Interdisciplinary Programs
Interdisciplinary graduate programs promote intellectual growth and offer distinct challenges to conventional thinking. They address areas that are too broad or too complex to be dealt with adequately by a single academic discipline. Interdisciplinary programs are essential for the education of graduate students involved in projects concerned with the nurturing of technology from concept to realization. It is also the case that some interesting scholarly areas involve the blending of two or more academic disciplines, for example, management science juxtaposes operations research and business.
Students interested in an interdisciplinary program at either the Master’s or Ph.D. level may proceed as follows:
The student applies to Stevens Institute of Technology as an interdisciplinary student and outlines the program he or she would like to undertake.
The Office of Graduate Admissions forwards the application to the Graduate Academics & Student Success. The Graduate Academics & Student Success forwards the application to the appropriate departments/programs for consideration.
The departments/programs render their decisions and report them to the Graduate Academics & Student Success.
If all decisions are positive, the Graduate Academics & Student Success informs the appropriate directors and appoints advisors for the preparation of a Study Plan and mentoring of the student.
The Graduate Academics & Student Success formally informs the Office of Graduate Admissions the status of the application. If all decisions are positive, admission is granted; else admission is not granted.
The student must complete a Study Plan and submit to the Graduate Academics & Student Success for approval. Upon approval, the Study Plan is sent to the Office of the Registrar.