Mission Statement
The Program in Integrated Studies serves students with interests and capabilities
in more than one scholarly discipline. The degree trades disciplinary depth for breadth
and for cross-disciplinary research and writing that culminate in a senior thesis.
The Program encourages and supports interdisciplinary study across campus.
Integrated Studies
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Advising: See Mark Olson or Brandon Springer (below)
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Email:
IS_Advising@uvu.edu
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Appointments: Please call 801-863-8455 or 801-863-5888
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Program Coordinator: Mark Olson
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Telephone: 801-863-5888
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Email:
mark.olson@uvu.edu
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Mail Stop: 145A
Curriculum
The individualized nature of the Integrated Studies degree is attractive to students
with multiple interests. Students integrate course work in emphases such as biology,
earth science, business, leadership, health, literature, languages, communication,
philosophy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and the arts. Emphases from computer
science and information systems, accounting, and technology management are also offered
as part of this degree.
Special Program Characteristics
- Students engage in interdisciplinary work that culminates in a senior thesis.
- Students receive one-on-one feedback from multiple faculty advisors throughout their
senior thesis process.
- Students completing the Integrated Studies degree have developed skills in thinking,
problem solving, collaborative work, gathering and analyzing data, writing, and speaking,
and have done so on the foundation of solid (but not exhaustive) disciplinary emphases.
- Faculty do campus-wide interdisciplinary work that includes team teaching across disciplines
and collaborative projects.
- The campus and local community benefit from our lecture series and our interdisciplinary
conferences, as well as from our student-published journal,
Intersections.
Summary of the Degree
- After becoming familiar with the material on the
IS website, meet with advisors to plan course work. Various emphases may require specific courses
and minimum grades. 2.5 GPA required for application.
- Become matriculated into Integrated Studies by submitting an interest essay which
is reviewed by the department
- Complete two approved 18-21 credit hour emphases from the following colleges/schools:
College of Humanities and Social Sciences; College of Science and Health; College
of Technology and Computing; School of the Arts; Woodbury School of Business. More
than 40 emphasis areas are available. For a list, please visit
www.uvu.edu/is.
- Complete the Integrated Studies Discipline Core with a minimum grade of C- in each
class.
- Complete forty hours of upper-division course work as part of the requirements in
the emphasis areas & IS Core.
- Complete thirty hours of course work in residency at UVU; at least 10 of these must
be completed at UVU within the last 45 credit hours earned.
- For a Bachelor of Arts degree, students must complete the 202G/2020 class in the chosen
foreign language. For a Bachelor of Science degree, students must complete either
MATH 1210 or MATH 2040.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Graduates will be able to gather and analyze information to develop a Capstone Thesis
which incorporates knowledge from their two (or three) emphasis areas, upper division
theory courses, and Integrated Studies topics courses.
- Graduates will be able to discuss and defend their Capstone Thesis/Project with particular
attention to how concepts from their emphases are incorporated through work on a problem
that requires interdisciplinary tools.
- Graduates will be able to apply research and writing skills to demonstrate informational
and technical literacy.