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The BA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences provides broad exposure to key areas of knowledge within the arts and sciences while stressing their interconnectedness. This major is based on core courses in history, environmental science, literature, the arts and social science. A degree in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences allows students to maximize the potential of interdisciplinary studies while gaining the skills needed to be successful in a rapidly changing society and world.
List A: 5 credits from one of the following courses:
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THIST 150 World History: Prehistory to 1500
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THIST 151 World History II 1500–Present
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THIST 200 American History I, 1607–1877
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THIST 201 American History II 1877–Present
List B: 5 credits from one of the following courses:
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TESC 102 Aquatic Ecosystems in Urban Areas
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TESC 201 The Science of Sustainability
List C: 5 credits from one of the following courses:
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TARTS 200 Studio Foundation I: Contemporary Art Strategies
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TFILM 201 Film Studies
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TLIT 101 Understanding Literature
List D: 5 credits from one of the following courses:
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TECON 101 Understanding Economics
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TPOLS 202 Introduction to American Politics
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TPSYCH 101 Introduction to Psychology
Required 2-credit course
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TIAS 305 Seminar in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
45 credits Elective courses (At least 35 credits must be at the 300–400 level, with a minimum of 20 credits at the 400-level.)
(At least 5 credits from each list.)
List E: Scientific Thinking
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TBIOL 203 History and Ecology of Biological Invasions
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TBIOL 204 Tropical Ecology and Sustainability
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TBIOL 422 Evolution
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TESC 201 The Science of Environmental Sustainability
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TESC 239 Energy and the Environment
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TGEOS 227 Earth History
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TGEOS 243 Geography of the Physical Environment
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TGEOS 341 Climate Change
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TMATH 105 Analytical Thinking
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TMATH 110 Introductory Statistics with Applications
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TMATH 116 Precalculus II: Trigonometry
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TMATH 120 Precalculus
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TMATH 124 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I
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TMATH 210 Intermediate Statistics with Applications
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TPHIL 250 Practical Reasoning
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TPHIL 456 Environmental Ethics
List F: Humans and Their Environment
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TBIOL 232 Issues in Biological Conservation
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TBIOL 234 Biology, History and Politics of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest
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TBIOL 236 Sustainable Agriculture
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TBIOL 240 Human Biology and Environmental Interactions
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TBIOL 270 Genetics and Society
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TESC 345 Pollution and Public Policy
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TEST 332 A Natural History of Garbage
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THIST 487 Technology in the Modern World
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TLAW 339 Washington Environmental Law
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TLAW 438 Environmental Law
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TPHYS 315 Meteorology
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TRELIG 350 Philosophy, Religion and the Environment
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TWOMN 211 Women in Science
(At least 5 credits from each list.)
List G: History or The Human Past
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TCOM 254 Communication History
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TECON 350 Economic History of Europe
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TEGL 301 Introduction to Indigenous Women and Feminism
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THIST 150 World History: Prehistory to 1500
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THIST 151 World History II 1500 to Present
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THIST 200 American History I, 1607–1877
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THIST 201 American History II, 1877–present
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THIST 220 African American History 1619–1865
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THIST 221 African American History 1865–1945
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THIST 222 African American History 1945–Present
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THIST 251 The Global Twentieth Century
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THIST 350 Modern Germany
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THIST 366 Europe in the Twenty-First Century
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THIST 375 British Empire
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THIST 413 Civil Rights, Civil Liberties
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THIST 451 Renaissance Europe
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TPHIL 355 The Modern Mind
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TPHIL 358 History of Philosophy: Medieval and Modern
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TPHIL 360 History of Philosophy: Modern and Contemporary
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TPHIL 367 Utopias
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TPHIL 451 The Enlightenment
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TWOMN 347 History of Women in the United States
List H: Society and Culture or The Human Present
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TANTH 354 History of the Concept of Culture
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TCOM 221 Artificial Intelligence: Media, Culture and Power
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TEGL 112 Introduction to Indigenous Studies
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TEGL 202 Introduction to Contemporary American Indian Issues
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TEGL 266 Introduction to Labor Studies
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TEGL 302 Tribal Critical Race Theory and Critical Race Theory
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TEGL 303 Introduction to American Indian Education
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TEGL 401 Critical and Indigenous Methodologies
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THIST 416 Life and Thought: Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Angela Davis
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THIST 475 Twentieth-Century Britain
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TPHIL 361 Ethics in Society
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TPOLS 230 International Human Rights
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TRELIG 365 Hinduism and Buddhism
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TRELIG 366 Islam
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TPSYCH 240 Social Psychology
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TPSYCH 345 Stereotyping, Prejudice and Discrimination
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TPSYCH 360 Health Psychology
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TPSYCH 403 Psychology of Black Women
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TPSYCH 404 Psychology of Food and Culture
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TPSYCH 411 Psychology and the Arts
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TPSYCH 418 Lifespan Imaginative Play
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TPSYCH 422 Psychology and the Legal System
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TPSYCH 445 Psychology of Superheroes
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TPSYCH 450 Contemplative Science
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TPSYCH 455 Immigrant Youth Development
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TPSYCH 460 Sport Psychology
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TSOC 434 Women, Race and Class: Identity and Intergroup Relations
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TSOC 455 Sociology of Gender
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TURB 340 Urban Social Change
(At least 5 credits from each list.)
