Interdisciplinary Studies: Humanities or Public Management 90-30 (extended major)

Alison Leigh Brown

Co-director, BIS/BAS

Professor, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies

Phone:  +1 602 776-4671

Email: alison.brown@nau.edu

 

You may earn either a BA or BS in Interdisciplinary Studies: Degree completion with an emphasis in Humanities or Public Management.

 

NAU’s flexible, B.A. and B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies offers you an opportunity to design a plan of studies, in consultation with an advisor, to meet your individual educational needs. You may choose either of these degrees if you plan to enter an occupation that requires a broad general education, if you are seeking career advancement or personal intellectual enrichment, if you are considering a preprofessional plan.

 

We also offer this degree as part of NAU’s Extended Campuses program; however, not all emphasis areas are available through Extended Campuses.

 

We designed this degree to broaden your background, but not to substitute for a degree that meets specific professional or occupational needs. If you are preparing for an occupation where entry is governed by licensure and/or professional certification, you should seek admission to the appropriate degree plan.  

 

To earn the Interdisciplinary Studies degree, you must complete at least 120 units of coursework, which we describe in the sections that follow:  

  

Be aware that some courses required for your degree may have prerequisites that you must also take. Check the courses in the appropriate subject.  (You may be able to count these prerequisites toward your liberal studies or general elective credit.)  

   

Please note that you must complete NAU’s diversity requirements by taking two 3-unit courses, one in U.S. ethnic diversity and one in global diversity awareness. These courses may be used to meet other requirements within your academic plan if you choose them carefully. Click here for a list of the available diversity courses.

 

The Interdisciplinary Studies requires that you must take at least 30 units of upper-division courses (those numbered 300 and above).

 

Additionally, please note that you may be able to use some courses to meet more than one requirement; however, you must still meet the total of at least 120 units to graduate. Contact your advisor for details.  

Liberal Studies (General Education) Requirements  

If you have earned an AGEC Certification from a regionally accredited community college in Arizona, then you have satisfied the NAU Liberal Studies requirement for this degree.  Students having not earned an AGEC must complete all Liberal Studies requirements before graduation.

 

Click here to go to the section titled NAU’s Undergraduate Academic Plans for information about the 35 units of liberal studies credit that we require. Contact the department of your emphasis for information about liberal studies courses that are specific to your major.  

 

Be aware that you may use courses with same prefix(es) in your emphasis area to fulfill liberal studies, but you may not use the same course(s) to satisfy your emphasis requirements and your liberal studies requirements. You may not use the specific courses in your focus to satisfy liberal studies requirements. (For the interdisciplinary emphases in arts and letters, public agency service, and women and gender studies, you may use the emphasis course prefixes to satisfy requirements in both emphasis and liberal studies; however, you may not use the same course(s) to satisfy both an emphasis and liberal studies requirement.)

 

You must complete at least 30 upper-division units at NAU for this major.

 

Please note that you must have a grade of C or better in all courses used in the Emphasis Area.  Further note that all course work in the Emphasis Areas must be upper-division and from NAU.  Substitutions and use of credit from another institution are not allowed in the Emphasis.

Emphasis

You must select one of the two following Emphases to complete this degree.

Humanities Emphasis Requirements

You must take 30 units from NAU as described below:

You must take 6 units from:

Select 15 units from the following:

If the Global and/or U.S. Ethnic Diversity requirements have not already been met, you must select HUM 362 or HUM 381 from the above, both which meet the Global Diversity requirement and/or HUM 375, which meets the U.S. Ethnic Diversity requirement.

 

Finally, select 9 additional units from:

Public Management Emphasis Requirements

You must take 30 units from NAU as described below:

You must take 6 units from:

You must also select following 15 units from the following:

Finally, you must select 9 units from the following:

If the Global and/or U.S. Ethnic Diversity requirements have not already been met you must select ANT 350 from the above, which meets the Global Diversity requirement and/or ANT 306, which meets the Ethnic Diversity requirement.

Focus, Minor, or Certificate Requirements

A minor, certificate, or focus is not allowed in this program.

Communication Skills Requirements

Included in the credit transferred as part of the completed community college degree you must have:

General Electives  

Additional coursework is required, if, after you have met the previously described requirements, you have not yet completed a total of 120 units of credit.  

 

You may take these remaining courses from any academic areas, using these courses to pursue your specific interests and goals. We encourage you to consult with your advisor to select the courses that will be most advantageous to you. (Please note that you may also use prerequisites or transfer credits as electives if they weren’t used to meet major, minor, or liberal studies requirements.)