The Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Degree Program is an individualized, nontraditional program designed for learners with significant life and/or work experience. The program combines sound academic principles with advances in technology to facilitate degree completion. After admission to the program, knowledge and skills acquired by prior learning outside of the traditional classroom, may be evaluated for academic credit.
Core Requirements
120 semester hours total
40 semester hours at the junior-senior level
20 semester hours taken from EIU
12 semester hours in Humanities/Fine Arts
12 semester hours in Social/Behavioral Sciences
12 semester hours in Scientific Awareness/Mathematics
6 semester hours in Communication/English
1 course in Cultural Diversity
1 Senior Seminar
In Addition Students Must:
Complete IDS听3002, Critical Thinking and the Adult Learner and IDS听4001, Self-Directed Leadership.
Students who have not taken college-level courses for the past five years are required to take IDS听2985, Adults in Transition. Other students may take the course as an elective.
Note: Students must complete IDS听2985 (if required) and IDS听3002 with a grade of "C" or higher and have earned at least 90 semester hours prior to enrolling IDS听4001.
Maintain a minimum 2.00 cumulative grade-point average.
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Notes:
A student must be admitted to this program by the Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary听Studies Degree Program.
Beginning Fall 2014 and thereafter, all students transferring into the IDS听program from another EIU academic program must meet the IDS degree requirements for the catalog year they are admitted into the program.
Students must earn grades of "C" or higher in all IDS courses upon admission to the program.
After admission to the program, students may use no more than five (5) one-credit-hour courses towards their degree.
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Information sourced from the 2026-2027 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.
