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The Klingler College of Arts and Sciences is committed to the fundamental goal of integrating diverse areas of learning into a coherent whole. This integration lies at the heart of the liberal arts education provided at Marquette University. Achieving this goal involves two steps. First, as part of the college curriculum, students are required to study material from the wide variety of disciplines comprising the arts and sciences. Second, by majoring and perhaps minoring in a specific discipline of their choice, students pursue learning in more depth and are then challenged to integrate this into their broader understanding of the world acquired through the college curriculum. For students whose interests go beyond the boundaries of traditional disciplines, the college offers the following interdisciplinary majors and minors:

• Interdisciplinary Major/Minor in Africana Studies
• Interdisciplinary Major in Applied Mathematical Economics
• Broad Field Science (for students who are seeking education certification)
• Interdisciplinary Major/Minor in International Affairs
• Interdisciplinary Major/Minor in Women’s and Gender Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Asian Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Broad Field Social Science (for students majoring in education)
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Catholic Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Ethics
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Family Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Justice and Peace
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Medieval Studies
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Public History
• Interdisciplinary Minor in Urban Affairs

Individualized Interdisciplinary Major or Minor

Students for whom particular interests may be better served by a flexible grouping of courses from several areas can create an individualized interdisciplinary major or minor. Examples of self-designed majors or minors include Arabic Studies, Italian Studies and Peace Studies. Students should consult the college office in order to be referred to a faculty adviser in their area of interest. With this adviser, the student will write a proposal explaining the relationship between educational objectives and the choice of an interdisciplinary major or minor, a list of courses to be included and the sequence in which they will be taken. Such proposals, as well as any subsequent modifications, must be approved by the college’s associate dean for academic affairs.