Interdisciplinary Programs

DEGREES:

General Studies, A.A.
General Studies, B.G.S.

MAJORS:

International Studies, B.A.
Legal Studies, B.A., B.S.
Medical Biology, B.S.
Native American Studies, B.A.
Neuroscience, B.S.
Sustainability, B.A., B.S.

MINORS:

Archaeology
Classical Humanities
Dead Education
Geography
Gerontology
Interdisciplinary Sciences
International Studies
Legal Studies
Multicultural Studies
Native American Studies Minor
Neuroscience Minor
Organizational Communication Minor
Social Media Marketing
Sustainability
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Minor

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE IN GENERAL STUDIES (A.A.)

The Associate of Arts in General Studies includes general education courses and an array of flexible electives, which together can serve as the first two years of a bachelor’s degree within the SD regental system. The program is provided in its entirety by distance to serve time- and place-bound individuals. The Associate of Arts Degree in General Studies is awarded through the College of Arts & Sciences.

BACHELOR OF GENERAL STUDIES (B.G.S.)

The Bachelor of General Studies is designed to accommodate students who have accumulated significant college credit and who want to complete a baccalaureate degree. The Bachelor of General Studies is awarded through the College of Arts & Sciences.

INTERDISCIPLINARY MINORS

Certain interdisciplinary minors are also available.

Archaeology  (Department of Anthropology and Sociology)
Classical Humanities   (Department of History)
Deaf Education   (Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders)
Geography   (Department of Anthropology and Sociology)
Gerontology   (College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office)
Interdisciplinary Sciences   (College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office)
International Studies   (Department of Political Science)
Multicultural Studies  (College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office)
Native American Studies   (Department of History)
Neuroscience  (Department of Psychology)
Organizational Communication  (College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office)
Social Media Marketing  (Department of Media & Journalism)
Sustainability  (Department of Sustainability and Environment)
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies  (Department of History)

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES SCHOLARSHIP

Please contact the department for additional information about available scholarships and awards. Also see College of Arts & Sciences for college/school level scholarships.

Leonard E. Arnaud Memorial Scholarship

Student Learning Outcomes for General Studies (A.A.)

Students will intentionally engage with diversity in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions leading to opportunities for equal access to participation in educational and community programs for all members of society.
Students will be able to systematically explore issues, objects or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments, and break down complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.
Students will comprehensively explore issues, ideas, artifacts and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion, and combine or synthesize existing ideas, images or expertise in original ways reflecting a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
Students will recognize when there is a need for information and identify, locate, evaluate and effectively and responsibly use and convey that information to address the need or problem at hand.
Students will design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

Student Learning Outcomes for Career Pathways (A.S.)

Students will systematically explore issues, objects, or works through the collection andanalysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments, and break down complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.
Students will exhibit a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. Students will exhibit both the capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
Students will recognize and know when there is a need for information and identify, locate, evaluate and effectively and responsibly use and share that information to address the need or problem at hand.
Students will analyze and compare scholarly sources to develop informed conclusions or judgments.
Students will integrate available and reliable information to develop meaningful solutions.
Students will articulate the development of their academic or career goals

Student Learning Outcomes for General Studies (B.G.S.)

Students will design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.
Students will recognize when there is a need for information and identify, locate, evaluate and effectively and responsibly use and convey that information to address the need or problem at hand.
Students will comprehensively explore issues, ideas, artifacts and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion, and combine or synthesize existing ideas, images or expertise in original ways reflecting a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
Students will be able to systematically explore issues, objects or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments, and break down complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them.
Students will intentionally engage with diversity in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions leading to opportunities for equal access to participation in educational and community programs for all members of society.

Student Learning Outcomes for International Studies (B.A. and B.S.)

Historical Context: Students will apply recent global history to the contemporary international milieu.
Place: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the geography of the contemporary world.
Social and Human Understanding: Students will analyze cultural and group relations and interactions that exist in the contemporary world.
Institutions: Students will investigate the historical design and contemporary practices of core institutions at the global, national, state, tribal, and local levels.
Political Development: Students will analyze ongoing and emerging domestic and global issues through the scientific study of international and comparative politics.
Collection and Analysis of Evidence: Students will demonstrate the ability to systematically collect, analyze, and synthesize evidence.  
Locate, Assess, and Synthesize Scholarship: Students will demonstrate the ability to locate, assess and synthesize scholarly writing.
Problem-Solving: Students will demonstrate the ability to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.