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David Powers Corwin

David Powers Corwin

David is an assistant professor in the School of Integrative Studies and teaches courses for Women and Gender Studies, the Composition program, and the Honors College. Most of their courses focus on gender and sexuality in popular culture, friendship studies, rhetoric, and LGBTQ+ studies. They also s...

War and the Military in Society concentration in the MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

UNDERSTANDING THE WAYS NATIONS CONCEIVE OF MILITARY APPARATUS, AND ITS BEARING ON FUTURE POLICY DECISIONS War and the Military in Society provides broad training in understanding the ways nations conceive of their military apparatus, and the bearing it has on future policy decisions, for careers in ...

MAIS in Interdisciplinary Studies

The Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program in the College of Humanities & Social Sciences consists of multiple established degree paths that exist in partnership with academic units and faculty across the University. It offers a home for students with broad academic interests who seek a master'...

Benjamin Gatling

Benjamin Gatling

Benjamin Gatling is a folklorist, Associate Professor in the English Department, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Program (MAIS). He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from The Ohio State University and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hil...

Maria M Dakake

Maria M Dakake

Dr. Dakake researches and publishes on Islamic intellectual history, Quranic studies, Shi`ite and Sufi traditions, and women's spirituality and religious experience. She is one of the general editors and contributing authors of the The Study Quran (HarperOne, 2015), which comprises a translation and ...

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Individualized Studies is your opportunity to design an interdisciplinary graduate program to develop expertise spanning multiple areas to meet your distinctive  educational and professional goals. By crafting your own degree path you can leverage the courses and faculty strength of the entire univ...

Individualized Studies - Complementary Discipline Blocks

To help students develop a plan of study, below are curated lists of classes in a variety of disciplines that can be combined to meet the degree requirements. Applicants can simply identify two fields and use the fields’ associated course lists to create an individualized MA degree. Within these fiel...

Project or Thesis?

Whether project or thesis, the Interdisciplinary Studies capstone research experience should reflect students’ mastery of relevant subjects and skills in their course work, experiential learning opportunities, and research. What Is a Thesis? A thesis is a rigorous piece of research that requires th...

For Current Students

Requirements Please note: Our curriculum requirements are changing, beginning with catalog year Fall 2023. You can contact MAIS staff at mais@gmu.edu if you have questions! Old Requirements for Students in Catalog Years prior to Fall 2023 While every Interdisciplinary Studies concentration involve...