BIS 201 Overview
Prepared by Academic Advising
Revised by Leland G. Spencer
General Intent of the BIS Degree – Your Past?
• Reflect on what you
have learned in the past
(in school & life)
• Do you want to
continue to build upon
any or all of this past
learning specifically?
or
• Do you want to take a
completely different
direction for additional
coursework?
Your future?
• What do you want to
do with the BIS once
you graduate?
• Have you researched to
know if this degree will
help you do what you
intend?
Do your Research!
SOME SOURCES:
•Focus 2 Career:
www.units.muohio.edu/careers/students/focus2.html
•LearningExpress Library:
http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/
(Off-Campus)
http://proxy.ohiolink.edu:9099/login?url=http://www.learnatest.com/LEL/index.cfm/
•College of Arts & Science:
http://www.cas.miamioh.edu/advising/majors/careers.html
•Graduate School:
http://www.gradschools.com/
•GPA Calculator
http://www.units.muohio.edu/saf/reslife/reslife/advising/gpa_tool.php
Your Present:
What pieces do you want to assemble in the BIS
degree to build on your past and help you achieve your
future career/life goals after BIS?
SEO & DAR (Degree Audit Report)
How are your credits
fitting into the BIS
degree thus far?
Using the vertical
student Degree Audit
Report (DAR).
Academic Advising
DARS are horizontal.
Admission Pre-requisite?
• Students catching up on things they may be
short of from high school toward admission:
• Most common:
– Foreign Language (must have 2 years of the same
foreign language) – One full year of same language
at Miami will fulfill this, including sign language
– Math (Must have completed Advanced Algebra in
high school (MTH102 here will cover this)
10 Year Old Credits
• These credits can generally still
count toward your 128
minimum hours to graduate
and a degree
• Must be petitioned to the
Interdivisional Committee of
Advisors
• General Advising or Faculty
Advisors can help!
Open all sections & Earned Hours? + See Earned Hours at back of DARS
Miami Plan Foundation (Advising tip: Get the less frequently offered courses
done first, then backfill with MPF at the end where you have more choices)
Thematic Sequence (MPT)
• EVERY bachelors degree
student HAS to
complete a MPT,
• or a minor
• or a double major
• Intent:
To give you some
focused knowledge
outside your major
• = 1 piece of your BIS
“package”
• The 1st course in • Example:
your Miami Plan
ATH 3: World Cultures
Foundation CAN
– ATH 175
overlap with your
– ATH 231*
Thematic
– ATH307*
Sequence
• * Get these ASAP as
they are offered less
frequently and do not
have pre-reqs
Other MPT Available All on Regional Campuses
FSW 1: Services for Children/Families
FSW 207, FSW 208
FSW 4: Children and Families
FSW 281, FSW 481, FSW 261 or 381
CJS: Race and Criminal Justice
BWS 151, CJS 211 or 281, CJS 401
BOT 2: Molecular Processes
BIO 191 or 116, BIO 203, BIO 342 or 425
CSE 2: Computer Programming
CSE 174, CSE 271, CSE 274
BTE1: Marketing Perspectives
BTE 105, BTE 261, BTE 263
CIT 1: Social & Global Computing
CIT 157, CIT/CSE 262, CIT 448
SOC 5: Gender & Family Studies
SOC 203, SOC 221, FSW 363
ENG 4: Film in Pop Culture
FST 201, FST 220, FST 221
MBI 1: Biomedical Science
MBI 161, BIO 232 or 325, MBI 361
MTH 2: Math Tools for Science
MTH 151 , MTH 231, STA 301 or 368
ENG 2: Women & Lit
WGS 201, ENG 468, ENG 232 or 233
ENG 8: African Amer. Lit
BWS 151 + 2 of: ENG 337, ENG 338,
BWS 221
ATH 3: World Cultures
ATH 175 or 185, ATH 231, ATH 388 (or
another upper level from the approved list)
Warning!
• Complete a meaningful
MPT asap!!
• Oxford Departments
create and control MPT
• A set courses you must
follow
• Once you start down
the path to a MPT it
might be harder to get
the last part(s), so make
this a priority!
