Program Overview
The Interdisciplinary Studies degree is designed for students who wish to pursue broad areas of knowledge in arts and sciences plus additional knowledge in an "Areas of Emphasis." This degree is designed for students who wish to explore different disciplines (subject areas) before deciding on a definite major program prior to transferring to a four-year university, or for students who may not be planning to transfer but wish to earn a degree in a particular area of study that interests them.
Note: A minimum grade of C is required in all courses applied to any area of emphasis in this major.
Students planning to transfer to a four-year university are cautioned that this degree is not intended to meet all of the lower division requirements for transfer into a particular major; however, through careful educational planning with a counselor, this degree would offer a solid foundation in the transfer process. Students should consult with a counselor for specific information regarding their intended major at their target transfer institution.
Degree Requirements:
- Complete Residency, Scholarship, General Education, and Graduation requirements for the Skyline College Associate Degree;
- Successfully complete 18 units from an areas of emphasis.
This area of emphasis integrates the study of the world around us by developing analytical skills needed to understand the physical world and the human beings who occupy it, including the artifacts they produce.
Program Requirements
| Choose at least 9 units from courses listed below: | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH C1001 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 3 units |
| ANTH C1001L | Biological Anthropology Lab | 1 unit |
| ASTR C1001 | Introduction to Astronomy | 3 units |
| ASTR C1001L | Introduction to Astronomy Laboratory | 1 unit |
| BIOL 101 | Our Biological World | 4 units |
| BIOL 130 | Human Biology | 3 units |
| BIOL 140 | Animals, People, and Environment | 3 units |
| BIOL 145 | Plants, People & Environment | 3 units |
| BIOL 150 | Introduction to Marine Biology | 3 units |
| BIOL 215 | Organismal Biology: Core I | 5 units |
| BIOL 230 | Introduction to Cell Biology: Core II | 5 units |
| BIOL 240 | General Microbiology | 4 units |
| BIOL 250 | Human Anatomy | 4 units |
| BIOL 260 | Human Physiology | 5 units |
| BIOL C1000 | Introduction to Biology with Lab | 4 units |
| BTEC 170 | Principles of Applied Bioscience | 3 units |
| BTEC 171 | Laboratory Principles of Applied Bioscience | 1 unit |
| BUS. 120 | Mathematical Analysis for Business | 3 units |
| BUS. 123 | Statistics | 3 units |
| CHEM 112 | Chemistry in Action | 4 units |
| CHEM 210 | General Chemistry I | 5 units |
| CHEM 220 | General Chemistry II | 5 units |
| CHEM 234 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 units |
| CHEM 235 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 units |
| CHEM 237 | Organic Chemistry Lab I | 2 units |
| CHEM 238 | Organic Chemistry Lab II | 2 units |
| CHEM 410 | Chemistry for Health Sciences | 4 units |
| ENVS 100 | Introduction to Environmental Science | 3 units |
| ENVS 101 | Environmental Science Laboratory | 1 unit |
| GEOG 100 | Physical Geography | 3 units |
| GEOG 101 | Physical Geography Lab | 1 unit |
| GEOL 105 | Environmental Earth Science | 3 units |
| GEOL 210 | General Geology | 4 units |
| GEOL 220 | Historical Geology | 4 units |
| MATH 130 | Trigonometry | 4 units |
| MATH 150 | Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers | 3 units |
| MATH 145 | Liberal Arts Mathematics | 3 units |
| MATH 211 | Introduction to Data Science | 4 units |
| MATH 222 | Precalculus | 5 units |
| MATH 225 | Path to Calculus | 6 units |
| MATH 241 | Applied Calculus I | 5 units |
| MATH 243 | Applied Calculus II with Trigonometry | 4 units |
| MATH C2210 | Calculus I: Early Transcendentals | 5 units |
| MATH C2220 | Calculus II: Early Transcendentals | 5 units |
| MATH 253 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry III | 5 units |
| MATH 270 | Linear Algebra | 3 units |
| MATH 275 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 3 units |
