Academics
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences offers a flexible education customized for working adults and transfer students and provides them with a framework that allows them to connect their learning in the classroom in ways that are relevant to the workplace and the world. Students learn to think, read, and write critically through a curriculum that emphasizes approaches for evaluating and communicating information in a variety of formats: written, oral, and digital.
The majority of courses are 4 credits and meet once per week in the evenings and during the day on Saturdays. The Division also sponsors research and conferences that reflect its interdisciplinary approach to teaching and learning, including the Patai Lecture Series, the Human rights forum, and the Rights Talk Podcast.
Courses at the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE are held in a variety of modalities. There are in-person, online synchronous, asynchronous, blended, and hiflex courses. Our division holds extraordinary faculty, virtual library resources, and live staff support.
Contact the front desk to schedule a remote appointment with an academic advisor for more information.
The Early Childhood Education Program Education is committed to the exploration of all of the components of being an early childhood professional. In other words, teaching is not just a profession; it is a way of life. Our mission is to guide candidates in exploring curriculum, assessment, teaching pedagogies, policies, expectations, research, relationships, practices, and resources that will support them in designing their teaching lives in ways that are sustainable and promote equity.
For more information about the program go the ECE page here or contact Prof. Gail Buffalo, Director, gbuffalo@ccny.cuny.edu
Registration appointments please contact the CWE Front Desk: cwefrontdesk@ccny.cuny.edu
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
We provide working adults and transfer students with a framework that allows them to connect their learning in the classroom in ways that are relevant to the workplace and the world. Courses enhance interpersonal communication skills and develop intercultural understanding and global awareness, thus contributing to the advancement of global citizenship. The IAS programs is divided into concentrations:
Concentrations in: Childhood Studies; Disabilities Studies; History, Politics and Society; Literary, Media Visual Arts; Social Welfare; The Americas; Urban Studies and Public Administration; and Global Labor Studies.
More information click here.
B.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (Online)
This distance education program delivers a balanced mixture of synchronous and asynchronous learning. Students use learning management software, video conference platforms, and other online tools for portfolios, discussion boards, forums, and blogs. We provide working adults and transfer students with a framework that allows them to connect their learning in relevant ways to the workplace and the world. Courses enhance interpersonal communication skills and develop intercultural understanding and global awareness, thus contributing to the advancement of global citizenship.
Concentrations in: Childhood Studies; Disabilities Studies; History, Politics and Society; Literary, Media Visual Arts; Social Welfare; The Americas; Urban Studies and Public Administration; and Global Labor Studies.
More information click here.
What are the admissions requirements for the accelerated MA option? To be admitted to the accelerated M.S.Ed. option, you must:
• be a current B.A. in Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts and Sciences major • have completed at least 72 credits • have taken the major requirements (IAS 24200, IAS 23324 or 23304, and SPAN 22504) • have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 • Submit a personal statement
How do I apply? To apply, go here for more info or contact cyawn@ccny.cuny.edu and kmcdonald@ccny.cuny.edu
MA in the Study of the Americas / BA Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Undergraduate students accepted to the Accelerated MA option in the Study of the Americas will be able to apply up to 12 credits of graduate courses in the Study of the Americas to both their undergraduate BA in Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and the MA in the Study of the Americas requirements. Currently, the department requires three four-credit advanced electives (12 credits) for each BA concentration. The department will allow all Study of the Americas courses (other than independent study, thesis, and capstone courses, or courses taken on e-permit) to count towards these elective requirements for the BA concentration.
How do I apply? To apply, go here for more info or contact Prof. Susanna Rosenbaum, Director, srosenbaum@ccny.cuny.edu
M.A in the Study of the Americas / BA in Area Studies with a Concentration in Black Studies
The 4+1 program will enable talented and motivated undergraduate students in the BA in Area Studies with a concentration in Black Studies to enroll in courses in the MA in the Study of the Americas, to connect their concentration area to a broader study of the Americas, and to complete this MA degree soon after receiving a Bachelor’s degree in Area Studies with a concentration in Black Studies. By more quickly receiving an advanced degree, successful participating students will be more competitive for jobs and for admissions to further graduate programs such as PhD programs.
How do I apply? To apply, go here for more info or contact srosenbaum@ccny.cuny.edu and jwilliams2@ccny.cuny.edu
M. A. in the Study of the Americas: Human Rights Track
The Human Rights track provides a deep, critical, and interdisciplinary understanding of human rights issues. The track offers graduate course options that approach the field of human rights and practice from multiple disciplinary and thematic perspectives within the regionally diverse geography of the Americas, thus enabling comparative and international perspectives. Students in this track benefit from a range of human rights initiatives at the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies: the Frances S. Patai Program in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights; The Americas Film Festival of New York, whose focus is cinema that deals with human rights; the Rights Talk podcast, hosted by Prof. Danielle Zach; as well as the tri-divisional Human Rights Forum and Human Rights Seminar.
How do I apply? To apply, go here for more info or contact Prof. Susanna Rosenbaum, Director, srosenbaum@ccny.cuny.edu
M. A. in the Study of the Americas
The program addresses questions and concepts about the Americas as it focuses on topics such as: race, migration and immigration, popular culture, politics, gender, and human rights. It provides a collaborative space within which students may develop their intellectual engagement, applying diverse and myriad disciplinary approaches to investigate the intersections among education, policy, government, society, history, culture, and the arts.
A rigorous, well-defined curriculum grounds students in an interdisciplinary perspective, while allowing them to explore more individual interests. Our 30-credit program enables students, with approval, to take up to three 3-credit courses as an Independent Study, at another division within the City College, or at another CUNY campus; or even benefit from the study abroad programs whose content areas complement those of the MA in the Study of the Americas.
THE ABLE Program
ABLE = The Autobiography Program (AP) + Life Experience Program (LEP)
Non-traditional students often come to college with considerable professional experience and skills that were gained outside of the classroom. Accordingly, many non-traditional students are excellent candidates for alternative credit programs that enable them to earn up to 20 college-level credits, tuition-free. (Note: --- credits are the maximum awardable for both programs, combined: Autobiography and Life Experience.) For more information click here.
The Divisional Committee on Inclusive Excellence
The Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the City College Center for Worker Education (CWE) works in conjunction with the President’s Council on Inclusive Excellence to incorporate “the full diversity of backgrounds, traditions, and experience of faculty staff, and students in realizing the goal of an inclusive community that values excellence in scholarship, creative arts, teaching and learning and student development.” These aims are given special attention due to CWE’s historic mission of establishing relationships with labor unions, community-based organizations, city agencies, and employers in both the non-profit and private sectors who share this educational mission. CWE’s Committee on Inclusive Excellence also seeks to implement the President’s mission to “encourage inclusiveness in hiring: fairness in faculty retention, tenure, and promotion; and provision of equal opportunity for all faculty and staff to use, on their merits, to leadership positions.”
Check out our website here.
Faculty and Staff
We have an extensive variety of courses across all of our academic concentrations for the Interdisciplinary Liberal Arts major as well as the Early Childhood Education degree program.
Faculty at the Division of Interdisciplinary studies are dedicated, diverse and well rounded in all areas of the program.
Academic Advisors are ready to assist you by appointment to help you to decide which classes are best for you, not only in terms of your academic goals but also those that will allow you to graduate on time.
Staff has made an extraordinary effort to meet your expectations throughout the academic year.Our administration, faculty, and staff continue to work to provide our students with the best service and support.
Connect: Faculty & Staff Directory.
Last Updated: 09/14/2022 11:41