Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Webster University offers many majors, minors, and certificates that cut across disciplines. The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies serves as an umbrella for Webster University's interdisciplinary programs.   As such, it promotes interdisciplinary learning among students and interdisciplinary collaborations among faculty.

Interdisciplinary programs include:

Majors and Degrees

• European Studies (BA)
• International Human Rights (BA)
  (offered through the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences)
• International Studies (BA)
• Self-designed Interdisciplinary (BA)
• Women and Gender Studies (BA)
  (offered through the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department in the College of Arts & Sciences)

Minors

• Ancient Studies
• British Studies
  (London only)
• Drama Studies
• European Studies
• International Human Rights
  (offered through the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences)
• Latin American Studies
• Multicultural Studies
• Sustainability Studies
• Women and Gender Studies
  (offered through the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department in the College of Arts & Sciences)

Certificates

• Diversity and Identity in the U.S.
  (Multicultural Studies)
• International Human Rights
  (offered through the Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences)
• International Studies
• Practical and Interdisciplinary Ethics
  (Center for Ethics)
• Women and Gender Studies
  (offered through the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department in the College of Arts & Sciences)

Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Committee and Program Chairs

• Ancient Studies, Renata MacDougal, Adjunct Faculty, College of Arts and Sciences
• Drama Studies, Michael Erickson, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences
• Center for Ethics, Bruce Umbaugh & Kate Parsons, Philosophy Department, College of Arts and Sciences
• European Studies, Warren Rosenblum, History, Politics, and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences
• Human Rights, Lindsey Kingston, History, Politics and International Relations Department, College of Arts & Sciences
• International Studies, Roy Tamashiro, Multidisciplinary Studies, School of Education
• Latin American Studies, Silvia Navia, International Languages and Cultures, College of Arts and Sciences
• Multicultural Studies, Kristen Anderson History, Politics and International Relations Department, & Jong Bum Kwon, Behavioral & Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
• Self-Designed Interdisciplinary Major (SIM), Lori Diefenbacher, School of Education, & Keith Welsh, Religious Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
• Sustainability Studies, Karla Armbruster, English Department, College of Arts and Sciences
• Women and Gender Studies, Danielle MacCartney, Behavioral & Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences