Dec 03, 2024

2021-2022 General Catalog

2021-2022 General Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG–FOR INFORMATION ONLY]

Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (M.I.S.)

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Program Summary

The Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (M.I.S.) provides an opportunity for students to build a graduate degree from three disciplines, resulting in a unique interdisciplinary experience. This 30-credit degree allows students to develop an individualized program of study, tailored to students’ personal passions and career objectives. Students will enjoy the flexibility of online and/or face-to-face courses, taught by highly qualified faculty.

To build the individualized 30-credit M.I.S. program of study, students complete a three-credit introductory course, a 3-credit capstone, two 9-credit learning blocks, and one 6-credit learning block from the following programs of study:

Arts Administration
Aviation*
Business Administration
Contemporary Animal Services Leadership*
Contemporary Animal Services Leadership* - ELC Graduates
Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
Education*
English: Creative Writing
English: Rhetoric/Composition
Leadership Studies
General Studies
Global Health
Human Values
Music Technology
National Parks & Public Lands
Non-Profit Management
Online Teaching & Course Design
Public Administration
School Library* (endorsement available)
Social Media & Public Relations
Special Education* (no endorsement)
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (no endorsement)

* Students may complete a total of 18 credits within these learning blocks.

M.I.S. students will complete their program with a 3-credit capstone (INDS 6900 - MIS Capstone Project ), 3-credit internship (INDS 6890 - Interdisciplinary Internship ), or 3-credit thesis (INDS 6910 - MIS Capstone Thesis ), which provides students the opportunity to show they have achieved mastery of the course competencies in the academic areas and they are able to synthesize these competencies into a meaningful whole. If the capstone project cannot be completed within one semester, students must be continuously enrolled in INDS 6901 - MIS Capstone Continuation until completion.

Program Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to effectively communicate and present ideas with clarity and persuasive force.
Learners will explore and apply various concepts of scholarly research.
Learners will develop and demonstrate scholarly writing skills corresponding to graduate level.

Program Information

All courses must be passed with a “B-” (2.7) or better to be counted in the program.
Students must earn a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 to graduate. Students who fail to maintain a 3.0 GPA average may be dismissed from the program.
Graduate courses cannot be repeated more than once.
Graduate students must complete their program within six (6) years of matriculation.
Students may transfer up to nine (9) graduate credits from a regionally accredited master’s program. See program advisor for details.
Students may bring up to nine (9) graduate credits taken as an undergraduate SUU student into the MIS program.

Interdisciplinary Studies Curriculum (30 Credits)

Required Core Course (3 Credits)

INDS 6000 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research & Studies 3 Credit(s)

Capstone Course (3 Credits)

Select one of the following:

INDS 6890 - Interdisciplinary Internship 1 Credit(s) (must complete 3 credits) 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6900 - MIS Capstone Project 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6910 - MIS Capstone Thesis 3 Credit(s)

Learning Block Options (24 Credits)

Select 9 credits each from two learning blocks and 6 credits from a third learning block for a total of 24 credits.

Arts Administration

Students must first meet with the Arts Administration Program Director for permission to take this learning block. Students can study up to 12 credits (the fourth course will count toward the General Studies Learning Block). AA courses are offered online and face-to-face and are full semester in length.

AA 6010 - Principles of Arts Administration 3 Credit(s)
AA 6040 - Arts Advocacy and Cultural Policy 3 Credit(s)
AA 6070 - Leadership Development in the Arts 3 Credit(s)
AA 6110 - Legal Issues in the Arts 3 Credit(s)
AA 6210 - Grant Writing 3 Credit(s)
AA 6920 - Special Projects in Arts Administration 1 Credit(s)

Aviation

Students may select either 9 credits (one learning block) or 18 credits (two learning blocks) from the following courses. AVTN courses are offered online and face-to-face and are full semester in length. The Aviation Learning Block does not include flight labs.

AVTN 6020 - Aviation Economics 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 6410 - Air Traffic Control 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 6430 - Aeronautical Decision Making and Crew Resource Management 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 6640 - Aeromedical 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 6770 - Jet Transportation Systems 3 Credit(s)
AVTN 6920 - Workshop: Aviation Standards and Practice 6 Credit(s)

Business Administration

Students must first complete BA 6000 before they take any other business administration course. In some cases, and by permission from the School of Business, BA 6000 may be waived if a student studied business as an undergraduate from an AACSB-accredited institution and substituted with one of the other Business Administration Learning Block courses. Business courses are online and face-to-face and are 7 weeks in length.

BA 6000 - Business Foundations 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following

ACCT 6100 - Advanced Managerial Accounting 3 Credit(s)
ECON 6200 - Managerial Economics 3 Credit(s)
FIN 6100 - Managerial Finance 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6100 - Managing People and Organizations 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6140 - Operations and Supply Chain Management 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6150 - Leadership 3 Credit(s)
MKTG 6200 - Marketing 3 Credit(s)

Contemporary Animal Services Leadership (CASL)

Students may select 9 credits (one learning block) or 18 credits (two learning blocks) from the following courses. Students must take INDS 6414 - Foundations of Contemporary Animal Services Leadership (CASL) before they take any CASL electives. Students must first take BA 6000 before FIN 6100 or MGMT 6100. For Best Friends Animal Society Executive Leadership Certification (ELC) program graduates, select 9 credits from the following courses. CASL courses are online and face-to-face and are 7 weeks in length.

