will be part of the 60-hour requirement and used to meet the Connections Requirement.

Choose 3 courses (9 credit hours). All must be distinct from hours used for the major.

• EEB 306 - Ecology and Society 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 425 - Communicating the Science of Climate Change Biology 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 252 - Introduction to Drama 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 339 - Children’s/Young Adult Literature 3 Credit Hours *
• ENGL 474 - Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 345 - People and Environment 3 Credit Hours
• POLS 312 - Popular Culture and American Politics 3 Credit Hours *
• POLS 330 - Law in American Society 3 Credit Hours
• PHIL 345 - Bioethics 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 320 - Motivation and Emotion 3 Credit Hours
• PSYC 484 - Sleep and Dreaming 3 Credit Hours
• REST 202 - Religion and Film 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 309 - Religion and the Workplace 3 Credit Hours
• REST 361 - The American Jewish Experience 3 Credit Hours *
• REST 372 - Contemporary Buddhism 3 Credit Hours *
• SOCI 321 - Sociological Theory 3 Credit Hours
• WGS 383 - Feminism and the Environment 3 Credit Hours *

Additional Coursework: (21 credit hours to get to 120 credit hours overall)

• Can include courses taken beyond those for the major used to meet the Foreign language and non-US History requirement
• Up to 6 additional hours of INPG 492  
• 42 hours must be at the 300- or 400-level

* Volunteer Core Requirements