Program Overview

Social Sciences, BSIS

The Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies: Social Sciences is designed for adult learners who want to build on their existent education by engaging with subjects across Social Sciences disciplines. Students acquire a foundation for career development and lifelong learning, honing skills in writing, deep reading, research, and critical thinking. When approaching subjects across disciplines, learners consider and analyze issues using multiple lenses.

Students learn to appreciate differences across cultures, in areas of work and life, and among individuals. They deepen their understanding of problems, test new approaches to challenges, and learn to solve issues creatively.

This program can be completed entirely online.

Degree Requirements

• Students in BSIS programs must satisfy the same general-education requirements.
• Students in BSIS programs must complete a certificate, tailoring their degree to their educational and professional goals. In some cases, students with extensive work experience and/or a significant number of transfer credits may have the certificate requirement waived. Requests for waiving the certificate requirement are reviewed and approved by the Vice Dean on a case-by-case basis.
• Students in BSIS programs must also complete a Community Engagement course. A designated CAPS course will fulfill this requirement.

Required Courses

• 27 units plus a 3-unit capstone (30 units)
• Choose 27 units from Social Sciences courses, including these disciplines:
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Required Capstone

• 3 units
• Students must also complete a 3-unit capstone course in which they reflect on the integration of a topic across fields within the chosen concentration.

Note

• At least 15 units in the field of study must be in upper-level (3000-level and higher) courses.

Program Details

• This program is offered either mostly or fully online.
• Students entering the U.S. on an F-1 or J-1 Visa must enroll in a program full time.
• F-1 students are only permitted to enroll in one online course per semester, and J-1 students may only enroll in non-credit online courses that do not count toward their degree program.
• WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) cannot guarantee face-to-face enrollment options each semester of full-time enrollment, therefore cannot issue an I-20 or DS 2019 to F-1 and J-1 students for this program.