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.
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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.
Courses
INTG 200. Independent Study in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
Independent study under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Open to students with a 2.0 cumulative average and permission of the coordinator of the major. Independent study may take the form of readings, research, or project. May be counted twice for credit toward the major, regardless of the number of semester hours taken each time; may be taken for a maximum of eight semester hours.
INTG 220. Special Topics in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
Investigation of an interdisciplinary topic, issue, or problem. Content will vary by instructor(s) and is announced prior to the pre-registration period.
INTG 270. Internship in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
An opportunity to use the knowledge and skills a student has learned in course work to solve problems in a real work setting. The apprenticeship aspect of the internship implies that the student has some basic knowledge and will increase her knowledge and skills by direct contact with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a 2.0 cumulative average; maximum credit per term is four semester hours; admission by application only.
INTG 290. Honors Independent Study in Integrative Studies (3-4 hrs)
Advanced independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Open to juniors and seniors with a 3.5 G.P.A. in the courses constituting the major and permission of the program coordinator. May be counted twice for credit toward the major, regardless of the number of semester hours taken each time; may be taken for a maximum of eight semester hours.
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
Resources
FAQs
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.
INTG 200. Independent Study in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
Independent study under the supervision of a faculty advisor. Open to students with a 2.0 cumulative average and permission of the coordinator of the major. Independent study may take the form of readings, research, or project. May be counted twice for credit toward the major, regardless of the number of semester hours taken each time; may be taken for a maximum of eight semester hours.
INTG 220. Special Topics in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
Investigation of an interdisciplinary topic, issue, or problem. Content will vary by instructor(s) and is announced prior to the pre-registration period.
INTG 270. Internship in Integrative Studies (1-4 hrs)
An opportunity to use the knowledge and skills a student has learned in course work to solve problems in a real work setting. The apprenticeship aspect of the internship implies that the student has some basic knowledge and will increase her knowledge and skills by direct contact with an experienced, knowledgeable mentor. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors with a 2.0 cumulative average; maximum credit per term is four semester hours; admission by application only.
INTG 290. Honors Independent Study in Integrative Studies (3-4 hrs)
Advanced independent study under the guidance of a faculty advisor. Open to juniors and seniors with a 3.5 G.P.A. in the courses constituting the major and permission of the program coordinator. May be counted twice for credit toward the major, regardless of the number of semester hours taken each time; may be taken for a maximum of eight semester hours.
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