| OCEN 100 | Survey of Oceanography | 3 units |
| OCEN 101 | Oceanography Laboratory/Field Study | 1 unit |
| PHYS 100 | Conceptual Physics | 3 units |
| PHYS 101 | Conceptual Physics Laboratory | 1 unit |
| PHYS 210 | General Physics I | 4 units |
| PHYS 211 | General Physics I-Calculus Supplement | 1 unit |
| PHYS 220 | General Physics II | 4 units |
| PHYS 221 | Gen Physics II - Calculus Supplement | 1 unit |
| PHYS 250 | Physics with Calculus I | 4 units |
| PHYS 260 | Physics with Calculus II | 4 units |
| PHYS 270 | Physics with Calculus III | 4 units |
| PSYC 171 | Quantitative Reasoning in Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 220 | Introduction to Psychobiology | 3 units |
| STAT C1000 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 units |
| AND choose at least 9 units from courses listed below: | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ARBC 111 | Elementary Arabic I | 3 units |
| ARBC 112 | Elementary Arabic II | 3 units |
| ARTH 117 | Art of Africa and its Diasporas | 3 units |
| ARTH 120 | Art of the Ancient Americas | 3 units |
| CHIN 111 | Elementary Chinese I | 3 units |
| CHIN 112 | Elementary Chinese II | 3 units |
| DANC 102 | Hip Hop Dance Roots - A Survey of Black Dance in America | 3 units |
| ECE. 191 | Children's Literature | 3 units |
| ENGL C1002 | Introduction to Literature | 3 units |
| ENGL 161 | Creative Writing I | 3 units |
| FILI 110 | Elementary Filipino | 5 units |
| FILM 100 | Introduction to Film | 3 units |
| HIST 104 | World Civilizations I | 3 units |
| HIST 106 | World Civilizations II | 3 units |
| HIST 203 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 units |
| HIST 235 | History of Ethnic Groups in the United States | 3 units |
| HIST 240 | History of Ethnic Groups in California | 3 units |
| HIST 244 | African American History | 3 units |
| HIST 248 | Women and the American Experience | 3 units |
| HIST 310 | California History | 3 units |
| HIST 335 | History and Politics of the Middle East | 3 units |
| HIST 420 | Survey of Latin American History | 3 units |
| HIST 429 | History of Latin@s/x in the United States | 3 units |
| HIST 435 | History of the Philippines | 3 units |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | 3 units |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | 3 units |
| LIT. 101 | Contemporary Literature | 3 units |
| LIT. 251 | Women in Literature | 3 units |
| LIT. 266 | Black Literature | 3 units |
| LIT. 267 | Filipino American Literature | 3 units |
| LIT. 370 | Latine/x Literature | 3 units |
| LIT. 432 | Folklore | 3 units |
| PHIL 100 | Introduction to Philosophy | 3 units |
| PHIL 160 | History of Ancient Philosophy | 3 units |
| PHIL 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 units |
| PHIL 280 * | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 units |
| PHIL 300 | Introduction to World Religions | 3 units |
| PHIL 312 | Introduction to Philosophy of Religion | 3 units |
| POLS 280 * | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 units |
| SPAN 110 | Elementary Spanish | 5 units |
| SPAN 120 | Advanced Elementary Spanish | 5 units |
| SPAN 130 | Intermediate Spanish | 4 units |
| SPAN 140 | Advanced Intermediate Spanish | 4 units |
| SPAN 160 | Readings in Literature in Spanish | 5 units |
| SPAN 220 | Spanish for Spanish Speakers I | 5 units |
| OR choose at least 9 units from courses listed below: | Units | |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 110 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 units |
| ANTH 150 | Introduction to Archaeology: Bones, Beads and the Basics of Material Culture | 3 units |
| ANTH 155 | Human Prehistory: Discovering Ancient Civilizations | 3 units |
| ANTH 165 | Sex and Gender: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | 3 units |
| ANTH 170 | Anthropology of Death: Cross-Cultural Perspectives | 3 units |
| ANTH 180 | Magic, Witchcraft and Religion | 3 units |
| ANTH 360 | American Indians of North America | 3 units |
| BUS. 100 | Introduction to Business | 3 units |
| BUS. 101 | Human Relations at Work | 3 units |
