DRAFT
PROPOSED BIS CONCENTRATION
Proposed Title: / Alternate Title:
Discipline One: / Discipline Two:
Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution / Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution
Discipline One Total Credits: / Discipline Two Total Credits:
Required BIS Coursework / Optional BIS Courses
Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution / Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution
BIS 300 / Understanding Interdisciplinary Studies / 3 / GMU / BIS 489 / Directed Readings/Research (1 to 3 cr.) / GMU
BIS 390 / The Research Process / 3 / GMU / BIS 495 / Internship (1 to 9 cr.) / GMU
BIS 490 / Senior Project / 3 / GMU / UNIV 304 / BIS Transfer Transitions / GMU
BIS 491 / Senior Project Presentation / 1 / GMU
Total Required BIS Credits: / Total Optional BIS Credits:
Total Proposed Concentration Credits (34 - 46) / Draft approved by BIS: Advising Signature/Date
**This is your proposed concentration, which, if approved by the BIS program, may be used as a draft of your BIS concentration that would meet the technical requirements of the BIS degree. Your faculty mentor retains primary responsibility for approving academic content that will be included on your official educational contract.** Courses that are fulfilling the Mason Core requirements may not be used in the concentration.
Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution / Semester Attended
(Yr/Sp, Su, Fa) / Course Prefix/Num / Course Title / Credits / Institution
Total Credits: / Total Credits:
Alternative Courses:
Below you should list alternative courses that can be taken if, for reasons beyond your control, you are unable to take one or more of the concentration courses listed on the front of this form. Alternative courses should be from the same discipline or academic focus as the courses for which they substitute (PSYC for PSYC, social science for social science, etc.). At least one alternative is suggested for each concentration discipline.
Course Prefix/Number / Course Title / Credit Hours / Institution
Concentration Requirements:
34 – 46 semester hours (including required BIS courses). At least 25 hours must be upper-division (300, 400, 500, or 600 level; max 6 hours 500-600 level) and 25 credits must be from George Mason University. No more than 9 transfer credits can be included in the concentration. The concentration courses must not include general education course requirements. Courses already completed or in progress may be included. It is the student’s responsibility to be sure that all prerequisites are met before taking the courses listed. ** In order to graduate all students must meet Mason’s requirement of 120 total credits and 45 upper-level credits.**
It is the student’s responsibility to be sure that all prerequisites will be satisfied by the time the courses listed are taken. PLAN AHEAD!
MINORS: Per the University catalog, for students pursuing the individualized study concentration, 15 credits of the minor must be applied uniquely to the minor and not to the concentration. For students pursuing the concentration in early childhood studies, the minor is required and included in the credits applied to the concentration.