Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


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This plan will not be available to new students after Summer 2024

The Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities is a bachelor completion program that prepares students to analyze, synthesize and interpret perennial and contemporary societal issues from a variety of humanistic perspectives. It develops graduates who can effectively communicate their ideas in innovative ways to aid personal and community-based problem-solving within and between cultures.
 
In this specialization, students investigate the nature of human imagination and where human values stem from through the study of literature, film, technology, art, religion and the environment. Graduates are able to make informed decisions on complex issues based on an ability to analyze ideas from multiple perspectives and effectively communicate those ideas in a professional manner.

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Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


Careers

What Can I Do with a Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities?

Are you interested in a broad variety of liberal arts and want to explore your interests in a degree tailored to you? Do you want to create a great foundation for your future graduate studies or maximize your transfer credit in a very flexible degree? This interdisciplinary degree provides you with a traditional liberal arts degree. The critical and analytic skills needed to understand and discuss cultural movements are those necessary to the clear thinking and responsible decision-making required in many professional careers and graduate degrees.

Career opportunities that might be pursued:
  • Education
  • Museum work
  • Writing/editing (grant-writing, journalism, publishing)
  • Program administration (non-profits, corporate, NGO)

With further education, one of these paths is possible:
  • Librarian
  • Attorney
  • Counselor
  • University professor

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Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


University Requirements

University Requirements
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Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


Overview

In addition to University Requirements:

Students may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement. Students may transfer up to 90 units of community college and/or university credit from regionally accredited institutions of higher education. Contact your advisor for details.

Minimum Units for Completion 120
Major GPA C
Highest Mathematics Required MAT 114
Foreign Language Optional
AZ Transfer Students complete AGEC-A Recommended
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Purpose Statement

The Bachelor in Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities is designed as a bachelor completion program with students transferring up to 90 credits from community colleges or other four-year institutions into NAU.  As such, only the remaining 30 credits provide a basis for NAU assessment of student learning objectives. The program prepares students to analyze, synthesize and interpret perennial and contemporary societal issues from a variety of humanistic perspectives. It develops graduates who can effectively communicate their ideas in innovative ways to aid personal and community-based problem-solving within and between cultures.  More specifically, students investigate the nature of human imagination and where human values come from through the study of literature, film, technology, art, religion and the environment. Graduates are able to make informed decisions on complex issues based on an ability to analyze ideas from multiple perspectives and effectively communicate those ideas in a professional manner.

Student Learning Outcomes

Critical Thinking

Critical ReadingEffective Writing Civil Discourse And Cultural Awareness Interdisciplinarity

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Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


Details

Liberal Studies Requirement
Transfer Block
Major Requirements
Interdisciplinary Studies Requirements
General Electives
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Academic Catalog - 2023-2024

College of Arts and Letters

Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies - Humanities 90-30, Bachelor


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