| CDEV C1000 * | Child Growth and Development | 3 units |
| OR | ||
| CDEV 901 * | Child Growth and Development (Apprenticeship) | 3 units |
| COMM 150 | Intercultural Communication | 3 units |
| COMM 160 | Gender and Communication | 3 units |
| ADMJ 100 | Introduction to Criminal Justice | 3 units |
| ECE. 191 | Children's Literature | 3 units |
| ECE. 212 * | Child, Family and Community | 3 units |
| OR | ||
| ECE. 912 * | Child, Family and Community (Apprenticeship) | 3 units |
| ECON C2001 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 units |
| ECON C2002 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 units |
| ETHN 107 | Introduction to Native American Studies | 3 units |
| ETHN 108 | Rethinking Race, Gender, and Nation | 3 units |
| ETHN 109 | Borders and Crossings | 3 units |
| ETHN 120 | Introduction to Black Studies | 3 units |
| ETHN 130 | Introduction to Latina/o/x Studies | 3 units |
| ETHN 140 | Introduction to Asian and Pacific Islander American Studies | 3 units |
| ETHN 142 | Filipina/o/x Community Issues | 3 units |
| ETHN 265 | Evolution of Hip Hop Culture: A Socio-Economic and Political Perspective | 3 units |
| ETHN 288 | Black Cinema | 3 units |
| GEOG 110 | Cultural Geography | 3 units |
| GEOG 150 | World Regional Geography | 3 units |
| HIST 104 | World Civilizations I | 3 units |
| HIST 106 | World Civilizations II | 3 units |
| HIST 203 | The United States Since 1945 | 3 units |
| HIST 235 | History of Ethnic Groups in the United States | 3 units |
| HIST 240 | History of Ethnic Groups in California | 3 units |
| HIST 244 | African American History | 3 units |
| HIST 248 | Women and the American Experience | 3 units |
| HIST 335 | History and Politics of the Middle East | 3 units |
| HIST 420 | Survey of Latin American History | 3 units |
| HIST 429 | History of Latin@s/x in the United States | 3 units |
| HIST 435 | History of the Philippines | 3 units |
| HIST 436 | Filipinos in America | 3 units |
| HIST C1001 | United States History to 1877 | 3 units |
| HIST C1002 | United States History since 1865 | 3 units |
| JOUR 110 | Mass Media and Society | 3 units |
| PHIL 240 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 units |
| PHIL 280 * | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 units |
| POLS 115 | Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics | 3 units |
| POLS 130 | Introduction to International Relations | 3 units |
| POLS 210 | American Politics | 3 units |
| POLS 280 * | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 units |
| POLS C1000 | American Government and Politics | 3 units |
| PSYC C1000 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 110 | Courtship, Marriage and Family | 3 units |
| PSYC 200 | Developmental Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 201 * | Child Growth and Development | 3 units |
| PSYC 230 | Introduction to Cross-Cultural Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 268 | Black Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 300 | Social Psychology | |
| PSYC 310 | Positive Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 330 | Introduction to Sports Psychology | 3 units |
| PSYC 410 | Abnormal Psychology | 3 units |
| SJS 110 | Introduction to Social Justice Studies | 3 units |
| SJS 130 | Introduction to LGBTQ Studies | 3 units |
| SOCI 105 | Social Problems | 3 units |
| SOCI 110 * | Courtship, Marriage and Family | 3 units |
| SOCI 141 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 units |
| SOCI C1000 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 units |
And required General Education coursework and electives as needed to meet the minimum
60 units required for the Associate degree.
Please refer to the AA/AS Degree Requirements for more information.
TRANSFER NOTES
- All courses listed in the six areas of emphasis options are transferable to either the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), or both UC and CSU.
- Some courses may be applied to the appropriate areas of the California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC). See the Transfer Planning section of this catalog for additional information.