Course Planning Guide
http://www.regionals.miamioh.edu//courses/documents/schedule/Master_Multiyear_Schedule_RegionalCampuses_Updated_7.31.2013.pdf
• Regional
Campus
Website/
Regional
Records &
Registration
http://miamioh.edu/liberal-ed/current-students/index.html
Liberal Education Office
• Self-designed
Thematic Sequences
are an option but will
require extra work in
creating, proposing
and writing a strong
rationale
• But this is similar to
the SEO process!
Miami Capstone
• Miami Plan has 3
layers:
– MP Foundation
– MP Thematic Sequence
– MP Capstone
• BIS 401 Seminar = Miami
Capstone
 IF you have earned 96 hours
(senior level) BEFORE you
start BIS 401 course!
 You can enroll in it as you are
earning your senior status
Bachelor of Integrative Studies Major Hours Requirement
• 56 hours at 200+
level
• 21 hours at 300+
level
• For example: a 400
level course counts
toward both 200 & 300
• T credits can be
petitioned toward
200/300/400 level ;
see a faculty
advisor for help
T credits
(See Academic Advising Office or a faculty advisor for help with petitioning)
• If a course you transfer • Any course used in a
= about 70% of an
Self-designed
existing Miami course
Concentration MUST be
we give it our name and
petitioned to SPRC
number
• T credits can be
• If it doesn’t we match it
petitioned toward:
to the closest
– MP Foundation/Thematic
• Through dept. CDAs
department and give it
– 200-400 BIS level
a T number, such as:
st Century Literacies
–
21
• BTE T01
– Intercultural Perspectives
• COM T12
Courses Not Used in Any Specific Requirement Listed Above
• Toward end of DARS
• An area to keep track of
• If you enroll in a course
& it shows up here
make sure you do
indeed want and/or
need it
• A rich source to find
possible courses to use
in possible petitions (T
credits go here)
• Source for self-designed
concentration courses
Are you blown away yet?
BIS Core
• Seminars
• Intercultural
Perspectives
BIS Seminars
• Integrative Studies
Seminars (9 hrs)
• “The BIS Integrative
Studies seminars and
capstone help you
analyze and connect the
knowledge and skills
you gain from the other
BIS courses and
experiences.” BIS website
BIS Seminar Focuses:
• BIS 201 = SELF, other, product
– Practicing integration &
– Development of your Statement of Educational Objectives (SEO)
– Must submit your SEO to the SPRC in order to pass
• BIS 301 = self, OTHER, product
– Team taught, two perspectives
– Service Learning
– SEO must be accepted by SPRC in order to pass
• BIS 401 = self, other, PRODUCT
– Intense Capstone Product; 96 hours earned before you register
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS
FOR BIS STUDENTS
• Successfully Completing BIS201: Consult with your BIS201
Instructor for the latest of BIS201 requirements to successfully
pass the course and be able to proceed to BIS301
• Successfully Completing BIS301: Consult with your BIS301
Instructor for the latest of BIS201 requirements to successfully
pass the course and be able to proceed to BIS401
• Students who enroll in BIS 401 with fewer than 96 credit
hours earned will have to petition the Liberal Education
Council to have it count as a capstone course(See DARS)
DON’T DO THIS! WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE 96+ TO
REGISTER!
• Students must earn at least an average of a C in their BIS Core
courses (See DARS)
BIS Seminars
• Seminars must be taken in order from 201 to 401
• Sections of these seminars are offered year around (not in Winter term)
• BIS 301 does NOT have to be taken immediately after BIS201 (or 401 after
301)
• BIS 401 should only be taken after you are a senior (96 hours)!
• The fastest anyone can graduate with the BIS is 3 semesters (not counting
compressed Winter term)
(32 hours at Miami to add up to minimum of 128)
Intercultural Perspectives (IP) (0-14)
Under Global Miami Foundation – Fall 2012 on
(earlier catalog year – consult DAR & Advisors)
Intercultural Perspectives
Proficiency
• Intended to help
enhance multicultural
competence and
promote the
development of
informed, engaged, &
responsible world
citizens.
Our world is increasingly interdependent.
We want our students to be able to:
• Function & succeed in
situations that include
people from
backgrounds other than
their own, & from
backgrounds
dramatically different
from their own.
• Understand
perspectives that spring
from other cultures or
from a variety of
cultures.
• Learn that there are political,
environmental, economic,
and artistic reasons, to
appreciate diverse cultures.
