online associate's degree of multidisciplinary studies
Spring term classes start March.
100% online learning.
Earn your degree on your schedule
$459 per credit hour.
$250 military preferred cost per credit
60 total credit hours.
Build resume-boosting skills with an online Associate Degree that works.
Employers want to hire people who can solve problems, make good decisions, work in teams and communicate effectively. In the online multidisciplinary studies degree program, you’ll gain these skills as you build expertise in critical areas – from technology fundamentals to management and leadership. Master workforce skills that can be applied in many different fields – and see your career possibilities grow.
A worthwhile investment in your career and your future.
Wondering if a college degree is worth the investment? With a multidisciplinary studies associate degree, every online course is designed to benefit your career—no matter what field you end up in. You can rest assured that you’re making a good investment in your future.
No major? No problem.
You may not be ready to choose a college major. That’s okay. The online AS degree in multidisciplinary studies allows you to keeping moving forward in your education, while figuring out what topics really capture your interest. Learn skills that will help you both immediately and in your future.
what you'll learn.
In this program, you’ll learn to think critically across disciplines, communicate clearly, and apply diverse perspectives to real-world issues while developing professionalism and civic responsibility.
upon graduation, students will be able to:
- Communicate ideas, theories, and positions with clarity.
- Compare and contrast the perspectives of two or more academic disciplines or fields.
- Apply the perspectives of two or more academic disciplines or fields to significant questions or problems.
- Model components of professionalism and responsible citizenship.
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Multidisciplinary Studies degree courses
Current students please login to BRUIN and select “Academic Progress” for your curriculum requirements.
Requirements (60 credit hours)
The Associate Degree in Multidisciplinary Studies has three components: The Framework (9 credit hours), the Integrative General Education core (27 credit hours), and the Multidisciplinary Studies Major (24 credit hours).
Framework Courses (9 credit hours)
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The Framework includes three courses that help you gain the knowledge and develop the fundamental skills for succeeding in the program.
All students majoring in Multidisciplinary Studies must complete the 3 Framework courses.
This course provides a welcome to college learning, introduces information about academic support services, and focuses on the skills necessary for student development and success. Topics such as time management, learning styles, study skills, and writing techniques are taught and practiced through interactive modules and activities for academic and real-life application.
Introduction to Algebra is designed to prepare students to be successful in MA 101 (Intermediate Algebra). Topics include whole numbers, integers, fractions and mixed numbers, decimals, ratios and proportions, percents, algebraic expressions, linear equations and the rectangular coordinate system. Students also learn to graph one- and two-variable equations. The real-life application of each topic will be emphasized through the course.
EN 100 is the introductory course in the English sequence courses designed to improve writing and critical thinking. The course introduces students to habits of mind, thinking/writing process, rhetorical strategy, and selected writing techniques to publish an essay, all of which are applicable in communicating, decision-making, problem-solving, and life-long learning. EN 100 stresses growth and improvement: getting better through self-evaluation, learning community exchanges, and instructor feedback to foster confidence as writers. EN 100 cannot be taken as an elective if EN 101 has been successfully passed.
Integrative General Education Courses (27 credit hours)
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General Education courses help form the basis for academic study in all fields and establish a strong platform for lifelong learning.
All students majoring in Multidisciplinary Studies must complete courses in the following Integrative General Education categories:
Like its foundational sequence course, EN 101 emphasizes critical thinking and writing improvement. Students exercise analytical habits of mind, rhetorical strategy, and thinking/writing process to approach writing situations, to publish an analytical essay. The course stresses growth as thinkers and writers through self-evaluation, learning community exchanges, and instructor feedback to improve and gain confidence as writers. Strategies and techniques learned in this English sequence course will prepare students for EN 102 and also for writing in other coursework, workplaces, and society.
This course examines the universal search for happiness. Readings on the state of happiness from personal, popular, professional, scientific, and literary perspectives provide opportunity for inquiry and for the acquisition and refinement of writing skills.
EN 102 is the last course in the English Composition sequence. Like other sequence courses, EN 102 emphasizes critical thinking and writing improvement. Students apply the analytical habits of mind, rhetorical strategy, and the thinking/writing process learned in earlier courses to produce a research-based argument essay. Throughout the course, students assess growth and make adjustments to improve thinking and writing through honest self-evaluation, critical exchanges within community of writers, and instructor feedback. The habits of mind, rhetorical strategy, thinking/writing process, discourse in community, and self-improvement are designed to prepare students as confident life-long learners in academics, professions, and society. Prerequisite: EN 101 or equivalent.
This course offers the opportunity to research various predictions about future trends in technology, business, education, family, and relationships to assess the likelihood and desirability of these trends. The view of writing as a process of inquiry and discovery informs all the written work in the class. Prerequisites: EN 101 or EN 111
This course will help the student develop and apply the skills necessary to design and deliver an effective and well-organized speech to a live audience. The course provides instruction in the preparation and delivery of various speech types while developing competencies in the areas of critical thinking, organization of thought, creativity, planning, and public speaking.
This course presents the real number system and its properties, linear equations and inequalities and their graphs, systems of equations and inequalities and their application in problem solving, polynomials and rational expressions, and radical equations. Prerequisite: MA 100 or placement via ALEKS Placement Exam
This course is designed to help students build foundational problem solving and reasoning skills that they can apply in various aspects of everyday life. Topics include: logic, finance, consumer math, probability, basic statistical and algebraic concepts, and various other applied topics in math. This course is best suited for students who are either pursuing a major in a non-math related field or who are pursuing a major that does not require a math course as part of its core requirements. Prerequisite: MA100 or placement via ALEKS Placement Exam
The application of the scientific method to the study of society and of human behavior and mental processes. Choose one course at the 100 or 200 level from the following areas:
Anthropology
Economics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
EDUC 241 Principles of Educational Psychology/Human Growth and Development
EDUC 242 Principles of Educational Psychology/Human Growth and Development Practicum
Integrative General Education Credits
Major Requirements Credits
Elective Credits
= 60 total credits*
University Accreditation
Bellevue University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission ( hlcommission.org ), a regional accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Whether a college, university, or program is accredited is important to students receiving financial aid, employers who provide tuition assistance, donors, and the federal government.
This program is considered a non-licensure degree/certificate program and is not intended for those seeking licensure or the practice of licensed profession. This program may be relevant to multiple occupations that do not require licensure and was not designed to meet educational requirements for any specific professional license or certification.
*Consult with an admissions counselor to determine your eligible credits, as well as to verify minimum graduation requirements for this degree. Transfer credits must be from a regionally accredited college or university. Bellevue University makes no promises to prospective students regarding the acceptance of credit awarded by examination, credit for prior learning, or credit for transfer until an evaluation has been conducted.
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