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Interdisciplinary Studies
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Peter Ubertaccio, Program Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Studies is an individually designed 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. The program of study, to be formulated with faculty advisors one of whom will be designated as principal advisor, must reflect the objectives of a liberal arts education. The student must also confer with the Program Coordinator. Proposals to create a 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 a Interdisciplinary Studies major as a second major, an exception may be allowed to this requirement that the proposal be approved before the senior year.
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.
Interdisciplinary Studies programs must be approved by the designated faculty advisors and the Program Coordinator.
Interdisciplinary Studies- Health Sciences
Students interested in any of the Allied Health professional careers such as Physician Assistant, Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Pharmacy, Exercise Physiology, etc., may choose the option of creating their own major. This may be accomplished by a number of meetings with Professor Sheila Barry of the Biology Department. Details such as Stonehill College requirements, graduate school prerequisites, related interests, internship in the prospective field, etc. are worked out in a four year plan in an order that incorporates the student’s future aspirations.
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