Interdisciplinary Studies B.A. (Culture, Religion and Society Concentration)

Core Areas A-E

Satisfactorily complete core Areas A-E, as listed in the Core IMPACTS (General Education Curriculum)  section of this catalog.

Area F

Major/Concentration

• Satisfactorily complete 27 hours of 3000-4000 level courses from AFST, ANTH, ARTS, BLST, PHIL, RELI, SOCI, WMST, or the following courses.
• Courses must include two different disciplines, with at least 9 hours in each.
• A cross-listed course can only count toward the requirement in one discipline.
• Special Topics courses may also be used to fulfill these requirements with the permission of the department chair.

• ENGL 4220 Medieval English Literature
• ENGL 4223 Chaucer
• ENGL 4449 Great Books of the Western Wrl
• ENGL 4451 African Literature
• ENGL 4452 African Women Writers
• ENGL 4662 Southern Literature
• ENGL 4664 Flannery O’Connor
• ENGL 4667 African-American Literature
• ENGL 4669 Multicultural Amer Literature
• ENGL 4671 Studies in Native American Lit
• ENGL 4770 Studies in Folklore
• ENGL 4950 Special Topics
• ENGL 4955 Special Topics in Intern’l Lit
• GEOG 4080 Environmental History
• GEOG 4205 Political Geography
• GEOG 4305 Cultural Geography
• GEOG 4220 Economic Geography
• GEOG 4230 Geography of Cities
• GEOG 3500 Regional Geography:Spec Topics
• HIST 3700 Asia to 1500
• HIST 3705 Asia since 1500
• HIST 3715 Colonial Latin America
• HIST 3720 Modern Latin America
• HIST 4125 The Crusades
• HIST 4130 The Middle Ages
• HIST 4135 Women Ancient/Medieval World
• HIST 4155 Early Modern Europe
• HIST 4170 Women in Early Mod Europe
• HIST 4280 Int’ual & Cult His of Eur 1550
• HIST 4285 Int & Clt His of Eur Since1550
• HIST 4360 Cul His of Wales, Scotlnd, Ire
• HIST 4635 The Era of Segregation
• HIST 4640 Civl Rights/Blck Powr Movement
• HIST 4645 AfricnAmer Cult/Intellect Hist
• HIST 4690 Hist US/Latin Amer Relations
• HIST 4700 Conquest of Latin America
• HIST 4710 Modern Middle East
• HIST 4730 Modern China
• HIST 4800 Modern Mexico
• HIST 4805 Span Amer Wars of Independence
• HIST 4810 Modern Caribbean
• MUSC 3650 Jazz History
• MUSC 3660 American Music
• POLS 2401 Intro to Intl Relations
• POLS 4531 Politics of the Middle East
• POLS 4541 Politics of Modern Africa
• RHET 3310 Performance Studies
• RHET 4315 Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
• RHET 4500 Rhetorical Criticism

Electives

For students who must take the 1001, 1002, and/or 2001 foreign language courses, these courses will be applied to electives and will reduce the total number of elective credits available.

Capstone

Satisfactorily complete an appropriate 4000-level course that includes a senior research paper/project or complete an appropriate study abroad course. The capstone must be approved by the department chair.

Additional Degree Requirements

Satisfactorily complete all graduation requirements  listed in the academic policies section of this catalog. 

Earn a grade of C or higher in all courses that count toward major/concentration requirements.