Your future, your terms. Create a master's degree tailor-made to suit your professional and personal goals.

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The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program provides an innovative and flexible approach designed for students who wish to pursue a distinctive educational experience by creating a degree perfectly suited to their individual career or personal goals.

Choose your own pathway by selecting courses from across EMU's Graduate and Professional Studies programs, combining academic rigor and practical knowledge from a multitude of disciplines.  You'll find that our programs offer a range of delivery options that include evening, online, and hybrid courses--all designed to suit the needs of busy, working professionals.

Wherever you want to go in your life or career, EMU provides the knowledge and skills to get there! 

Move Across Disciplines and Propose Your Curriculum

Established on the principle that solving problems and producing knowledge in the 21st century often requires crossing disciplinary boundaries, the student is an active participant in proposing a curriculum that supports an individualized and scholastically rigorous academic goal while customizing coursework to their specific areas of interest.

Students may choose classes from the existing curriculum within our graduate programs, in an undergraduate course with a master’s-level syllabus, or through directed studies with faculty offering mentoring and training in an area of expertise.

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