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Our programs include:

  • Undergraduate degrees in Integrative Studies (BA, BS) and Religious Studies (BA, BS, major and minor)
  • Certificate in Intercultural Communications
  • Badge in Intercultural Competence (available to both degree-seeking and non-degree seeking students)
  • Degree completion pathways, including the new LEADS Program
  • Leadership (Online Certificate)

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Student and Faculty Spotlights

Winter 2021 Wendy J Wenner Senior Thesis Award Spotlight

Winter 2021 Wendy J Wenner Senior Thesis Award

Madison Couch was selected as the Integrative, Religious, and Intercultural Studies (IRIS) Dept. Wendy J Wenner Senior Thesis award recipient for her work titled "A Crisis at the Border."

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See What We Are About: Upcoming Events

INT 100/201 APPROVED - Ottawa County Commissioners Meetings

March 28, 2023 6:30 PM

GVSU is in Ottawa County. Changes are taking place within the county related to policy, leadership, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.  Come learn more about local government at the county level...

Environmental Justice in Michigan and Beyond: Sociology in Action and Advocacy

March 30, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Professor Cedric Taylor is a deeply impassioned sociologist and a documentary filmmaker with a mind and heart for social and economic justice. His scholarly and creative endeavors focus on racial health...

INT 100/201 APPROVED - OTTAWA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETINGS

April 11, 2023 9:00 AM

GVSU is in Ottawa County. Changes are taking place within the county related to policy, leadership, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. County logo changed from "Where you Belong" to "Let...

REL Site Tour: Temple Emanual

April 16, 2023 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Join Religious Studies faculty and staff at Grand Rapids Temple Emanuel promptly at 5:15pm on April 16. Shabbat weekly services begins at 6pm. We will depart at 7:15pm. Register to attend here http://www.gvsu.edu/iris/cms-form-edit.htm?formId=F621A279-F4B7-D9F9-58700F104AC286F2

Winter 2023 Integrative Studies Senior Showcase

April 25, 2023 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

INT 495 Winter '23 Senior Showcase Join INT majors as they present their culminating projects.

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IRIS IN THE NEWS

One-credit courses promote transferrable skills

One-credit courses promote transferrable skills

The popular array of one-credit courses housed in the Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies offer students choices that promote development of transferable skills related to professional and academic success.

Feb 24, 2023

New GVSU degree program help students step quickly into jobs they wants students step

New GVSU degree program help students step quickly into jobs they wants students step

Melanie Shell-Weiss, associate dean for Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies, called it a program designed for people who may have met "the glass ceiling" in their current roles. "There is a population of people who were very tempted to join vo

Feb 7, 2023

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