HELP 2019-2020 Hill Book (Class of 2023) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK] Interdisciplinary Studies Print this Page Facebook this Page (opens a new window) Tweet this Page (opens a new window)

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Program Coordinator:

Christopher Wetzel
Office: Martin Institute 238
Phone: 508-565-1979
cwetzel@stonehill.edu

Interdisciplinary Studies Major

The Interdisciplinary Studies program is an alternative for students who seek to accomplish intellectual goals outside of a conventional major. The student must prepare a program proposal with substantial intellectual content that reflects the objectives of a liberal arts education explained earlier in the description of the Cornerstone Program. The program of study must be formulated with faculty advisors one of whom will be designated as principal advisor. The student must also confer with the Program Coordinator.

The program proposal includes a statement describing educational goals sought, and the sequence of courses that would enable the student to achieve these goals. The course content must be focused upon a specific theme and must include a significant number of courses beyond the introductory level as well as a senior Capstone Experience.

Proposals to create an Interdisciplinary Studies major must be approved prior to a student’s enrollment in the final ten courses of their Stonehill degree (i.e., prior to the senior year). If a student is adding an Interdisciplinary Studies major as a second major, an exception may be allowed to this requirement that the proposal be approved before the senior year. Interdisciplinary Studies major must be approved by the designated faculty advisors and the Program Coordinator.

Interdisciplinary Minor

Interdisciplinary Minors give students the opportunity to explore, in some depth, a well-defined question or topic beyond the major. The Interdisciplinary Minor provides students with maximum flexibility to propose a course of study, comprised of classes and other academic experiences, as a path to conduct an interdisciplinary inquiry that may or may not be related to the Major or Disciplinary Minor. Students submit a proposal for an Interdisciplinary Minor that will include no less than five and no more than six academic units. Given the depth of study required, it is expected that no student would undertake more than one Interdisciplinary Minor during his or her academic career at Stonehill.

Programs

The College offers several established Interdisciplinary Programs:

Majors

• American Studies, B.A.  
• Gender and Sexuality Studies, B.A.   
• Earth and Planetary Sciences, B.S.  

Minors

• Asian Studies Minor  
• Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor  
• Italian Studies Minor  
• Latin American and Caribbean Studies Minor  
• Middle Eastern Studies Minor  
• Speech Language Pathology Minor  

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