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Program Description

The College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University 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

Analytic Thinking: Students will be able to distinguish fallacious reasoning from non-fallacious reasoning. Students will be able to think systematically through arguments.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Tuskegee University
1200 West Montgomery Road
Tuskegee, AL 36088

Phone:
334-724-4914

Email:
jjimmeh@tuskegee.edu

Program Director

DR. JOE B. JIMMEH

Dr. Joe Jimmeh headshot Dr. Joe Jimmeh is the Assistant Dean for Administration for the College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University, 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 Tuskegee University. 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 Tuskegee University. 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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