Program Description: This flexible but focused degree provides students with an outstanding multidisciplinary preparation in the Arts and Humanities, while allowing options to pursue specific academic preparations applicable to their immediate interests and future career aspirations. The integrated curriculum is designed to impart skills in 

• Effective written and oral communication
• Critical thinking, and
• Creative problem solving
• Melded with ethical thought and application.

The program is designed for students who.

• Have accumulated many diffused Arts and Humanities credits, but have not settled on an area of concentration 
• Have specific career plans that require multiple skill sets not preent within any one major within the Arts and Humanities 
• Have not articulated a specific career apsiration, but want a well-rounded education.

This programs also serves as a flexible 2 + 2 program for students coming out of an AA or AS program from community or technical colleges, as it offers enough flexibility for all credits from an AA or an AS to transfer into the BIS degree.

General Education Component

All BIS students complete the University's General Education Curriculum. Beyond that, BIS students complete:

• 3 credits from any approved Life/Physical Sciences course the BA Distribution List.
• 3 credits from any approved Social/Behavioral Sciences course the BA Distribution List.

Module Requirements

60 credits total; all courses completed with a grade of "C" or better.

Students select courses to fulfill 3 Areas of Focus, in conjuncton with their advisors. From what departments student select courses to build their focus areas will vary depending on student academic history to date, current interests in exploration, and after-graduation career goals. 

Upper Division Area of Focus 1

Complete 6 credits (typically 2 courses) at 200-level; and 9 credits (typically 3 courses) at the 300 or 400 level

Upper Division Area of Focus 2

Complete 6 credits (typically 2 courses) at 200-level; and 9 credits (typically 3 courses) at the 300 or 400 level

Upper Division Area of Focus 3 

Complete 6 credits (typically 2 courses) at 200-level; and 9 credits (typically 3 courses) at the 300 or 400 level

General Electives

Complete 36 credits (typically 12 courses; depends on the the credit value of course selected); of which 3 must be at the 300 or 400 level.