Two options are available to students majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies:

Option 1 - Interdisciplinary Studies:

The student completes two 15/16 credit hour concentrations at DBU. (Twelve (12) hours of each concentration must be upper-level.)* The 15/16-credit hours must be unique to each concentration. Students should coordinate with their academic adviser and dean to ensure course substitutions are available when two concentrations share the same course requirements.

Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.

Concentration options include but are not limited to those listed below.(i.e., Students may select a concentration from any other degree major offered within the same published catalog year; in which case, the dean of the corresponding college will provide specific course requirements to be reflected on the official degree audit).

Option 2 - Interdisciplinary Studies – Inverted:

Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. For accelerated students pursuing the inverted version of a program, 36 upper-level credit hours are not required. The final 6 undergraduate-level credit hours are fulfilled by the graduate-level "shared" courses. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.

Inverted Degree students may complete two 15/16 credit hour concentrations at DBU. (Twelve (12) hours of each concentration must be upper-level.)* The 15/16-credit hours must be unique to each concentration. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor and dean to ensure course substitutions are available when two concentrations share the same course requirements.

Inverted Degree Program students also have the option of using transferred technical/occupational credit hours for one of their two concentrations. In that case, the 12-hour upper-level requirement is waived for the concentration for which the technical/occupational hours are used. The "Technical/Occupational" concentration will then be fulfilled with 15 credit hours specifically pulled from the student’s transferred courses in the Tech/Occ Inverted degree block. The student then finishes the major by completing a minimum of 15 credit hours (at least 12 upper-level) in the classroom at DBU in the second concentration.

Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level.

Concentration options include but are not limited to those listed below.(i.e., Students may select a concentration from any other degree major offered within the same published catalog year; in which case, the dean of the corresponding college will provide specific course requirements to be reflected on the official degree audit).

*EDUC 4315 Introduction to Designing Instruction is required for any student selecting a concentration in Education (AGP-eligible).

BAS.INTS - Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Interdisciplinary Studies

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