Cultures & Societies
Interdisciplinary Programs
Program Overview
The Cultures and Societies concentration in the Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Programs degree opens the door for students to examine the connections that define us. Exploring the world encourages students to examine connections between people and to engage with a variety of perspectives and disciplines, including comparative studies, anthropology, economics, and environmental studies. Students can choose from a wide range of scholarly areas, including:
- Literature
- Philosophy
- Sociology
- Psychology
- Political Science
- Religious Studies
- Gender
- Women’s Studies
What You’ll Learn
Cultures and societies contain entire worlds within themselves, and they shape us just as we shape them. By choosing this concentration, you become an explorer, learning about critical factors that create these worlds and the complex relationship between them and those within them, setting yourself up for numerous analytical, people-focused careers.
Career Expectations
Graduates of this concentration are equipped with a variety of analysis and communication skills, preparing them for many career paths, including:
- Community Outreach Coordinator
- Human Resources Specialist
- Marketing Coordinator
- Museum/Cultural Institution Educator
- Policy Analyst
- Social Media Manager
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Featured Courses
Survey of Western history, ancient world to 1715.
Issues and controversies in ecology and their biological, social, and economic significance.
Popular culture related to American politics and government focusing on the role of film, television, fiction, music, drama, art, and sports. With a writing focus, this course requires a student to complete at least 2,000 words of writing during the semester. This normally consists of at least one sustained formal essay or report of 1,000 or more words, plus additional writing assignments such as in-class essay exams, journals, book reviews, short-response papers, and the like.
Spatial and temporal patterns in human use and alteration of the environment. Geographical variations in human-environment interactions, management, resource use, and stewardship. In-depth study of how humans shape Earth’s environments and are shaped by them.
