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Department: Interdisciplinary Studies

Office of the Provost

The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Tel.: 212.817.7200

Email: provost@gc.cuny.edu

https://www.gc.cuny.edu/academics/collaborative-and-interdisciplinary-programs

Detailed information about the certificate programs can be found on the Graduate Center website at: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/academics/programs?type=83

The CUNY Graduate Center offers opportunities for interdisciplinary research and training. It recognizes that the development of knowledge crosses traditional departmental boundaries and that interdisciplinary study constitutes a sound and stimulating approach to scholarship. Students interested in interdisciplinary work are enrolled in one of the existing programs offered at the Graduate Center and are expected to fulfill the requirements of that program. At the same time, students can take advantage of several kinds of interdisciplinary studies (IDS). In addition to the certificate programs and interdisciplinary concentrations listed below, students can avail themselves of interdisciplinary opportunities through the Graduate Center’s many centers, institutes, committees, and initiatives.

The Graduate Center offers interdisciplinary certificate programs that include Africana Studies, American Studies, Demography, Film Studies, Global Early Modern Studies, Interactive Technology and Pedagogy (ITP), Public Scholarship, and Women’s Studies and are open to all matriculated students. The certificate programs in Data Science, Environmental Justice and Climate Resilience, ITP, LGBTQ Studies, Medieval Studies, Nanoscience Connected to Life are also open to external applicants as an advanced certificate. When the student has completed the requirements for the advanced certificate, they will receive notification. Certificate programs should send the list of eligible students to the Office of the Registrar for the certificate to be recorded.

There are also a number of interdisciplinary concentrations. Some of these concentrations offer core courses, while others guide students in finding courses across different academic disciplines that fulfill the concentration requirements. When students finish the requirements for a concentration, they are awarded a paper certificate, but the IDS concentrations are not noted on their transcripts. The interdisciplinary concentrations include Advanced Social Research, Cognitive Science, Fashion Studies, Food Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Lesbian/Gay/Queer Studies, Psychology of Political Behavior, Public Policy and Urban Studies, Twentieth-Century Studies, and Urban Health and Society.