The Interdisciplinary Studies Department (IDS) is unlike any other department at Appalachian State University. Students majoring in IDS have the option of designing a major or choosing a pre-designed concentration (i.e. Women's Studies, Sustainable Development, etc.).
IDS offers a B.A. degree with fifteen different interdisciplinary major concentrations and eight interdisciplinary minors. The department also houses Watauga College, a residential college providing alternative, interdisciplinary, general education courses for first and second year students.
To learn more about what the IDS department strives to achieve, please read our Mission Statement.
