The Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies area tracks in Humanities and Social Sciences will award final degrees in spring 2024 and officially come to a close. The Professional Track for the program will officially come to a close by spring of 2026. Explore CAPS’s new, reimagined Integrated Studies undergraduate degree programs.
The Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies is designed for adult learners who want to build on their existing education and tailor their degree to match their personal and professional educational goals. Learners discover and engage with subjects across disciplines in a given area concentration or combine varied courses with professional studies. Students acquire the foundation for career development and lifelong learning, honing skills in writing, deep reading, communication and critical thinking. By approaching subjects across disciplines, learners consider and analyze issues using multiple lenses. They deepen their understanding of problems, test new approaches to challenges, and learn to solve issues creatively.
The Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies can be completed in both on-campus and online formats. Students interested in completing this degree online should visit the School of Continuing & Professional Studies webpage for the Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies — Online.
Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies
All School of Continuing & Professional Studies undergraduate students must satisfy the same general-education requirements.
Students in the Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies program choose from the Area Concentration Track or the Arts & Sciences Professional Track, each of which culminates in a capstone experience.
Area Concentration Track
Required Courses: 36 units
In the Area Concentration Track, students take course work from across the Humanities, Mathematics & Sciences, and the Social Sciences, which presents multiple perspectives and approaches to similar subjects. Learning how a variety of disciplines approach questions provides a foundation for appreciating differences across cultures, in realms of work and life, and among individuals. Students acquire a range of tools for approaching problems and creating solutions.
Students complete 33 units in one of the following areas of concentration. At least 18 units must be at the 300 or 400 level.
Humanities concentration, which includes the following:
- African and African-American Studies
- Art and Archaeology
- Classics
- English Composition*
- English Literature
- French**
- History
- Italian**
- Korean**
- Philosophy
- Spanish**
Mathematics & Sciences concentration, which includes the following:
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Earth & Planetary Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Physics
Social Sciences concentration, which includes the following:
- Anthropology
- Economics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Capstone (3 units):
Students must also complete a 3-unit capstone essay in which they reflect on the integration of a topic across fields within the chosen concentration.
Professional Track
Required Courses: 36 units
In the Professional Track, students pair the critical thinking, research and writing that are essential across multiple careers with a set of skills that advances their prospects in a particular profession.
Area concentration (18 units):
Students choose from Humanities, Social Sciences, or Mathematics & Sciences. Courses must be at the 300 and 400 level.
Professional studies (15 units):
Students choose individual courses that best advance their goals or that focus on a given area. Professional studies courses are chosen from the following:
- Business
- Clinical Research Management
- Communications
- Computers and Information Management
- Design Thinking
- Forensic Psychology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Human Resources Management***
- Journalism
- Nonprofit Management***
- Sustainability
Capstone (3 units):
Students reflect on, research and develop a set of best practices in a chosen profession.
Optional certificate:
Students may focus on a given area and can earn a certificate (13 to 21 units) in the following:
- Business
- Clinical Research Management
- Forensic Psychology
- Geographic Information Systems
- Marketing
- Strategic Communications
- Sustainability
Note: Undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs offered by CAPS are offered through Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. Business-related programs at CAPS are not accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).
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. The School of 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. If you are an F-1 or J-1 student and wish to enroll in a CAPS program while here on a Visa, please contact our recruitment team to discuss your options for face-to-face program enrollment. F-1 and J-1 students should not enroll in online courses or programs without first consulting the university’s Office for International Students and Scholars (OISS).