Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS)

Depending on your particular situation, you may also elect to take this degree as a:

Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (BAIS), or

Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (BSc/IS)

The only difference will be the weighting applied to different disciplines depending on your choice. Our degree in Interdisciplinary Studies is especially appropriate for mature learners and for completion of an undergraduate degree. It is a program that will bring together any academic courses and experiential learning you have already undertaken. It incorporates several disciplines, such as ecology, language and literature, psychology, and sociology into the overall degree study plan.

To complete your BIS, BAIS or BSc/IS degree, an interdisciplinary studies focus is very appropriate as a fundamental, well-rounded knowledge base and covers most of the subjects to which you would have been exposed in an undergraduate program.

Our Capstone Project will enable you to reflect on your studies from different interdisciplinary perspectives and tie them all together.

Overview of BIS Components and Recommendations:
You will need a total of 120 credits from Prior Learning, Business and Life Experience, and New Individual Learning to achieve your Bachelor's Degeree in Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS). The courses listed below should be viewed as guidelines rather than limitations. As with all of our degree programs, you have wide flexibility to select what you want to study as long as it makes reasonable sense for the direction you have chosen.

Requirements
In developing your degree plan, keep in mind that you must show a progression from basic to advanced courses in the liberal arts areas, and in your area of concentration. Course levels should be based on your understanding, and the degree of your program's complexity.

To ensure that you receive a good selection of multidisciplinary subjects, Glengarry requires that you achieve credits in the following areas:

	Art and Humanities	12 credits
	Communication and Language	12 credits
	Natural Sciences and Mathematics	12 credits
	Social Sciences	12 credits
	Elective Subjects	12 credits
	Major or Concentration	48 credits
	Capstone Project	12 credits
	Total Credits	120 credits

   • Arts and Humanities (12 credits needed from this category)

Culture & Thought I 3
Culture & Thought II 3
Foreign Language Studies 3 (You may earn more credits in this category depending upon your proficiency with additional languages)
International Relations 3

   • Communications and Language (12 credits needed from this category)

College Writing Skills 3
Cross-cultural Communications 1 3
Writing & Research/Advanced 3
Training and Development 3
Media and Society 3

   • Natural Sciences and Mathematics (12 credits needed from this category)

Business Math 3
Business Statistics 3
Science, Society, and Technology 3
Environmental Management 3

   • Social Sciences (12 credits needed from this category)

Concepts of Adult Learning 3
Micro Economics 3
Macro Economics 3
E-Commerce 1 3
Basic Psychology 3
Child Psychology 3
Behavioral Psychology 3
Early Child Education (ECE) 3 (This would earn double credit for the holder of an ECE certificate from a recognized institution)

   • Electives (12 credits needed from this category)

Product Planning and Development 3
Entrepreneurship 3
International Business 3

   • Major / Concentration Options (48 credits needed from this category)

Business
Global Comunications
Internet Development and Marketing
Social Development
You may chose courses that interest you from any concentration but at least half of your credits (8 courses = 24 credits) must come from your chosen area of concentration.

Capstone Project (12 credits needed from this category)

Senior Project Preparation 3
Senior Project Proposal 3
Project Completion 6

     120 Total Credits

How to meet our requirements
Your advisor can assist you in developing a plan of completion for your Glengarry BIS degree. You may earn the credits you need in three ways:

i) Prior Learning Credits*  These are courses or programs you have previously taken with another institution. We would need copies of all certificates, diplomas, transcripts or letters of confirmation from the schools.

ii) Business and Life Experiences*  What you have done outside of academia may also be taken into account at the discretion of the university. This is university-level learning you have taken outside a normal educational setting and which is relative to your current selected program of study (BIS). Glengarry University, at its discretion, may assign a number of credits for these experiences.

iii) New Individualized Courses  After your Curriculum Vitae (résumé) has been reviewed and your credits for i) and ii) above have been verified, the remainder of credits would come from new individualized courses. Examples are in the table and list above.

You have great flexibility in selecting the materials you would like to study based on your personal or business interests.

Whether or not you have a plan in mind initially, you should discuss your ideas with your advisor. She or he will be able to provide valuable guidance. Once you have begun your studies, our flexibility continues. You may make changes within the framework of the degree outline. We do require that you discuss these with, and receive approval from, your advisor.

* Glengarry assessment of your prior learning, business and life achievements can help you to meet the liberal arts requirements–languages spoken/taught, professional development, career progression, etc. In all cases though, the onus is on you, the student, to demonstrate competency in the area where you wish these advanced standing credits.

How to get started:

1. Download and complete our Application for Admission form (in MS Word format). Check 'BIS'.

2. Submit this to us along with our $50 Application and Asessment fee. This is non-refundable but we will do everything we can to help you achieve your goal. Submission options are shown on the form. Click here to download the Application for Admission form. Be sure to include copies of degrees and diplomas, a full résumé (Curriculum Vitae) showing education, employment history, interests, special skills, languages and fluency, and any other information that will help us to assess your credits. Please also include a Statement of Personal and/or Business Goals.

3. Once we have reviewed this, we will contact you to advise you of the credits we have been able to assign to you, credits you need to complete your degree and to discuss your progem of study.

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