Can't decide on just one major? Integrated Studies lets you combine two areas you're interested in to create a degree that fits you.
Cultivating Interdisciplinary Community and Discussion.
A dynamic space for interdisciplinary minded faculty, staff and students to come together and build a stronger community among themselves, and to facilitate lively academic discussions.
Integrated Studies courses bring together different subject areas to discuss ideas and solve problems. IS 2000 introduces you to this approach, showing how combining multiple fields can help explore complex issues. IS 3500R is a repeatable Special Topics course where students from different majors work together to explore big themes and ideas. IS 4980 is where you'll plan your capstone project or paper, which will draw from your two minor areas of study. You'll then complete that project or paper in IS 4990.
31% of Integrated Studies graduates have attended graduate school
Graduates have gone on to succeed in fields such as law, dentistry, business, academia, technology, the arts, and more. Their ability to think across disciplines and tackle complex challenges prepares them for leadership and innovation in an ever-changing world.
Is it crazy to say I miss UVU? I was so eager to finish my classes, but I really miss those class discussions and being able to read and call it homework. For my [Integrated Studies] Capstone, I wrote [a children’s book] Foogle and Me. I’ve yet to get a new book out, although I have some in the early stages of development. [Since graduation] I have been writing for Retailsphere. I have 30+ published articles on their website and about 10 or so more about to be published... I moved up quickly in the company and now I am Operations Manager performing all duties for Client Success, Recruiting, and Head of the Data Analyst team.
I’m working as a COO of an online business, and I’m definitely utilizing my degree professionally and personally. Some of the most impactful classes I took were [Integrated Studies topics courses] — Divine in the Arts, German Romanticism, Intro to the European Union. My degree exposed me to a variety of worldviews and new paradigms, and the subsequent examination of each course topic from those perspectives drove me to develop critical thinking skills that I sincerely wouldn’t have developed otherwise… I absolutely loved this degree.
Integrated Studies allowed me to cater my education to the career I wanted. When I told my parents I was switching from a predesigned academic track to making one of my own, they expressed concern about future employers not understanding or validating my educational experience. Just the opposite happened. Employers were impressed with my ingenuity and variety of classes. I was now equipped with skills from two fields, both vital for my career choice. I was never seen as “half a student”. I was twice as valuable. My capstone project was the perfect interview topic and displayed my real world experience.
