Completion Requirements

181 total quarter credit hours

  • General education courses (45 cr.)
  • Interdisciplinary studies courses (36 cr.)
    • Area of Emphasis 1 courses (30 cr.)
    • Area of Emphasis 2 courses (30 cr.)
  • Elective courses (40 cr.)

Estimated time to completion varies depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Interdisciplinary Studies Courses

Course Code Course Title Credits
COMM 1000 Communication Skills For Career Development 1
IDST 1001 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies 5
IDST 1050 Interdisciplinary Experience: Identity in a Global Society 5
IDST 2050 Interdisciplinary Experience: Sustaining Quality of Life in the City 5
IDST 3050 Interdisciplinary Experience: Change and Population Movements Across Borders 5

Emphasis Areas

Students must choose two areas of emphases. Each emphasis area must consist of six courses from another Walden undergraduate major. At least two courses from each discipline must be at the 3000- or 4000-level.

Business Administration

Course Code Course Title Credits
BUSI 1001 Introduction to Business 5
BUSI 2003  Operations 5
ECON 1001 Macroeconomics 5
STAT 2001 Statistics 5
BUSI   
BUSI   

Child Development

Course Code Course Title Credits
EDUC 1001 Introduction to Education 5
EDUC 1003 Educational Psychology 5
EDUC 1004 Child Development 5
EDUC 1005 Child Health, Safety, and Nutrition 5
EDUC   
EDUC   

Communication

Course Code Course Title Credits
COMM 1003 Introduction to Mass Communication 5
COMM 1004 Interpersonal Communication 5
COMM 2001 Essentials of Group and Organizational Communication 5
ENGL 2002 Professional Writing for Successful Communication 5
COMM   
COMM   

Computer Information Systems

Course Code Course Title Credits
CMIS 1001 Introduction to Information Systems 5
CMIS 1002 Information Technology Infrastructure 5
CMIS 2001 Internet Computing 5
CMIS 3001 Computing & Society 5
CMIS   
CMIS   

Criminal Justice

Course Code Course Title Credits
CRJS 1001 Contemporary Criminal Justice Systems 5
CRJS 2003 Criminal Law 5
CRJS 3002 Courts and Judicial Process 5
CRJS 3003 Law Enforcement 5
CRJS    
CRJS    

Psychology

Course Code Course Title Credits
PSYC 1002 Psychology as a Natural Science 5
PSYC 1003 Psychology as a Social Science 5
PSYC 2002 Human Development:  Childhood and Adolescence 5
PSYC 2003 Human Development:  Adulthood 5
PSYC   
PSYC   

Instructional Design and Technology

Course Code Course Title Credits
EDUC 1015 How People Learn 5
EIDT 2001 Technology and Learning 5
EIDT 2004 Instructional Design I 5
EDUC 3004 Curriculum Design 5
EDUC   
EDUC   

Health Studies

Course Code Course Title Credits
HLTH 1000 Concepts of Health Promotion 5
HLTH 1005 Context of Healthcare Delivery 5
HLTH 2110 Behavioral and Cultural Issues in Healthcare 5
HLTH 3115 Public and Global Health 5
HLTH     
HLTH     

Choose one of the following

Course Code Course Title Credits
IDST 4001 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Research 5
IDST 4002 Seminar in Public Service 5
IDST 4003 Seminar with Internship 5
IDST 4004 Seminar with Study Abroad 5

Complete both of the following

Course Code Course Title Credits
IDST 4080 Capstone: Interdisciplinary Methodology I 5
IDST 4081 Capstone: Interdisciplinary Methodology II 5

Elective Courses

Choose eight additional courses to fulfill the elective requirement.

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Next Start Date: June 7

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