Core Courses and Concentration Areas

The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) is a 30-hour (minimum) master’s program that allows you to choose between two or three areas of concentration, enabling you to tailor your selected focus areas toward a particular personal, academic or professional interest. The MAIS is offered primarily as a non-thesis program, but a thesis option is also available.

Core Courses (9 units)

• INDIVSTU 6259 Interdisciplinary Seminar (3)
• LIBRARY 6100  Learning to Question in the 21st Century (3)
• INDIVSTU 6259 Capstone Project (3)

Thesis or Non-thesis (3-6 units)

• XXX:6299 (6 units for Thesis)
• INDIVSTU 5193 or XXX:6299 (3 units for Non-thesis)

Areas of Concentration (18 units)

Two to three concentration areas need to be selected from the list below. If you're selecting two areas, you must take 9 units in both concentration areas;  if selecting three areas, you must take 6 units in each of the three concentration areas:

• Health and Human Wellness
• Media and Culture
• Community Development
• Strategic Communication
• Entrepreneurship
• Educational Foundations
• Historical Perspectives