Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Define your own path with a combination of traditional disciplines.

Dr. Lloyd Sloan Chair, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
C.B. Powell Building Rm N272
Washington, D.C. 20059

Telephone:(202)806-9456
Email: lsloan@howard.edu

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Welcome to the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and its unique areas of learning concentrations. The Programmatic Interdisciplinary Major Concentrations in Interdisciplinary Studies lead to a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies and prepares students to engage personally and professionally with unique integrations of multiple traditional disciplines which together create novel and needed new preparation for tomorrow’s life and careers.

As part of Major Concentrations, students will be deeply involved in interdisciplinary learning across multiple disciplines and departments and may have the opportunity to complete an internship at a clinical, policy or research institution in the Washington, D.C. area. Students graduating from an interdisciplinary major concentration will be better prepared for a variety of careers in areas from research, to policy making, academic leadership or careers still in their formative stages of development.

Engage personally and professionally with some of the most challenging moral questions in medicine, clinical research, biotechnology and the life sciences.

Study human and economic development activities in disadvantaged areas.

Issues such as climate change and toxic exposures require leadership and solutions that include the full diversity of all peoples.

The role of the humanities in modern society is often challenged. But while science and technologies improve our lives, it is the humanities that make life worth living.

Explore, interpret, and understand significant global events via an interdisciplinary lens designed to promote critical thinking and innovative solutions to contemporary human problems.