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INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Bloomington
Multidisciplinary Degree Programs

Study across disciplines

The world’s biggest challenges don’t fit into a single field—and neither should your education. IU Bloomington’s multidisciplinary programs connect expertise across schools and disciplines, giving Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs the flexibility to explore interests, build specialized skills, and prepare for impactful careers.

Build a degree around your interests

IU Bloomington’s undergraduate multidisciplinary programs bring together expertise from across schools and disciplines—connecting areas like technology and policy, music and business, media and global affairs, and environmental science and sustainability. Students gain broad perspectives, hands-on experience, and the flexibility to pursue academic and career paths that reflect their interests and goals.

Undergraduate multidisciplinary programs

  • Explore the connections between people, policy, and the environment through IU Bloomington’s interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Studies program. Students examine topics like sustainable food systems, environmental ethics, and human-environment interactions while building the skills to address complex sustainability challenges. Graduates are prepared for careers and graduate study across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

  • Environmental science at IU Bloomington combines the strengths of the O’Neill School and the College of Arts and Sciences to give Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs a broad, interdisciplinary understanding of environmental systems. Through fieldwork, laboratory experience, and coursework across the sciences, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs learn to connect science, policy, and management to solve real-world environmental challenges.

  • As the first program of its kind, IU Bloomington’s Cybersecurity and Global Policy degree bridges technology and international affairs. Students develop technical expertise in programming, networks, and security systems while exploring the global policy, legal, economic, and diplomatic questions surrounding cybersecurity. The result is a degree designed for Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs who want to lead at the intersection of technology and global impact.

  • Global media combines international studies with hands-on media training to prepare Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs for communication careers in an interconnected world. Through a partnership between The Media School and the Hamilton Lugar School, Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs gain practical storytelling and production skills alongside a deeper understanding of global cultures, politics, and public discourse.

  • IU Bloomington’s Music Business degree brings together the internationally recognized Jacobs School of Music and the Kelley School of Business. Students pair business strategy and entrepreneurship with a deep understanding of the music industry, preparing for careers in artist management, marketing, production, publishing, and entertainment leadership.

  • This joint degree from the Kelley School of Business and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering combines data science expertise with strategic business insight. Students learn how to analyze and interpret data, solve complex problems, and turn information into decisions that drive organizations forward. Graduates are prepared for high-demand careers across industries where data and business strategy intersect.

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Advance your career with a multidisciplinary graduate degree

Take the next step in your career with the Graduate School Bloomington. Built through partnerships between three or more IU academic schools, these programs allow you to learn at the intersection of different fields. Gain a versatile skillset that can be applied across industries to manage complex projects and lead teams.

Graduate multidisciplinary programs

  • Prepare for a career in museums, galleries, and cultural institutions. Combine focused studies in anthropology, art history, folklore, geology, history, or other disciplines with additional coursework designed to support your growth as an emerging curatorial or museum professional.

  • Protect organizations from emerging digital threats. By integrating the study of law, business, and computing, you will develop the technical and strategic skills needed to address complex security risks across the private and public sectors.

  • Join the second quantum revolution. Open to Ïã½¶ÊÓÆµs from many different backgrounds, you will study quantum information and its applications. Learn to develop the sensors, communication protocols, and computational methods of the future.

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