Core Requirements

• 120 semester hours total
• 40 semester hours at the junior-senior level
• 20 semester hours taken from EIU
• 12 semester hours in Humanities/Fine Arts
• 12 semester hours in Social/Behavioral Sciences
• 12 semester hours in Scientific Awareness/Mathematics
• 6 semester hours in Communication/English
• 1 course in Cultural Diversity
• 1 Senior Seminar

In Addition Students Must:

• Complete IDS 3002, Critical Thinking and the Adult Learner and IDS 4001, Self-Directed Leadership.
• Students who have not taken college-level courses for the past five years are required to take IDS 2985, Adults in Transition. Other students may take the course as an elective.
• Note: Students must complete IDS 2985 (if required) and IDS 3002 with a grade of “C” or higher and have earned at least 90 semester hours prior to enrolling IDS 4001.
• Complete Electronic Writing Portfolio (EWP) requirements;
• Maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative grade-point average.

Notes:

1. A student must be admitted to this program by the Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Degree Program.
2. Beginning Fall 2014 and thereafter, all students transferring into the IDS program from another EIU academic program must meet the IDS degree requirements for the catalog year they are admitted into the program.
3. Students must earn grades of “C” or higher in all IDS courses upon admission to the program.
4. After admission to the program, students may use no more than five (5) one-credit-hour courses towards their degree.