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Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A., B.S., B.P.S.

Chart your own future by customizing a degree program that maximizes your past educational experience and allows you to gain specialization in up to three different areas.

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What You’ll Learn

Explore your unique interests in the Interdisciplinary Studies, B.A., B.S., B.P.S. by designing a multifaceted program tailored to one or several career fields.

Chart your own path, selecting up to three professional or liberal arts concentrations in areas ranging from architecture and digital design to the sciences, business and marketing, math and physics, English and the humanities, health sciences, information technology, and many more.

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For ultimate flexibility, you attend classes at our New York City or Long Island campuses or take some courses online—whenever or wherever you like. Plus, whether you're transferring to New York Tech from another institution, or just looking to change your major, our advisors will work with you to choose courses that best suit your academic and career goals and to ensure you find the quickest and most rewarding path to graduation.

Interested in becoming a teacher? Our Accelerated (4+1) program offers you the opportunity to get your teaching certificate at an accelerated rate. Earn your Interdisciplinary degree with certain concentrations (English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Social Sciences) and your Adolescent Education, M.A.T. in just five years.

Career Options

College Recruiter
Educator
Grant Writer
Legislative Assistant
Journalist
Lobbyist
Nonprofit Administrator
Political Scientist
Public Affairs Executive

"This program has so much to offer. With my degree in interdisciplinary studies, I am able to do my master’s in engineering, computer science, or go to medical school."

Mohammad Tariq Jamal (B.S. ’18)

Exceptional experiences.
Outstanding outcomes.

Top 17%

U.S. colleges for salary potential, based on alumni's mid-career earnings.(PayScale.com)

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99%

First-time, full-time, degree-seeking New York Tech students receiving some form of financial aid.

Top 10%

Return on Investment over 20, 30, and 40 years. (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce)

12:1

New York Tech's average student-to-faculty ratio compared with the 18:1 national average. (BECS)

Top-Tier Ranking

New York Tech is a Top Performer for Social Mobility among regional universities in the North.

How You’ll Succeed

By the time of graduation, you'll be able to:

Explain your program of study and academic experiences to a prospective employer or to representatives in various fields of study.
Analyze a problem from an interdisciplinary perspective using your chosen concentrations.
Demonstrate skills in information literacy and the ability to research, evaluate, and synthesize traditional print and digital sources.
Apply ethical, ecological, technological, or other perspectives to solve problems in your chosen concentrations.
Explain significant theories and approaches that define the field of interdisciplinarity.

Upon graduation, you’ll have a personalized degree in the areas where you are most passionate—a decision that makes you stand out to employers as innovative, driven, and motivated to achieve.

Top-Tier Ranking

New York Tech is a Top Performer for Social Mobility among regional universities in the North.

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