Master of Arts - Integrative Studies

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

33 credit hours required
Recommended enrollments are six hours fall and spring semesters, three hours in the summer.
A minimum grade point average of 3.0 is needed for graduation.

Courses

Phase One:  Interdisciplinary Studies (nine hours)

• Introduction to Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies
• Interdisciplinary Foundations
• Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies

Phase Two: Core Integrative Studies Courses (six hours)

• Critical Literature in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies

Phase Three: Select an Integrative Studies Track (nine hours)

Archaeoastronomy Track

• Archaeoastronomy and Methods
• Archaeoastronomy of Chaco Canyon and Cahokia
• Field Work in Archaeoastronomy
• Archaeoastronomy Elective Course

Diversity Track

• Cultural Communication in Leadership
• Global Challenges in Leadership
• Addressing Diversity in the United States
• Diversity Elective Course

Interdisciplinary Research Methods Track

• Ethnographic Research
• Literature Review Development
• Quantitative Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies
• Qualitative Research Methods in Interdisciplinary Studies

Self-Design Track

• Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
• Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
• Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)
• Course developed for Self-Design topic (three hours)

Phase Four: Program Completion (six hours)

After completing your coursework in Phases One, Two, and Three, you’ll finalize your program by selecting a degree completion option. You can choose to either complete a thesis or take six additional credit hours of elective coursework.

• Thesis
• Six additional credit hours of elective coursework

INTEGRATIVE STUDIES DEGREE PLANNING SHEETS

• Integrated Studies MA: Diversity
• Integrated Studies MA: Interdisciplinary Research Methods
• Integrated Studies MA: Self-Design