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Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty of Arts & Sciences School of Humanities School of Social Sciences

Credential
Bachelor

Duration
4 year(s)

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Program Highlights

Do you wish you could design your own degree? The Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies program at CapU will let you do just that.

The world doesn’t fit into one neat subject area. Build your own bachelor's degree with courses chosen from across the Faculty of Arts & Sciences.

Uncover the connections that reflect the world around you while developing skills modern employers consider essential.

In your final year, you will produce an impressive graduating project that will cap off your entire university experience. This Bachelor of Arts program is designed by you, for you.

This program was formerly titled “Bachelor of Arts with a major in Liberal Studies.” Students admitted into the Fall 2020 intake onwards will graduate under the new program name of Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Interdisciplinary Studies.  

For more information, contact us at the email address below. 

Learning Outcomes
  • Initiate, execute and take responsibility for an interdisciplinary research project.
  • Describe and integrate concepts, theories, and practices from across core academic disciplines with an awareness of limits of knowledge.
  • Apply foundational learning (knowledge, critical thinking, research skills, imagination, and judgment) and holistic problem solving skills in academic work.
  • Synthesize knowledge to produce interdisciplinary work.
  • Apply research methods while identifying and understanding the application of ethical reasoning with a particular emphasis on working appropriately with human subjects and conducting field work.
  • Produce well-organized and coherent university-level materials, individually or in a group, which meet stated objectives and audience needs in written, oral, digital and/or visual forms.
  • Consider and assess the potential impact of interpretative frameworks, decisions and actions on people and the environment, locally and globally.

Intakes

CampusTermsFull/Part Time
North VancouverSummerBoth
North VancouverFallBoth
North VancouverSpringBoth

Tuition and Fees Per Year

Domestic Students
Year Tuition Fees Total
Year 1$4,364 $1,334 $5,698
Year 2$4,364 $1,334 $5,698
Year 3$4,364 $1,334 $5,698
Year 4$4,215 $1,334 $5,549
Year 5$0 $0 $0
Total$17,307 $5,337 $22,644

Note: Fees are subject to change. Some programs have fees for supplies and equipment that aren’t included in the estimate. To get an idea of what you’ll pay to study at CapU, try out our Tuition & Fees Estimator.

English Requirement

Total credits: 6.00

Required:
ENGL 100University Writing Strategies3.00 credits
ENGLEnglish 100-level3.00 credits

 

Language Requirement

Total credits: 6.00

Required:

Demonstrated competency in a language other than English. The language requirement is competency based and requires students to reach an advanced beginner level or higher in a language other than English. The language requirement can be satisfied in one of the following ways:

1. successful completion of a Grade 12 course with a minimum B grade in an approved language other than English while in secondary school; or

2. successful completion of a secondary immersion program or secondary school at an institution at which the primary language of instruction is not English; or

3. successful completion of a post-secondary credential awarded by an institution at which the primary language of instruction is not English; or

4. successful completion of 6.00 credits of post-secondary level courses in a single language other than English; or

5. successful completion of EAP 100 or EAP 101.

Note: Students who fulfill this requirement with option 1, 2, 3, or 5 will be required to take 6.00 credits of lower level Arts and Sciences courses in place of the Language Requirement credits.

Note: EAP 100-level or higher credits can be used towards the elective requirements.

Note: Students who have completed a Grade 12 language course without meeting the minimum B grade can fulfill the Language Requirement by completing 3.00 credits of the appropriate language (CHIN 101, JAPN 101, SPAN 101 or FREN 150). Students who exercise this option will be required to take an additional 3.00 credits of lower level Arts and Sciences courses.

 

Lower Level Course Requirements

Total credits: 24.00

Required:
INTS 210Approaching Knowledge3.00 credits
Required:

Note: May not include English. No more than 6.00 credits in any one subject area.

Arts - 200-level15.00 credits
Humanities - 100-level3.00 credits
Social Sciences - 100-level3.00 credits

 

Science, Quantitative, Analytical Requirements

Total credits: 9.00

Required:

Note: Must include a minimum of 3.00 credits designated as Quantitative/Analytical

Laboratory Science 100-level or higher (Any course in the Science list worth 3.00 credits or more and with a lab of at least 2 hours, but excluding any course in Applied Science or Computing.)3.00 credits
Mathematics or Computing Science or Statistics 100-level or higher (PSYC 213 may be used)3.00 credits
Science 100-level or higher3.00 credits

 

Upper Level Requirements

Total credits: 24.00

Required:
INTS 310Interdisciplinary Research3.00 credits
Arts 300-level or higher9.00 credits
Humanities (minimum of two subjects) 300-level or higher6.00 credits
Social Sciences (minimum of two subjects) 300-level or higher6.00 credits

 

Electives

Total credits: 45.00

Required:
Electives 100-level or higher30.00 credits
Electives 300-level or higher15.00 credits

 

Experiential Requirement

Total credits: 3.00

Choose 3.00 credits from the following list:
INTS 335Grand Challenges - An Interdisciplinary Approach3.00 credits
INTS 345Reconciliation in Action3.00 credits
INTS 390Tutorial I1.00 credits
INTS 391Tutorial II1.00 credits
INTS 392Tutorial III1.00 credits

 

Capstone Requirement

Total credits: 3.00

Choose 3.00 credits from the following list:
CAPS 499Degree Portfolio3.00 credits
INTS 490Graduating Project3.00 credits
INTS 495Extended Graduating Project - Part 13.00 credits
INTS 496Extended Graduating Project - Part 23.00 credits
Note: Students who choose to complete the Extended Graduating Project will only need to complete 42.00 credits of Electives (instead of 45.00)

 

Total program credits: 120.00

Program Notes

Students starting in their baccalaureate degree on or after Fall 2018 and graduating on or after June 2022 must meet Cap Core graduation requirements in addition to their program requirements.

Students must ensure they complete a minimum of 65 credits of 100-level or higher coursework from within the Faculty of Arts & Sciences that have been designated as Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences.

Important Dates

Summer 2021

Application Dates

Jun 2, 2020 - May 4, 2021

Course Registration & Waitlisting Starts

Mar 8, 2021

Fee Payment Deadline

May 3, 2021 4:00 PM

Fall 2021

Application Dates

Oct 6, 2020 - Aug 3, 2021

Course Registration & Waitlisting Starts

Jul 5, 2021

Fee Payment Deadline

Aug 24, 2021 4:00 PM

Spring 2022

Application Dates

Feb 2, 2021 - Dec 7, 2021

Course Registration & Waitlisting Starts

Nov 15, 2021

Fee Payment Deadline

Dec 20, 2021 4:00 PM

Summer 2022

Application Dates

Jun 1, 2021 - May 3, 2022

Course Registration & Waitlisting Starts

Mar 7, 2022

Fee Payment Deadline

May 2, 2022 4:00 PM

Note: Dates are subject to change.

How to apply

  1. Check the admissions requirements.
  2. Check the application and document deadlines for your program.
  3. Complete and submit your application through EducationPlannerBC.
    1. Upload all your required/supporting official documents.
    2. Pay your application fee.
  4. Admissions will review your application and contact you.

Admission Requirements

For the official publication of programs, course descriptions and admission requirements please view the Capilano University Calendar (pdf).

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Contact

Have questions about this program?

Interdisciplinary Studies


604 986 1911 , ext. 3474
interdisciplinarystudies@capilanou.ca

Student Information Services


604 984 4900
604 984 1798 (fax)
Birch Building, room BR230
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