The University of Colorado is charging ahead on a plan to create a three-year, fully online degree and hopes to launch the new program in the fall of 2018, according to William Kuskin, vice provost and associate vice chancellor for strategic initiatives.
Once the program is fully implemented, a student will be able to get a bachelor of arts degree in interdisciplinary studies by taking online classes offered by all four CU campuses.
If they stick to a rigorous course schedule, they can complete their degree in three years, without ever stepping foot inside a classroom, Kuskin said.
This intercampus online degree program will take advantage of the more than 800 classes CU’s four campuses already offer online. Students will be able to piece together their own major by blending courses from across different departments.
“Interdisciplinary studies is essentially a degree that combines majors according to an undergraduate’s desires,” Kuskin said at a recent CU Board of Regents meeting. “A student might take some courses in philosophy and some courses in criminology and put them together into her own major that lets her think in an out-of-the-box way about, say, penal practices.”
