There are many accomplished individuals who, for one reason or another, never finished their bachelor’s degree. For some, earning that credential could make a significant difference in their career advancement. For others it is an important milestone of personal growth, adding depth to life experience.
For students who have already earned a minimum of 40–80 transferable academic credits, the Online Undergraduate Degree Completion Program (UDCP) offers a unique and ambitious liberal arts curriculum that explores topics in the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences, as well as mathematics and computer science. A liberal arts education remains highly valued by employers, especially in business and technology, where success often depends on interpersonal awareness, analytical skills, and human factors, as well as the ability to think creatively.
In a fully online environment shared with other accomplished, motivated, mature students, the program’s flexible format allows participants to accomplish their goals without disrupting personal, family, and professional commitments. Students who complete the academic coursework that comprises the Online UDCP will graduate from Boston University with a Bachelor of Liberal Studies in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Curriculum
Hub Requirements
All BU undergraduate students, including transfer students, will pursue coursework in the BU Hub, the University’s general education program that is integrated into the entire undergraduate experience. BU Hub requirements can be satisfied in a number of ways, including coursework in and beyond the major as well as through cocurricular activities. Students in the Online UDCP will, through the program curriculum, satisfy all BU Hub requirements.
Courses
The Boston University online bachelor’s degree completion program consists of completing a minimum of 12 online courses (48 units).
Learn about application requirements for BU MET’s undergraduate programs.
How You Benefit from a Boston University Education
A BU credential can help lay the foundation for career advancement and personal success.
Study under highly qualified faculty who draw from active research and substantial professional achievements to help develop your interdisciplinary skills in analysis, creative thinking, and communication across media.
BU MET’s Online UDCP program provides practical, hands-on education that you can apply on the job and in everyday life.
The unique online curriculum of MET’s BLS in Interdisciplinary Studies explores classical and contemporary areas of the social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences, and is designed for you to self-direct your bachelor’s degree education—pick your own courses and choose your own interdisciplinary focus.
Students acquire an understanding of literature and history through focused themes, and gain full proficiency in writing through individual and collaborative work.
Courses take a creative and manageable approach to academic subjects, like Food Stuff: A Taste of Biology; Exploring Philosophy through Film; and China, the Emerging Superpower: A Model for Development?
Graduate with a Liberal Arts Expertise
Students who complete the bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Studies will be able to demonstrate:
A broad understanding of the liberal arts (that may be considered complete in itself or as suitable preparation for graduate studies), along with college-level rhetorical acumen through exposure to the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, including mathematics and computer science.
Critical thinking skills via analysis and material studied in the classical and contemporary liberal arts using the interdisciplinary study method of particular themes and disciplines.
Preparedness for active citizenship by means of a strong foundation in the liberal arts and an understanding of the connectedness of knowledge and learning as an interdisciplinary phenomenon.
Senior Lecturer of Humanities, College of General Studies
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Seena Eftekhari Lecturer Metropolitan College
Christy Franklin Lecturer Metropolitan College
June Grasso Associate Professor of Social Sciences College of General Studies
Regina Hansen Associate Professor of Rhetoric College of General Studies
John Mackey Chair and Master Lecturer of Social Sciences College of General Studies
Matthew Parfitt Associate Professor of Rhetoric College of General Studies
Robert Schoch Associate Professor of Natural Sciences & Mathematics College of General Studies
Sally Sommers-Smith Associate Professor of Natural Sciences & Mathematics College of General Studies
Kevin Stoehr Associate Professor of Humanities College of General Studies
Megan Sullivan Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development; Associate Professor of Rhetoric; Director of the Center of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning College of General Studies
Andre Switala Lecturer, Economics College of Arts & Sciences
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