The Interdisciplinary Studies Program at CSUB allows students to examine concepts, issues, and perspectives that cross traditional boundaries of study, and to combine elements of distinct disciplines in a unique way. CSUB offers three Interdisciplinary Studies concentrations: 1) General Studies where students create their own program of study drawing on at least two different departments; 2) Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; and 3) Ethnic and Area Studies.
Goal I: Students will develop broad, integrative knowledge.
1.1 Students will analyze complex issues, which integrate foundational knowledge, values, and methods from two or more disciplines.
Goal II: Students will develop cross-disciplinary skills.
2.1 Students will communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, in and across disciplinary styles and for various audiences and contexts.
2.2 Students will, as individual researchers/scholars as well as in collaboration with others, solve or creatively respond to a current complex problem drawing on two or more disciplinary approaches.
Goal III: Students will apply an interdisciplinary approach to an area of specialization.
3.1 Ethnic Studies students will compare and contrast the experiences of different ethnic groups in the United States and/or abroad.
3.2 Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies students will apply feminist and other critical perspectives to examine the ways that gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality, nation
Major Concentrations
Interdisciplinary Studies
FACULTY
Interdisciplinary Studies
STAFF
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone: (661) 654-2355Email: nherrera10@csub.eduOffice: EDUC 242