The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) is a unique degree program that offers students the opportunity to create their own major. Interdisciplinary studies students learn from multiple disciplines and gain knowledge, methods, and theory that enhance their individual educational and career goals.
A Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) is a collaborative initiative in the College of Arts and Science. This new BIS degree in Social Justice was created in response to students demand for Interdisciplinary and Intersectional training in the field of Justice and Human Rights. The BIS in Social Justice degree will allow students the opportunity to explore a wide range of perspectives and critically examine diverse domestic and transnational systems of domination, oppression, and inequalities and how they relate and intersect with each other. Students will also learn about contemporary and past emancipatory movements that have struggled for change with justice in mind for all. At the end of the program, students will not only understand the sources of oppression, but also be able to imagine that a more just world is possible–a world with less cruelty, environmental destruction, and inequalities, both domestic and international. In order to fulfill their missions, including those of social responsibility, many employers, both governmental and non-governmental currently seek graduates who have expertise and are enthusiastic about social justice.