Note: PRDV 5000 - Professional Development Best Friends National Conference is taken through SUU’s Office of Community and Professional Development.

INDS 6414 - Foundations of Contemporary Animal Services Leadership (CASL) 3 Credit(s)

CASL Electives

Select 6 or 15 credits from the following:

BA 6000 - Business Foundations 3 Credit(s)
COMM 6210 - Advertising and Public Relations Strategies 3 Credit(s)
COMM 6230 - Professional Social Media 3 Credit(s)
FIN 6100 - Managerial Finance 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6211 - Crisis Communication Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6410 - Personnel Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6411 - Non-Profit Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6412 - Foundations of Grant Writing 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6413 - Foundations of Fundraising 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6100 - Managing People and Organizations 3 Credit(s)
PRDV 5000 - Professional Development 1 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Best Friends National Conference)

Contemporary Animal Services Leadership (CASL) - ELC Graduates

For Best Friends Animal Society Executive Leadership Certification (ELC) program graduates, select 9 or 18 credits from the following. Students must first take BA 6000 before FIN 6100 or MGMT 6100. CASL courses are online and face-to-face and are 7 weeks in length.

Note: PRDV 5000 - Professional Development Best Friends National Conference is taken through SUU’s Office of Community and Professional Development.

BA 6100 - Advanced Issues in Business 1 Credit(s)
COMM 6210 - Advertising and Public Relations Strategies 3 Credit(s)
COMM 6230 - Professional Social Media 3 Credit(s)
FIN 6100 - Managerial Finance 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6211 - Crisis Communication Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6410 - Personnel Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6411 - Non-Profit Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6412 - Foundations of Grant Writing 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6413 - Foundations of Fundraising 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6414 - Foundations of Contemporary Animal Services Leadership (CASL) 3 Credit(s)
MGMT 6100 - Managing People and Organizations 3 Credit(s)
PRDV 5000 - Professional Development 1 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Best Friends National Conference)

Cyber Security & Information Assurance

Students may take three CSIA courses from the courses offered to MIS students. They must first take CSIA 6000 - Foundations of Cyber Security & Information Assurance before they take any other CSIA course unless they have permission from the CSIA program director.

CSIA 6000 - Foundations of Cyber Security & Information Assurance 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following

CSIA 6040 - IT Project Management 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6060 - IT Risk Management 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6300 - Cyber Law and Investigations 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6310 - Compliance and Cybersecurity 3 Credit(s)
CSIA 6330 - Cybersecurity Auditing 3 Credit(s)

Education

Students may select 9 credits (one learning block) or 18 credits (two learning blocks) from the following courses. Five of the seven EDUC courses are only offered during the summer semester. EDUC courses are offered online and are full semester in length.

EDUC 6020 - Information and Technology in Education 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6440 - Creativity in Education 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6600 - Sociology of Education 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6610 - Educational Policy and Politics 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6620 - Critical Pedagogy 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6630 - Democracy and Education 3 Credit(s)
EDUC 6640 - Comparative Education 3 Credit(s)

English: Creative Writing

ENGL courses are offered online and are full semester in length.

ENGL 6010 - Foundations of Creative Writing 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 6011 - Poetry Writing and Literature 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 6012 - Fiction Writing and Literature 3 Credit(s)

English: Rhetoric/Composition

ENGL courses are offered online and are full semester in length.

ENGL 6020 - Foundations in Rhetoric and Argumentation 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 6021 - Composition Theory 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 6022 - Writing for Publication 3 Credit(s)

General Studies

This learning block is specifically designed for those transferring in an academic discipline that SUU’s MIS degree does not include. There is no curriculum attached to this course. It is solely for the purpose of course substitutions for transfer courses. Alternatively, students may create their own 6- or 9-credit learning block.

INDS 6200 - General Studies Special Topics 1 Credit(s) (1-9 Credits)

Global Health

Select three courses from the following. These courses are online and are 7 weeks in length.

INDS 6040 - Human Variation 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6060 - Evolutionary Medicine 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6070 - Medical Anthropology 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6090 - Issues in Global Health 3 Credit(s)

Human Values

HU 6100 - Introduction to Human Values 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6510 - Leadership Essentials 3 Credit(s)
PADM 6000 - Program Overview and Theory of Public Administration 3 Credit(s)

Leadership Studies

Select 9 credits from the following courses. These courses are online and are 7 weeks in length.

INDS 6510 - Leadership Essentials 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6511 - Strategic Leadership 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6512 - Leadership Coaching Strategies 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6920 - Systems Workshops 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6922 - Systems Study Abroad 3 Credit(s)

Music Technology

Students must first take MUSC 6103 before any other MUSC course. Courses are online and are 7 weeks in length.

MUSC 6103 - Introduction to Music Graduate Study 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following

MUSC 6323 - Audio Recording I 3 Credit(s)
MUSC 6353 - Music Business and Brand Promotion 3 Credit(s)
MUSC 6553 - Digital Music Notation 3 Credit(s)

National Parks & Public Lands

The purpose of the this Learning Block is to provide students who have an interest in parks and public lands a foundation in history, stewardship (through archaeological stewardship), and current interdisciplinary practices, policies, and issues. This block serves as a foundation for an MIS degree focusing on public land leadership in which students will gain an understanding of National Park history, the importance of archeological stewardship, and an introduction to the interdisciplinary management of parks and public lands. This is a hybrid learning block (i.e., one week of the semester will be dedicated to master naturalist, site steward, and interpretive training. For this portion of the course, students would be housed at the SUU Mountain Center. All remaining coursework will be online and are full semester in length.).

ANTH 6030 - Archaeology Stewardship 3 Credit(s)
HIST 6820 - History of the National Parks 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6550 - Interdisciplinary Public Land Studies: Practices, Policies and Issues 3 Credit(s)

Non-Profit Management

Courses are online and are 7 weeks in length.

INDS 6411 - Non-Profit Management 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6412 - Foundations of Grant Writing 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6413 - Foundations of Fundraising 3 Credit(s)

Online Teaching & Course Design

For this Learning Block, students must take the INDS courses in numeric order. Courses are online and are 7 weeks in length.

Note: PRDV 5000 - Professional Development: Online & Remote Teaching Foundations is taken through SUU’s Office of Community and Professional Development.

INDS 6050 - Online Teaching for Educators 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6051 - Instructional Design for E-Learning 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6055 - Assessment in E-Learning 3 Credit(s)
PRDV 5000 - Professional Development 1 Credit(s) (TOPIC: Online and Remote Teaching Foundations)

Public Administration

Students must first take PADM 6000 before they take any other PADM course. Courses are online and face-to-face and are full semester in length.

PADM 6000 - Program Overview and Theory of Public Administration 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following

PADM 6200 - Public Sector Economics 3 Credit(s)
PADM 6300 - Administrative Law 3 Credit(s)
PADM 6500 - Public Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s)

School Library

Students may select either 9 or 18 credits from the following courses. Students who complete all 18 credits will not need to complete another learning block and will also be eligible to receive a Utah School Library endorsement. Students must take LM 6100 either concurrently with or before other LM courses. Courses are online and full semester and are 7 weeks in length.

LM 6100 - School Library Media Foundations 1 Credit(s)
LM 6160 - Library Computer and Reference Skills 3 Credit(s)
LM 6170 - Technology for the Library Media Teacher 3 Credit(s)
LM 6180 - Utilization of Literature in the Classroom 3 Credit(s)
LM 6190 - Managing a Media Center 3 Credit(s)
LM 6200 - Library Technical Services 3 Credit(s)
LM 6890 - Practicum 1 Credit(s) (must complete 2 credits) 2 Credit(s)

Social Media & Public Relations

COMM 6210 and 6230 are online and face-to-face and are 7 weeks in length. INDS 6211 is online and is 7 weeks in length.

COMM 6210 - Advertising and Public Relations Strategies 3 Credit(s)
COMM 6230 - Professional Social Media 3 Credit(s)
INDS 6211 - Crisis Communication Management 3 Credit(s)

Special Education

Students may select 9 credits (one learning block) or 18 credits (two learning blocks) from the following courses. Students must first complete SPED 6100 before any other SPED course. Courses are online and face-to-face and are full semester in length.

Note: Students do not receive a SPED endorsement from this Learning Block.

SPED 5100 - Programming and Management 3 Credit(s)

Select Two of the Following (6 Credits)

SPED 6110 - History and Law 3 Credit(s)
SPED 6120 - Creating and Managing a Learning Environment 3 Credit(s)
SPED 6130 - Curriculum Strategies 3 Credit(s)
SPED 6145 - Transition and Collaboration 3 Credit(s)
SPED 6160 - Assessment for Learning and Data Driven Decisions 3 Credit(s)

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Students must first complete TESL 6010 and 6030 before taking TESL 6890. Courses are online and face-to-face and are 7 weeks and full semester in length.

Note: Students do not receive a TESOL endorsement from this Learning Block.

TESL 6010 - Principles of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 3 Credit(s)
TESL 6030 - Linguistics for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 3 Credit(s)
TESL 6890 - Practicum in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages 1 Credit(s) (must complete 3 credits) 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits, M.I.S. Degree: 30

Note

Please note that some students may ultimately earn more credits than listed above for the master’s degree. If the capstone cannot be completed within one (1) semester, students must be enrolled continuously in INDS 6901 - MIS Capstone Continuation until completion.