List I: Literature
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TLAX 277 Latin American Literature
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TLAX 355 Migration and the Transnational Family in Latino Literature and Film
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TLAX 476 Latin American Women Writers
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TLIT 101 Understanding Literature
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TLIT 220 Literature and the Arts
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TLIT 230 Multi-Ethnic American Literature
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TLIT 240 Studies in English Literature
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TLIT 251 Ancient Literature of Western Civilization
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TLIT 252 Medieval and Renaissance Literature of Western Civilization
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TLIT 253 Modern Literature of Western Civilization
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TLIT 305 American Literary Movements, Genres and Historical Periods
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TLIT 306 Studies in Selected American Writers
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TLIT 311 Themes in American Literature
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TLIT 313 American Poetry
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TLIT 320 African American Literature from Slavery to the Present
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TLIT 324 African American Women's Literature
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TLIT 325 Medical and Ethical Issues in Literature and Culture
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TLIT 331 Immigrant and Ethnic Literature
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TLIT 332 Asian American Literature
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TLIT 338 Writing in the Pacific Northwest
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TLIT 343 Shakespeare
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TLIT 351 Ancient Greek Tragedy
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TLIT 352 Medieval Quests
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TLIT 371 The World Stage
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TLIT 380 Myth and Literary Sagas in Creative Expression
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TLIT 388 Cross Cultural Studies in Contemporary Women's Fiction
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TLIT 390 Varieties of Literary Criticism
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TLIT 406 Children's and Young Adult Literature
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TLIT 425 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
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TLIT 431 Contemporary Native American Women's Literature
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TLIT 432 American Indian Literature
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TLIT 433 Native American Literature and Federal Indian Law
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TLIT 437 Topics in Literature and Environment
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TLIT 476 American Women's Literature: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Texts
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TWRT 270 Poetry Writing
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TWRT 280 Introduction to Fiction Writing
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TWRT 470 Advanced Poetry Writing
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TWRT 480 Advanced Fiction Writing
List J: Visual and Performing Arts
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TARTS 200 Studio Foundation I: Contemporary Art Strategies
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TARTS 240 Landscape in Contemporary Art
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TARTS 280 3-Dimensional Art and Contemporary Approaches to Sculpture
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TARTS 281 Art and Culture in India
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TARTS 284 Art and Culture in the Pacific
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TARTS 311 History of Rock and Roll
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TARTS 314 Rap Music, Identity and Culture
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TARTS 315 Music and Crisis
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TARTS 367 Ideas through Objects: A Conceptual Approach to Art
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TARTS 386 Contemporary Art and Studio Drawing
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TARTS 404 Art in a Time of War
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TARTS 405 Cultural Identity and Art
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TARTS 406 Labor, Globalization and Art
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TARTS 407 Art and the Public
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TARTS 411 History of Jazz
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TARTS 469 Art Theories, Methods, Philosophies
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TARTS 471 Culture and Meaning in the Visual Arts
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TFILM 201 Film Studies (may not be used if used on List C)
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TFILM 348 Film and Human Values
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TFILM 377 Spanish Film
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TFILM 420 Contemporary World Cinema
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TFILM 481 Film Theory and Aesthetics
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TFILM 483 Film Directors
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THIST 336 Black, Labor and Protest Music in Historic Perspective
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THIST 377 Art of the Americas
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TLAX 376 Latin American Film
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TLAX 441 Mexican Cinema and Society
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TLAX 465 Latin American Visual Arts
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TLIT 371 The World Stage
ADVISOR
MAJOR COORDINATOR
DEPARTMENT
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
- Business
- Education
- Government
- Nonprofit Sector
- Post-graduate Studies
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
At least 45 lower-division credits
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
For a BA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, you need to complete 67 credits, which includes 22 Core credits and 45 Elective credits.