BA in Interdisciplinary Studies

A central part of the program involves close faculty-student interaction through mentoring. You will be assigned a mentor at the beginning of the first semester and, as you become better acquainted with the faculty, choose a mentor who shares your interests. In direct consultation with your mentor, you will design an interdisciplinary area of concentration, or choose and modify a concentration already designed. There will be a close academic relationship developed between each student and his or her mentor involving ongoing meetings to discuss progress, academic issues and revisions to your concentration.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

University Requirements (13 credits)

  • CORE1006  University Core A - The Global Challenge
  • CORE2007 University Core B - Perspectives on the Individual
  • CORE2008 University Core C - Cross-cultural Perspectives
  • CORE3009 University Core D - The American Experience: The Quest for Freedom
  • FRSH1000 Freshman Seminar

Requirements for the Major (45 credits)

  • INTER1005  Language and Culture Seminar I
  • INTER1006  Language and Culture Seminar I
  • INTER2001  Cross-cultural Perspective on Aesthetics and the Arts
  • INTER2002  Cross-cultural Perspective on Aesthetics and the Arts
  • INTER2010  Humanistic and Scientific Approaches to the Mind I
  • INTER2011  Humanistic and Scientific Approaches to the Mind II
  • INTER2101  Globalization,: Nature, Causes and Consequences
  • INTER2102  International Organizations in the 21st Century
  • INTER2103  Ethics, Human Rights and Globalization
  • INTER2104  World Resources, Poverty and Development
  • INTER2107  Real World Statistics
  • INTER3001  The Nature of Nature
  • INTER3041  Technology and Values
  • INTER4001  Senior Capstone Experience I
  • INTER4002  Senior Capstone Experience II

Please see Concentrations page for information about possible areas of concentration.
 

For more information, contact:

Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies
Fairleigh Dickinson University
1000 River Road, H-DH1-02
Teaneck, New Jersey 07666
(201) 692-6500

Faculty

Richard Castellana, director of the B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies program, is a professor of humanities and fine arts. He holds an A.B. in Biology from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Economics from New School University, and studied painting at The New York Studio School for Painting, Drawing and Sculpture. He has published articles dealing with economic justice, and exhibits his paintings regularly at the Bowery Gallery in New York city.
Phone Number:  (201) 692-2741
E-mail:  rcast@fdu.edu

Christopher Devine is a professor of philosophy and chemistry. He earned his M.A. at Fordham University and he holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Iowa State University. His research Interests include spectroscopy and separations of metal complexes, instructional experiments in general and inorganic chemistry, history and philosophy of science.
Phone Number:  (201) 692-2321
E-mail:  christopher_devine@fdu.edu

Francis Ingledew holds a Ph.D. in medieval English literature from Washington University in St. Louis, a B.A. from Reading University in England, and