Program Admission
See Admissions Requirements for this program.
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 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* - Executive Leadership Certification Graduates
- Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
- Education*
- English: Creative Writing
- English: Writing & Rhetoric
- Leadership Studies
- General Studies
- Global Health
- Human Values
- Leadership Studies
- 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 project (INDS 6900 - MIS Capstone Project ) or 3-credit internship (INDS 6890 - Interdisciplinary Internship ). Capstone experiences provide students the opportunity to show they have achieved mastery of the course competencies in their chosen academic areas, and they are able to synthesize these competencies into a meaningful whole. Capstones should achieve the following goals: (1) combine the student’s concentrations in a meaningful way that demonstrates mastery of disciplinary knowledge and interdisciplinary approaches; (2) the project should be informed by research using scholarly sources; (3) the project should address an issue or solve a problem (in the case of an internship, this means helping an organization solve a problem, assess data, or move a project along); (4) the capstone, whether project or internship, must be completed during the current, final semester; and (5) the capstone project or internship cannot be directly related to the student’s regular, paid employment. If the capstone cannot be completed within one (1) semester, students must be continuously enrolled in INDS 6901 - MIS Capstone Continuation until their capstone is completed.
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 an accredited master’s degree program, with director approval. Courses cannot be older than 10 years from the date the degree was awarded, must be applicable to the desired course of study, and must have a “B-” or better grade. Official transcripts are required for consideration.
- Using the Senior Benefit option, SUU undergraduate students that have participated in 5000+-level work that has not been counted toward an undergraduate program may bring up to six (6) of those credits into the M.I.S. program with director approval.
- Only nine (9) credits total of 5000-level work may be applied to the degree, from any source, including transfer credits and Senior Benefit.