Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies

Have you dreamed of earning a bachelor’s degree, but life got in the way? Georgia Southern University provides the opportunity to achieve your goal of earning your college degree with its fully online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree. The program is perfect for transfer students, full-time professionals, stay-at-home parents who want to go back to school, or others who just want the convenience that a fully online degree program offers.

Do you need a bachelor’s degree to advance at your job? If you want a college degree that will prepare you to take the next step in your career, the online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is a perfect choice. This unique degree program will provide you with a range of knowledge and will prepare you for career advancement.

The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) program at Georgia Southern University delivers a core curriculum with the freedom to choose from a variety of concentration areas from across the University. This multi-disciplinary degree is tailored to students interested in completing their degree by creating a degree program best suited for their career or educational goals. Georgia Southern’s Online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree is designed with your busy schedule in mind. Our goal is to provide students like you the opportunity to earn or complete your college degree on your schedule.

Areas of Study

The Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies is a flexible program that allows you to structure your degree to meet your individual interests and professional goals by building a degree program that includes three Areas of Study (3 concentrations or 2 concentrations and a minor).

Choose concentration areas from the following options:

• Business
• Criminal Justice and Criminology
• English
  
• English Language Arts*
• French
• German
• Health Education and Promotion
• History
• Human Development and Family Science
• Human Development and Learning *
• Individual Emphasis
• Irish Studies
• Nonprofit Management
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Sociology
• Spanish
  
  *These concentrations are ONLY for the BIS to MAT in Special Education program click here for more information on this program

Choose minors from the following:

• Applied Linguistics
• Criminal Justice and Criminology
• French
• German
• Gerontology
• Instructional Design and Technology
• Irish Studies
• Nonprofit Management
• Public Administration
• Public Policy
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Students will have flexibility in choosing from a wide variety of upper-division courses in these areas of study each semester.

Admissions Information

Admission requirements for students just completing high school are hosted on the University Admissions Page

Transfer Student information is hosted on the Transfer Student Admission page

Non-traditional students are those who have been out of high school for at least five years or whose high school class graduated at least five years ago. Their information is detailed here.

Be sure to read all of the Academic Renewal Policy if you were previously enrolled in a University System of Georgia school and are returning to finish your degree.

For questions, please contact the

Online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Office

(912) 478 – 2316

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges