Bachelor of Integrative Studies: BIS Integrative Studies Seminars

 

The BIS Integrative Studies seminars and capstone help you analyze and connect the knowledge and skills you gain from the other BIS courses and experiences.

BIS 201, BIS 301, and BIS 401 emphasize the integration of your study, beginning with the architecting of a plan for your degree and culminating in a major project that caps your learning,

BIS 201, Introduction to Integrative Studies (3). The emphasis in this seminar is on self. Students will be introduced to the BIS program and will investigate and examine choices within the degree. They will use self-reflection and research to better understand how learning can connect to their own career and life goals. In this course, each student will develop a personal Statement of Educational Objectives (SEO) and begin work on a Self-Assessment of Learning (SAL) that he or she will continue to develop in the next two seminars. Prerequisite:  45 hours of credit toward graduation.

BIS 301, Integrative Studies Seminar II (3). In the second required seminar in Bachelor of Integrative Studies program, the emphasis shifts to others. A key component of the course is service learning, where students will have the opportunity to engage the larger community in a meaningful way. The service-learning project will help students continue to develop a strong sense of themselves as individuals, while stressing that at the same time they are also an integral part of a community beyond the classroom. In addition, students will begin tying together concepts and ways of thinking that they have learned in the diverse courses they have taken for their degree requirements.  Prerequisite:  BIS 201.

BIS 401, Senior Integrative Seminar (3) (MPC). This course brings together BIS seniors in a way that will complete the integrative nature of their course work. The emphasis is placed on product. Students will focus on creating and developing a culminating project that they may want to carry forward into their career or post-graduate studies. Prerequisite:  BIS 201 and BIS 301.