Multidisciplinary Research, Undergraduate Certificate

About the Multidisciplinary Research Undergraduate Certificate

The College of Arts & Sciences Multidisciplinary Research Certificate will be hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences Undergraduate Research Academy (CASURA). The certificate will encourage undergraduate students to work with faculty to obtain first-hand experience with multidisciplinary scholarly pursuits and culture. Training will be focused on multidisciplinary methodologies and hands-on experience/training for students to obtain early exposure and experience for solving complex problems facing societies today. This certificate will encourage and support pioneering undergraduate researchers to use radical approaches, apply new expertise, or engage novel perspectives to answer life’s most fundamental questions at the intersection of the humanities, social, physical, and life sciences. Undergraduates will be prepared for academic excellence by relying on their intrinsic motivation, enhanced self-confidence, and emergent abilities. Furthermore, students will be nurtured in a collaborative environment by others within and outside their primary fields of study. This community of undergraduate researchers will be instrumental in driving interdisciplinary collaboration and advancing our understanding of the culture of a multidisciplinary environment.

Students graduating with a Multidisciplinary Research Certificate must complete 13 SCH from the list of approved courses. Students must take the required common core courses - ENGL 2311 ; CASC 3100 ; then choose 6 SCH from a primary group (see listing of groups) and 3 SCH from a secondary group, for a total of 13 SCH.  A 13 SCH certificate profile example would be: ENGL 2311 , CASC 3100 , Group III – Life Sciences (6 SCH: CHEM 4300 ; BIOL 4300 ) and Group V – Physical Sciences (3 SCH: MATH 4000 ). CASC course content will guide multidisciplinary research culture and practices to keep students engaged from the start of the program. 

All courses applying to the certificate must have a grade of B or higher.

Contact: ernest.smith@ttu.edu