Salem Academy and College Presents Author Sami Schalk
March 20, 2023
Salem Academy and College, in partnership with Bookmarks, will present author Sami Schalk, Ph.D. on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m.
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Integrative Studies
Integrative Studies
An integrative studies major gives you the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study that is not typically offered as part of the College curriculum. In this major, you can design a coherent program that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest.
Overview
Your Program
Salem offers a major in integrative studies. This major allows you to pursue a program of studies that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest.
The major is designed in collaboration with an academic advisor and the director of the Integrative Studies Program. After establishing learning outcomes, the advisor, the director, and the student select appropriate courses, internships, and learning experiences designed to help the student develop and demonstrate a body of knowledge in a specific area.
Your Commitment
The integrative studies major requires a minimum of ten courses and thirty semester hours, including advanced courses in at least two disciplines, a senior capstone course/independent study, and no more than two additional independent studies (regardless of the number of semester hours). A student in good academic standing may design and submit her proposal in collaboration with a faculty member and the director of the program in her sophomore year or in the first term or her junior year
Your Faculty
You will learn from professors who are committed to critical exploration of their subjects. The small faculty-student ratio within classes as well as the intercommunication between department chairs will allow personal advising on areas of student research in which you are most interested.
Your Experience
Through your involvement in integrative studies you will develop critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills and be prepared to either continue your education in post-baccalaureate programs or enter professions as diverse as law, medicine, education, and business.
Major/Minor
Integrative Studies Major (BA)
The integrative studies major provides students the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study that is not typically offered as part of the College curriculum. In this major, a student designs a coherent program that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest. The major is designed in collaboration with an academic advisor and the director of the Integrative Studies Program. After establishing learning outcomes, the advisor, the director, and the student select appropriate courses, internships, and learning experiences designed to help the student develop and demonstrate a body of knowledge in a specific area.
The major requires a minimum of ten courses and thirty semester hours, including advanced courses in at least two disciplines, a senior capstone course/independent study, and no more than two additional independent studies(regardless of the number of semester hours). A student in good academic standing may design and submit her proposal in collaboration with a faculty member and the director of the program in her sophomore year or in the first term of her junior year.
Internships
American Studies Internships
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Horne Creek Living History Museum or the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art (MESDA)
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
Success Stories
Merritt Enright, C'18
This semester, I am interning at NBC Dateline in New York City.
My work involves partnering with producers to research criminal investigations, shooting live footage for episodes, and putting together visual presentations for executive meetings. Everyone at NBC is incredibly welcoming, and I’ve had the amazing opportunity to meet TV icons such as Lester Holt and Kathy Lee Gifford, who are just as nice in person as they are on air.
At Salem, I am a double major in journalism (through the Integrative Studies program) and mathematics. Both of these have provided me with the professional and technical skills I use every day at NBC.
Along with the internship, I am completing three independent study projects and I will remain enrolled as a full-time student at Salem.
I am so grateful to the Salem administration for their flexibility and willingness to make this opportunity possible!
Your Program
Salem offers a major in integrative studies. This major allows you to pursue a program of studies that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest.
The major is designed in collaboration with an academic advisor and the director of the Integrative Studies Program. After establishing learning outcomes, the advisor, the director, and the student select appropriate courses, internships, and learning experiences designed to help the student develop and demonstrate a body of knowledge in a specific area.
Your Commitment
The integrative studies major requires a minimum of ten courses and thirty semester hours, including advanced courses in at least two disciplines, a senior capstone course/independent study, and no more than two additional independent studies (regardless of the number of semester hours). A student in good academic standing may design and submit her proposal in collaboration with a faculty member and the director of the program in her sophomore year or in the first term or her junior year
Your Faculty
You will learn from professors who are committed to critical exploration of their subjects. The small faculty-student ratio within classes as well as the intercommunication between department chairs will allow personal advising on areas of student research in which you are most interested.
Your Experience
Through your involvement in integrative studies you will develop critical thinking, analytical, and communication skills and be prepared to either continue your education in post-baccalaureate programs or enter professions as diverse as law, medicine, education, and business.
Integrative Studies Major (BA)
The integrative studies major provides students the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary program of study that is not typically offered as part of the College curriculum. In this major, a student designs a coherent program that combines existing resources in the curriculum to create an interdisciplinary study of a specific area of interest. The major is designed in collaboration with an academic advisor and the director of the Integrative Studies Program. After establishing learning outcomes, the advisor, the director, and the student select appropriate courses, internships, and learning experiences designed to help the student develop and demonstrate a body of knowledge in a specific area.
The major requires a minimum of ten courses and thirty semester hours, including advanced courses in at least two disciplines, a senior capstone course/independent study, and no more than two additional independent studies(regardless of the number of semester hours). A student in good academic standing may design and submit her proposal in collaboration with a faculty member and the director of the program in her sophomore year or in the first term of her junior year.
Merritt Enright, C'18
This semester, I am interning at NBC Dateline in New York City.
My work involves partnering with producers to research criminal investigations, shooting live footage for episodes, and putting together visual presentations for executive meetings. Everyone at NBC is incredibly welcoming, and I’ve had the amazing opportunity to meet TV icons such as Lester Holt and Kathy Lee Gifford, who are just as nice in person as they are on air.
At Salem, I am a double major in journalism (through the Integrative Studies program) and mathematics. Both of these have provided me with the professional and technical skills I use every day at NBC.
Along with the internship, I am completing three independent study projects and I will remain enrolled as a full-time student at Salem.
I am so grateful to the Salem administration for their flexibility and willingness to make this opportunity possible!
American Studies Internships
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
The Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Horne Creek Living History Museum or the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Art (MESDA)
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
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