• Gain increased knowledge
and understanding about the
world and about the
increasingly global nature of
many formerly local issues
• Function & succeed in situations
that include people from
backgrounds other than their
own, & from backgrounds
dramatically different from their
own.
• Understand perspectives that
spring from other cultures or
from a variety of cultures.
• Learn that there are political,
environmental, economic, and
artistic reasons, to appreciate
diverse cultures.
• Gain increased knowledge and
understanding about the world
and about the increasingly global
nature of many formerly local
issues
• History:
• During BIS development we were getting pushed to require that every
BIS student must complete 2 full years of foreign language
• The Resulting options = Students can complete IP with:
• Earned credit for Foreign language course at 202 level
• Test into 300 level foreign language (+ petition to SPRC
with test scores & intercultural experiences)
• Foreign Language 201 + 1 course
• 2 IP courses (See list on BIS website) (6 hours)
– If you are in a Pre-Global Miami Plan = 3 IP Courses/9 hours
• Study Abroad or other “Cultural Experiential Studies”
beyond Global Miami Plan (6+ hours; petition to SPRC)
• NOTE:
– Global Perspective
courses CANNOT double
for Intercultural
Perspectives (IP) courses
– They CAN double dip
with:
• Other Miami Plan
Foundation areas
other than Global
• Thematic
Sequence/Minor
• BIS concentrations
21st Century Literacies
 Meant to reflect and
understanding that
simple reading,
writing, and calculating
skills are no longer
sufficient to describe
“literacy,” in today’s
world
 Courses focus on
statistical, visual,
information
technology, and
technical literacies.
• Allowable overlaps:
– MP Foundation
– MP Thematic Sequence
– BIS Concentrations
• Advice:
– Get some practical,
workplace skills here!
– STA 261 Statistics for
grad school!
BIS Concentration I
• 15 hours (5
courses)
minimum
• Make sure if
you transfer
in hours for
Concentration
I it adds up to
at least 15
Currently 13 Existing Concentrations:
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Applied Kinesiology
Applied Sociology
Contemporary American Experience
Cross Cultural Leadership
Environmental Studies
Families, Gender & Society
Geographic Information Science
Health Care Administration
Information Technology Strategy for
Organizations
Organizational Leadership
Personal and Community Health
Perspectives
Understanding Media and Visual
Culture
Child Development
Use the Correct BIS Concentration Titles!
• Do this from the very
beginning!!
• For example: the BIS is
NOT a Business degree
or a Communication
degree!!
• Those are Oxford
degrees
• You must not
misrepresent the BIS on
your resume or in
discussing your degree
with others!
Child Development Concentration
Take one of the following:
EDT 272E
Introductory Child Development
FSW 281
Child Development in Diverse Families
PSY 332
Child Development
Take one (1) of the following:
FSW/KNH 208
Serving Children/Youth/Families II
EDT 246E
Foundations Reading, Lang, Literacy
FSW 261
Diverse Families Across the Lifespan
FSW 283
Introduction to Childcare Administration
NSG 232
Health Issues of Children and Youth
• Take two (2) of the following:
EDT 315E
Teaching Children's Literature Across the ECE Curriculum
PSY 331
Infant Development
BWS/FSW/SOC 362 Family Poverty
AAA/FSW/SOC 363 Sociology of Families
FSW 381
Parent-Child Relations in Diverse Families
KNH 473
Children and Youth in Sport
Take this course:
EDT 422
Studies in Educational Issues
Choosing Courses Within Concentration Levels
• Follow the rules for
choices of courses
allowed within each tier
for either Concentration
I or II
• Use the BIS website for
an easier way to
understand how to
select courses within a
concentration
• For example:
http://www.regionals.miamioh.edu//is/co
ncentrations.htm
Concentration II
• Minimum of 9 credit hours (3 courses)
• ADVISING TIP: Do NOT try to use your DAR to
understand your Concentration II choices – it
is too confusing
• Instead: Follow Rules in Concentration Tiers to
select courses
Self-designed Concentrations
• Self-design a Concentration
I and/or II by combining a
selection of university
courses of your choosing,
following guidelines
currently in place in the IS
Department.
