Each track has blocks of courses designed in conjunction with the various departments and includes recommended and complementary courses. There is room for a student to work with their advisor and/or department chair to adjust any of these blocks.

True interdisciplinary learning does not allow itself to be isolated by subject-matter boundaries. When students engage in authentic interdisciplinary learning, they can use the various perspectives of individual disciplines to their advantage as they wrestle with significant questions that can best be answered through a unified analysis.

By working through several courses in the various academic programs at TMU, students gain a wider understanding of those content areas. They become well-balanced in both the humanities and sciences and their learning becomes more and more integrated rather than fragmented. They move beyond simply learning the what of the content to understand the “why” behind that content.

This is because all learning within each course falls under the authority of Scripture.

God’s Word becomes the singular unifying perspective among the disciplines. Learning is not merely filtered through the Word but undeniably intertwined and inseparable from it. Applying a biblical worldview among the disciplines gives Interdisciplinary Studies students the template for discernment in learning.

This is all made visibly evident through the culminating project. The capstone project allows a student to show the relevance and authenticity of the learning they have done over the past four years. They must demonstrate an ability to creatively synthesize information and see the interconnectedness of ideas among the content areas of the various courses they have taken, proving that TMU has helped them not only grow as learners but to discover the true value of learning.

Students complete General Education (GE) requirements in their freshmen and sophomore semesters. For junior and senior semesters, they take 6 courses of Classical Liberal Arts (CLA) major courses, and 6 courses from the business major. The third block of classes is a combination of the two chosen areas plus a unique capstone and a CLA/business internship in their senior year.

The 6 Business Block Courses include:

• ECN210 Microeconomics
• MGT310 Management Theory
• MGT330 Business Communication
• MKT350 Fundamentals of Marketing
• INB311 Global Business Strategies
• BUS368 Entrepreneurship

The 6 CLA Block Courses include:

• HU201 Introduction to Classical Liberal Arts
• ART338 Art History of the Western World
• LAT399 Latin 1
• POL365 Western Political Philosophy
• BIB357 Bible Backgrounds
• HU312 Disciplinary Connections

Complementary business courses include FIN341 Investments, MGT351 Human Resources, MKT462 Sales and Customer Service, MKT381 Consumer Behavior, BUS320 Business Law, and ACC460 Tax Accounting. Complementary CLA courses include TMU in Italy, H316 Renaissance Europe, H383 Ancient Roman History, and H385 Ancient Greek History.

Students complete General Education (GE) requirements in their freshmen and sophomore semesters. For junior and senior semesters, they take 6 courses of marketing courses, and 6 courses from the communication major. The third block of classes is a combination of the two chosen areas plus a unique capstone and a Strategic Marketing/Communication internship in their senior year.

The 6 Communication Block Courses include:

• C122 Social Media and Communication
• C202 Film History
• C220 News Media Literacy
• C331 Freelance Entrepreneurship
• C371 or C391 Interpersonal/Intercultural Communication
• C472 Rhetorical Criticism

The 6 Marketing Block Courses include:

• MKT350 Marketing Fundamentals
• MKT361 Marketing Strategy
• MKT381 Consumer Behavior
• MKT462 Sales and Customer Service
• MKT482 Marketing Research

Complimentary Communication Courses include: C132 Podcast Studio, C254 Journal & Autobiographical Writing, C320 Newspaper Workshop, C351 Creative Writing, C311 Video Production I, C381 Beginning Public Relations, or C399 Winterim Production. Complimentary Marketing Courses include MKT488 Marketing Internship, MGT330 Business Communications, and C368 Fundamentals of Advertising Copywriting.