{"id":8798,"date":"2013-05-06T16:15:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2013-05-13T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T17:39:50","slug":"graduate-earns-first-degree-in-bachelor-of-integrated-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/graduate-earns-first-degree-in-bachelor-of-integrated-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate earns first degree in Bachelor of Integrated Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Cassie Ridings crossed the stage on May 4 to accept her diploma, she was the first UTC graduate to earn a degree in Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS).\u00a0<!--more-->The UTC BIS program received state approval in July 2012.\u00a0 It quickly drew the attention of a variety of students\u2014already 25 majors are enrolled in this unique Arts and Sciences degree program, which allows a personally designed course plan that best suits individual educational and professional goals.\u00a0 Students who are returning to UTC after a few years of absence are particularly interested in the BIS.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransfer students find this program appealing because elective courses that transfer from other universities are easily applied to the major,\u201d explains Dr. Gretchen Potts, Program Coordinator, Bachelor of Integrated Studies.\u00a0 \u201cOthers, who have interests in two or three areas, find the degree ideal for addressing their needs.\u00a0 For instance, Cassie integrated Education with Early Childhood Development to help her attain her goal of working with young children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BIS has a new online concentration in Professional Studies which was recently approved by the University.\u00a0 This degree completion concentration requires interested students to have 60 hours of college credit and a 2.0 GPA before enrolling in the program.\u00a0 Courses to complete the degree are entirely online and should allow students to graduate in a two-year period.\u00a0 The Professional Studies Concentration has focus areas in Technology or Contemporary Social Issues.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the BIS program, please visit the website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/BIS\">http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/BIS<\/a> and click on the \u201cGetting Started\u201d link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Cassie Ridings crossed the stage on May 4 to accept her diploma, she was the first UTC graduate to earn a degree in Bachelor of Integrated Studies (BIS).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/05\/graduate-earns-first-degree-in-bachelor-of-integrated-studies\/\">Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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