BS in Management/Accelerated MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies (Energy and Sustainability Concentration)

The BS in management (MGMT) prepares students to take leadership, management, and entrepreneurial roles in the public and private sectors. Students learn such skills as strategic thinking, motivating and managing nationally and internationally diverse workforces, building and leading team efforts, negotiating successfully, and instituting planned change in organizations. The MAIS is for students who seek a master’s degree that integrates knowledge from several disciplines. It addresses the rapidly evolving demand for unique graduate study by promoting advanced scholarship that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. Applicants must show a capacity for original thought in cross disciplinary research. There may be additional skills required of students applying to specific concentrations. Students will be admitted only if the program can assign to them a faculty advisor appropriate for the intended course of study. Students can pursue one of the following structured interdisciplinary concentrations: Community college teaching (in communication, English, information systems, math, Spanish, or TESL); Computational social science; Energy and sustainability; Film and video studies; Folklore studies; Higher education (administration or student affairs); Neuroethics; Religion, culture, and values ; Social entrepreneurship; Social justice and human rights; War and the military in society; Women and gender studies. Students also have the opportunity to design an individualized concentration to meet the special needs of their careers in Individualized studies. Highly qualified undergraduates in major may apply to the accelerated master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies. If accepted, and depending on their undergraduate major, students will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree in their major and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in energy and sustainability after satisfactory completion of 150 credits, sometimes within five years.