• Con. I – make sure to
include at least 2
disciplines, at least 1 at
each 300 and 400
• Con. II – need at least 1
class at 300 or 400 level
Format for Self-designing Concentrations
• Minimum course levels (the higher the better):
• Concentration I: (Must add up to 15 hours)
100+(or 200 intro course)/200+/200+/300+/400
• Concentration II: (Must add up to 9 hours)
100+ (or 200 intro course)/200+/300+
Self-designing Increases Expectations for
Research & Rationale
• Expected to be much
more extensively and
fully researched,
considered, supported,
and articulated.
• In essence you are
creating part of your
degree from Miami
Sample Self Designs
Small Group Dynamics
COM 136: Interpersonal
Comm or SOC 151: Social
Relations
COM 231: Small Group
Comm
PSY 221: Social Psychology
SOC 363: Sociology of
Families or SOC 462:
Applied Research
COM 428: Conflict Comm
Human Identity & Diversity
ATH 185: Cultural Diversity in
the US or IDS 159: Strength
through Diversity
ATH 231: Cultural Anthropology
or PSY 210: Psych/Cultures
WGS 201: Intro to Women’s
Studies or 202: LGBT Studies or
221: Human Sexuality
WGS 301: Women & Difference
or SOC 348: Race and Social
Relations
COM 436: Intercultural Comm
Sample Self Designs
Global Heritage Studies
BWS 151: Intro to Black
World Studies or 156:
Intro Africa or HIS 198:
World History since 1500
AAA 207: Asia &
Globalization
HIS 296: World History
since 1945
ATH 388: Culture, Art, &
Artifact
COM 436: Intercultural
Comm
Social Media in Business
BTE 181: Computers & Business
BTE 284: Technology for
Knowledge Workers or ENG 224:
Digital Writing/Rhetoric or ART
256: Design, Percep., Aud.
CIT 262: Tech, Ethics, & Global
Society
MAC 325: Social Media Cultures
BTE 441: Social Media & Career
Development
Sample Self Designs
Personnel Studies
BTE 106: Intro to Business
or 108: Business Law or
MGT 111: Intro to Mgmt
BTE 243: Mgmt Worker Rel.
ENG 215: Workplace
Writing or 313: Technical
Writing
COM 339: Organizational
Comm
COM 428: Conflict Comm or
COM 439: Advanced Org
Comm
Critical Popular Culture Studies
ENG 122: Popular Lit or 124:
Intro Fiction or 125: Intro Drama
FST 201: Intro Film Studies
MAC 215: Media History or 200level ENG lit class
ENG 337 or 338: African
American Writing
COM/MAC 447: Media Criticism
Sample Self Designs
Nonprofit
Admin/Advancement
BTE 106: Intro to Business or
MGT 111: Intro to Mgmt
CRD 202: Intro to Nonprofits
COM 231: Small Group
Comm or COM 339:
Organizational Comm or BTE
401 or 402: Leadership
Classes
ENG 313: Technical Writing
ENG 413: Grant Writing
Applied Sexuality Studies
WGS 201: Intro Women’s
Studies or WGS 202: Intro
to GLBT Studies
WGS 221: Human
Sexuality
KNH 243: Women’s Health
Care
SOC 363: Sociology of
Families
SOC 451: Family Violence
Sample Self Designs
Applied Workplace Writing
ENG 212: Workplace Writing
ENG 224: Digital
Writing/Rhetoric or 223:
Strategies for Writers or JRN
201: Reporting & News
Writing or ART 256: Design,
Perc., Aud.
ENG 313: Technical Writing
COM 339: Organizational
Comm or ENT 316: Project
Management
ENG 413: Grant Writing
Applied Legal Studies
BTE 108: Into Business Law
Or CJS 125: Law & Courts
BTE 233: Real Estate Law
CJS 231: Law & Individual Rights
or POL 241: American Political
System
CJS 331: Juvenile Law or HIS 387:
US Constitution or POL 352:
Constitutional Law
CJS 461: Applied Research
Methods in Criminal Justice or
POL/CJS: Great Trial Capstone
Sample Self Designs
Health Communication
Organizational Comm
COM 136: Intro IPC
COM 136: Intro Interpersonal
Comm
SOC 262: Research
Methods or STA 261:
ENG 215: Workplace Writing or
Statistics
313: Technical Writing
BTE 224: Medical
COM 339: Organizational Comm
Terminology or NSG 321: COM 428: Conflict Com or 439:
US Healthcare Systems and Advanced Org Comm
Culture
BTE 401: Leadership Decision
PHL 375: Medical Ethics
Skills or 402: Cross Cultural Ldrshp
ENG 413: Grant Writing or or 441: Social Media & Career
CIT 431: Health
Dev. Or COM 336: Advanced
Information Technology
Interpersonal Comm
Sample Self Designs
Applied Ethics
PHL 131: Intro Ethics
CIT 262: Tech, Ethics, and
Global Society
PHL 312: Contemporary
Moral Problems
PHL 375: Medical Ethics
COM 428: Conflict Comm
or WGS 451: Family
Violence
Public Advocacy
COM 135: Public
Expression/Critical Inquiry
CRD 201: Civic Leadership &
Democracy
POL 241: American Political
System
COM 438: Political Comm or 437:
Advocacy in Contemporary
America
MAC 447: Media Criticism or
CJS/POL capstone
BIS Overlap Rules
Concentration and Thematic Sequence Rules:
• One (1) Departmental Overlap between Concentrations (but
NOT the same course)
• One (1) Departmental Overlap between the Thematic
Sequence and the Concentrations (but NOT the same course)
• The two overlaps cannot come from the same department!
Permissible Overlap Example:
• Concentration I - Organizational Leadership,
students can take PSY221 and Com 339
• Concentration II – Family, Gender, & Society,
students can take PSY 231
• Miami Plan Thematic Sequence – COM 1
Relational Communication . . . students must
take COM 336
Any questions so far ?
Statement of Educational Objectives (SEO) Parts:
• a) checklist of your
curricular course choices
• b) rationale for your course
and concentration choices
CONSIDER:
 What you have learned in
past coursework & life
 What do you want & need
to add to this during the
BIS, based on
 Where do you want to go
with this degree
ELEMENTS TO CONSIDER IN RESEARCHING & WRITING YOUR SEO
SEO CHECKLIST
COURSE SELECTION - Meaningful selection of courses made that are appropriate to help meet the aims & intentions of the students
rationale for this degree.
ACCURACY - Accuracy in Checklist entries and following of University & BIS requirements/rules
SEO RATIONALE
PURPOSEFUL CHOICES- Provide a meaningful rationale as to WHY each concentration & course was chosen. The rationale for each
course should focus on how they meet the spirit of the chosen concentrations. Make sure the title, explanation, and specific courses in
each concentration are all clearly aligned in the explanation. NOTE: Especially important in self-designed concentrations. SPRC Sample
Feedback: For any self-designed concentration the SPRC expects to see a statement that describes in some detail the individual courses
and explains how they will build upon one another to provide a broader or deeper understanding of a certain area of study. Please
mention all the courses you intend to use in the concentration and describe how they complement each other and your educational
objectives.
MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS - Provide meaningful connections made between both Concentrations and also the Miami Plan
Thematic Sequence when applicable. (HOW do the different parts of your multidisciplinary degree work together as a package?)
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE - Develop a thoughtful, concise explanation of how these issues may relate to the intended educational,
career, or personal objectives. (Because you will want to be able to articulate the focus and value of your BIS degree to many people in
the future, including prospective employers. This is the place to begin that process.)
RESEARCH - Conduct relevant and necessary research to determine if the course choices & rationale will meet student’s expected
goals for this degree early enough in the program to make needed changes) Could include contacting future employers, grad schools,
certificate programs, transfer work, petitions, etc. Research demonstrates through commitment to the SEO process & development.
WRITING CLARITY, ORGANIZATION & AUDIENCE (SPRC) AWARENESS - Provide a well-written, clear, organized professional document to
be presented to an important coordinating body of the university. This also includes sending the SEO to the correct address; document
labeled correctly.
PROOFREADING Carefully proofread this document for writing errors to present yourself as a professional)
• SEO =
Statement of
Educational
Objectives
• See your BIS201
Instructor for the
current SEO
development and
submission policies and
procedures
Any further Questions?
BIS Advising PowerPoint
• Developed by Michael Hieber,
Tonia Hyllengren, & Chris Metcalf
– August 2013
• Revisions after RC4 no longer part
of BIS – Michael Hieber 1/30/14
• Further revised by Leland G.
Spencer – August 2014