Interdisciplinary Studies, M.A.I.S.

General Admission Requirements. Admission to Graduate Studies (see graduate admission requirements ).
Program Admission. In addition to meeting university admissions requirements for a graduate degree students must submit their official GRE scores. Admission to the M.A.I.S program is based on an evaluation by the program’s admission committee of the following information:
1. A one-page essay that states (a) the student’s reasons for applying to the program, (b) his or her career goals, and (c) his or her research and scholarly interests, if any.
2. Submit official GRE scores and have an Admissions index of 980 or higher, obtained by the following:
  - GPA on at least the last 60 semester credit hours times 200 Plus 15 times (Verbal + Quantitative - 260).

Degree Requirements:

A minimum of 36 graduate semester hours (s.h.) with a final grade of at least a B in each course
Fifteen (15) s.h. maximum in any one concentration except INDS

INDS 6312 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies can only be taken twice.
COSC 6360 Fundamentals of Programming and COSC 6361 Programming and Data Structures will NOT count toward the 36 semester hour requirements.

Core Courses and Concentrations:

MAIS core requirements (9 s.h.)

All MAIS students must take INDS 6312 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies (3 s.h.): Students (a) must have Graduate Admission to the MAIS program and (b) taken within the first 15 semester hours. Note: It is recommended that INDS 6312 be taken during the student’s first semester in the program.
The other 6 s.h. of core requirements can be taken from:

INDS 6324 Ethics or
INDS 6326 Social Philosophy or
INDS 6305 Interdisciplinary Research Project (To be taken in last 15 s.h. of the program; requires prior approval of supervising advisors.)

Track 1 - GENERAL

First Concentration (12-15 s.h.)

Options: American Studies, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sciences, Communication, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Critical Theory, Digital Gaming & Simulation, English, Forensic Science, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Publishing.

Second Concentration (9-12 s.h.)

Options: American Studies, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sciences, Business, Communication, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Critical Theory, Digital Gaming & Simulation, Education, English, Forensic Science, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Publishing.

Special Options:

Upon the advisement and recommendation of the MAIS program director and their first concentration advisor, students may write a 6-hour interdisciplinary thesis. These students will not be required to take INDS 6305 Interdisciplinary Research Project .
Students may replace the second concentration in one discipline with 9-12 s.h. of courses from any graduate offerings designed around a theme or topic. The student must submit a written rationale for this grouping of courses to the M.A.I.S. program director and the first concentration advisor before the completion of 15 s.h. in the program. The proposal is subject to the approval of both the program director and the first concentration advisor

Track 2 - CRITICAL THEORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

First Concentration - Critical Theory: 12-15 s.h. from the following

Second Concentration - Culture and Society: 9-12hours

AMST 6300 Special Topics in American Studies
AMST 6310 American Philosophy
AMST 6311 Studies in Popular Culture and Technology
AMST 6314 Modern, Social, Political, and Cultural History: 1600-1865
AMST 6316 Methods in American Studies
COMM 6335 Studies in Rhetoric and Persuasion
ENGL 6332 American Literary History
HIST 6310 U.S. Social History
HIST 6313 Religion in America
HIST 63XX American Thought
INDS 6313 Gender Studies
INDS 63XX Studies in Ethnicity, Race and Nationality in America
PSCI 63XX American Political Philosophy
COMM 6334 Studies in International and Intercultural Communication