Interdisciplinary Studies
Department of Philosophy
The College of Arts and Sciences
Program Director & Chair
Louis A. Mancha, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Degree Offered
Bachelor of Science
Student Learning Outcomes
Students in the IDS program will complete a Capstone Thesis that will identify important concepts, skills, and values necessary to unify the program Foundations Sequence of practical thinking and ethics with their two chosen concentrations. Students will work with a faculty mentor to discern an appropriate topic that involves gathering and presenting research from multiple sources to meet the following SLOs:
Identify commonalities in concepts spread over two different concentrations
Apply concepts of practical thinking and ethics to area concentrations within the program
Analyze applications for combining concepts associated with different concentration
Evaluate the benefits of combining different concentration areas
Courses and Descriptions