Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) Degree

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (124 hours)

• The CORE consists of Area A1 through area E plus 4 Additional Georgia Southern credit hours.
• The CORE requirements are listed in the Georgia Southern catalog.
• Area F classes are lower than 3000 level and are related to the CORE:
  • For example: ENGL, SOCI, HIST or FORL 1000-2000 level.
• Area F classes can be related to the Major as well like:
  • A SOCI or PBAD 1000-2000 level for those with a Sociology or Public Administration concentration or minor.

Consult with your Academic Advisors for more details.

Major Requirements

For the major, students may choose one of the following options:

1. Three Concentrations of 18 hours each from the approved list below.
2. Two Concentrations of 18 hours each from the approved list below and one minor from the approved list below.

Of the total number of hours for the major, 42 must be at the upper-division level. The remaining hours to meet the required 124 total hours will be electives approved by advisor. You must choose 2 different 18-hour concentrations and one additional minor or one additional concentration. The declared concentrations and minor cannot be identical (i.e. one cannot declare a Sociology minor AND a Sociology concentration.)

TALONS helps to give an idea or estimate about what might transfer from a previous institution. The listing or exclusion of courses from this program does not reflect on acceptance of the courses to Georgia Southern University. IDS 2111 and IDS 4111 are typically offered Fall, Spring and Summer long terms.

***Please note Public Policy, Public Administration, and Nonprofit Management can not be taken all three together. Two of the three can be combined, but not all three together.

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (Online) (124 hours)

Students will have flexibility in choosing from a wide variety of upper-division courses in these areas of study each semester.

The CORE consists of Area A1 through area E plus 4 Additional Georgia Southern University credit hours. The CORE requirements are listed in the Georgia Southern catalog.

• Area F classes are lower than 3000 level and are related to the CORE:
  • For example: ENGL, SOCI, HIST or FORL 1000-2000 level.
• Area F classes can be related to the Major as well like:
  • A SOCI or PBAD 1000-2000 level for those with a Sociology or Public Administration concentration or minor.

Consult with your Academic Advisors for more details.

The Online BIS program map gives an idea of the pathway from entry to graduation. You have to choose two different 18-hour concentrations and one additional minor or one additional concentration. The declared concentrations and minor cannot be identical (i.e. one cannot declare a Sociology minor AND a Sociology concentration.)

Online BIS seeks to offer all concentrations and minors asynchronously. Students can verify that a course is asynchronous through the Georgia Southern course search by looking at the ‘Additional Information’ and the ‘MEETING TIMES’ sections of the detailed course search screen.¹

Please note: Public Policy, Public Administration, and Nonprofit Management can not be taken all three together. Two of the three can be combined, but not all three together. These concentrations may only be available to students with a declared major as BIS or Online BIS. See the Georgia Southern Catalog for more information about the course requirements and/or prereqs for concentrations and minors. The available options are shown below:

TALONS helps to give an idea or estimate about what might transfer from a previous institution. The listing or exclusion of courses from this program does not reflect on acceptance of the courses to Georgia Southern University. IDS 2111 and 4111 are typically offered Fall, Spring and Summer Full term.

¹ All concentrations and minors are fully intended to be ASYNCHRONOUS for students when they are offered fully online. All concentrations are approved as 100% online through the curriculum process at Georgia Southern. It is extremely rare that a course be offered with synchronous elements, and this is a decision made by the departments offering the courses. Students should always be able to determine if a course has a synchronous element by examining the detail screen for a given section in the course search. Contact your advisor if a challenge with a course that has a synchronous element ever arises.

• When changing to a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies major you must decide if you want to study on campus or as a fully online student. There are significant differences in the concentrations and minors in the fully online option versus the on campus option.
• Carefully review the relevant section above to understand how the BIS and Online BIS are structured.
• Choose two different 18-hour concentrations and one additional minor or one additional concentration.
  • 36+15=51 hours in the major or 36+18=54 hours in the major
• NOTE: Changing your major can require that you change your campus if you are moving from a face to face to a fully online campus. The change of campus is done through the Change of Major process.

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