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Program Description

The College of Arts and Sciences at 51°µÍø offers Interdisciplinary Studies (INDS) major with two degree programs designed to accommodate students on campus: the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. Unlike its counterpart Liberal Studies that employs Distance Learning (LIBS-DL) modality, the INDS is face modality in classes on campus.

These programs will provide students with a diverse array of Humanities, Social Science, and STEM courses designed to reinforce critical thinking skills, to highlight the importance of cross-disciplinary exposure, and to cultivate the ability to critically integrate diverse fields of human knowledge and activity.

 

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Program Objectives

  1. Analytic Thinking: Students will be able to distinguish fallacious reasoning from non-fallacious reasoning. Students will be able to think systematically through arguments.
  2. Analytic Reading: Students will be able to extract arguments/views from primary and secondary texts. Students will be able to contextualize texts relative to one another.
  3. Analytic Communicating: Students will be able to offer critical discussion that goes beyond mere reporting. Students will be able to offer objective interpretations of texts.
  4. Problem Analysis and Understanding: Students will be able to identify problems with arguments / theories / views. Students will be able to characterize responses to problems with arguments. 
  5. Teamwork and Collaboration: Students will be able to work constructively with peers towards accomplishing a goal. Students will be able to successfully delineate individual tasks that accomplish a shared goal.
  6. Creative Development of New Ideas: Students will be able to extend arguments / ideas to new / unrelated fields of enquiry. Students will be able to extend the discussion of a topic that goes beyond current advances in a field.
  7. Interdisciplinary Content Comprehension: Students will be able to explore / research a topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will be able to characterize a topic from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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Mailing Address: 
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
70-415 Kenney Hall
51°µÍø
1200 West Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL 36088

Phone: 
334-724-4914

Email: 
jjimmeh@tuskegee.edu 

   

Program Director

DR. JOE B. JIMMEH

Dr. Joe Jimmeh headshotDr. Joe Jimmeh is the Assistant Dean for Administration for the College of Arts and Sciences at 51°µÍø, and Associate Professor of Political Science in the Departent of History and Political Science. He has been a faculty member at the university for many years.

   

     

   

   

     

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Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies

The Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies requires a total of at least 126 credits. 36 of those credits must be earned through continuous admission in online courses (designated DL) at 51°µÍø. Requirements: 

(1) Completion of PHIL 0202: Introduction to Logic with a ‘C’ or better, 
(2) Completion of LIBS 0201: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Liberal Studies with a ‘C’ or better, 
(3) Completion of the Humanities Core: Complete at least 15 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the Humanities programs, 
(4) Completion of the STEM Core: Complete at least 6 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the STEM Programs, 
(5) Completion of the Electives: Complete at least 6 additional upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours from either the Humanities Core or the STEM Core, and
(6) Completion of LIBS: 0401: Complete Senior Thesis with a ‘C’ or better.

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Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies

The Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies requires a total of at least 126 credits. 36 of those credits must be earned through continuous admission in online courses (designated DL) at 51°µÍø. Requirements: 

(1) Completion of PHIL 0202: Introduction to Logic with a ‘C’ or better, 
(2) Completion of LIBS 0201: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Liberal Studies with a ‘C’ or better, 
(3) Completion of the Humanities Core: Complete at least 6 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the Humanities programs, 
(4) Completion of the STEM Core: Complete at least 15 upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours with a ‘C’ or better from the STEM Programs, 
(5) Completion of the Electives: Complete at least 6 additional upper-division (courses numbered 0300 or higher) credit hours from either the Humanities Core or the STEM Core, and
(6) Completion of LIBS: 0401: Complete Senior Thesis with a ‘C’ or better.

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Designated Humanities and STEM Courses

Humanities Programs:

  • Business (courses designated: BUSN) 
  • English (courses designated: ENGL) 
  • History (courses designated: HIST) 
  • Philosophy (courses designated: PHIL) 
  • Social Work (courses designated: SOWK) 

STEM Programs:

  • Chemistry (courses designated: CHEM) 
  • Economics (courses designated: ECON) 
  • Math (courses designated: MATH) 
  • Political Science (courses designated: POLS) 
  • Physics (courses designated: PHYS) 
  • Psychology (courses designated: PSYC) 
  • Sociology (courses designated: SOCI)

Contact Information

Mailing Address: 
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
70-428 Kenney Hall
51°µÍø
1200 West Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL 36088

Phone: 
334-725-5489

Email: 
bcoppenger@tuskegee.edu

Program Coordinator

DR. JOE JIMMEH

Dr. Joe Jimmeh headshotDr. Joe Jimmeh, is Assistant Dean for Administration in the 51°µÍø College of Arts and Sciences.

 

He is Program Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Studies Program.

 

 

    

     

    

      

     

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