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The MA and MS in integrative studies provide a focused multidisciplinary education path for students who have academic interests that cross academic disciplinary boundaries. Students are able to explore and make connections between different fields of study to meet their personal and professional goals.
The curriculum will incorporate existing courses from at least two departments. The program of study will be at least 37 credit hours and include the following:
- 1 credit hour of INTG 500 Proposal Development: Independent development of the thesis or final project proposal. Prerequisite: Consent of advisory committee.
- 6 credit hours of one of the following:
- INTG 599 Research (1 – 6): Independent research at the master's level for the thesis option. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. Prerequisite: Consent of advisory committee.
- INTG 593 Final Project (1 – 6): Independent scholarly or creative activity at the master’s level for the non-thesis option. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. Prerequisite: consent of advisory committee.
- 30 credit hours of graduate-level electives when two departments are involved and 30 credit hours plus at least nine credit hours for each additional department receiving enrollment credit
- Must be split equally (e.g., 15 hours and 15 hours) or 40:60 (e.g., 12 hours and 18 hours) when two departments are involved and must be split so that no department has fewer than nine credit hours when three or more departments are involved
- At least half of which must be at the 500 level
- No more than three credit hours of which can be independent study (hosted through one of the participating departments)
- No more than 1/3 of the credit hours of which can be transfer credit.
- Exceptions to these requirements may be granted by the Dean of the Graduate School upon a written request with a justification for the exception.
