General and Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty/Staff

Alison Hill, General and Interdisciplinary Studies Program Director

Descriptions of the Programs

Southwestern's General and Interdisciplinary Studies programs provide flexible, multidisciplinary curricula that challenge students to achieve proficiency in several subjects rather than focusing on one major area of study. The General and Interdisciplinary Studies curricula are geared to prepare students for a lifetime of evolving opportunities aligned with their career aspirations.

These programs are designed for students who:

• Aspire to earn an interdisciplinary college degree that integrates two or more areas of emphasis.
• Wish to attend Southwestern yet aspire to a career for which Southwestern does not offer a major, or that overlaps multiple existing majors.
• Choose to attend Southwestern, but whose career goals require a general associate's or bachelor's degree rather than a specific major.
• Encounter a significant hurdle(s) in a specific major, yet wish to complete a degree.
• Desire to apply credits earned as part of an AAS degree toward a bachelor's degree.