Bachelor of Science in Integrated Studies

2.7 Minimum GPA

Note: CAPS is designed for students with adult responsibilities who may require part-time and flexible course schedules. Current high school students and recent graduates seeking a traditional WashU college experience should apply through the undergraduate admissions office: admissions.wustl.edu.

Below is a list of requirements for an application to the undergraduate degree in Integrated Studies. Applications will be reviewed once all requirements are received.

Application Deadlines

Admission decisions are made on a rolling basis and typically take four to six weeks. An application is incomplete and will not be reviewed until all of the application requirements have been received or processed. Applicants are encouraged to submit all materials by the following dates:

• Summer 2023: April 30, 2023
• Fall 2023: July 31, 2023
• Spring 2024: Dec. 31, 2023

Completed Application Form

The online application is available on our Apply page. Applications are ready for review when all fields on the application form are completed and the required documents have been received.

Transcripts

Official (issued directly from the college or WashU) or unofficial (student-issued) copies of transcripts from the three most recent years of college-level work. If you have fewer than six units of transferable credit or CAPS course work, then proof of high school completion, General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency (HSE) must be submitted. Official transcripts must be sent directly from the registrar to the WashU School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Electronic transcripts should be forwarded to washucaps@wustl.edu. For transcript questions, please contact our Admissions Coordinator, Patricia Agnew, at paagnew@wustl.edu.

Non-United States course work transcript verification
If the transcript you submit for consideration is from a college or university outside the United States, a course by course transcript evaluation is also required. Evaluations will be accepted from World Education Services (WES), Spantran or another member institution of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). For Spantran evaluations, you must use this form. 

Personal Essay

Tell us about yourself in a brief essay (about 250 words). Why are you applying to WashU School of Continuing & Professional Studies? What are your goals, both academic and professional? Is there additional information we should know about you when considering your application?

All CAPS undergraduate students must satisfy the same general-education requirements. Students in the BS in Integrated Studies choose from the Area Concentration track or the Arts & Sciences Professional track, each of which culminates in a capstone experience.

AREA CONCENTRATION TRACK

In the Area Concentration Track, students take course work across the humanities, social sciences, or mathematics and sciences, providing multiple perspectives and approaches to similar subjects. Learning how a variety of disciplines approach questions provides a foundation for appreciating differences across cultures, areas of work and life, and among individuals. Students acquire a range of tools for approaching problems and creating solutions.

Required Courses: 36 units
Complete 33 units in one area of concentration, choosing from humanities, mathematics and sciences, or social sciences. For example, a student in the humanities area concentration might take 9 units each in English literature, history, and Spanish, and six units in philosophy. At least 18 units must be at the 300–400 level. 

Capstone: 3 units
Complete a three-unit capstone essay, reflecting on the integration of a topic across fields within the chosen concentration.

ARTS & SCIENCES PROFESSIONAL TRACK

In the Arts & Sciences Professional track, students pair the critical thinking, research, and writing that are essential across multiple careers with a set of skills that advances their prospects in a particular profession.

Required Courses: 36 units

Area Concentration (18 units)
Students choose from humanities, social sciences, or mathematics and sciences. Courses must be at the 300–400 level. 

Professional Studies (15 units)
Students choose individual courses that best advance their goals, or focus on a given area. Professional studies courses are chosen from:  

• Business
• Clinical Research Management
• Communications
• Computers and Information Management
• Design Thinking
• Forensic Psychology
• Geographic Information Systems
• Human Resources Management**
• Journalism
• Nonprofit Management**
• Sustainability

Capstone: 3 units 
Students reflect on, research, and develop a set of best practices in a chosen profession.

Optional Certificate
Students may focus on a given area and can earn a certificate (13–21 units) in the following:

• Business
• Clinical Research Management
• Forensic Psychology
• Geographic Information Systems
• Marketing
• Strategic Communications
• Sustainability

** Undergraduates may take a maximum of nine units of 500-level (graduate-level) course work.

HUMANITIES

• U11 ENGLISH COMPOSITION 317M – FICTION WRITING
• U16 HISTORY 3638 – DEBATING US HISTORY: MUSEUMS, MONUMENTS AND PUBLIC MEMORY
• U22 PHILOSOPHY 316 – MIND AND MORALS
• U27 SPANISH 339 – SURVEY OF CARIBBEAN CULTURES: CUBA, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, AND PUERTO RICO
• U51 KOREAN 330 – INTRODUCTION TO KOREAN POPULAR CULTURE

SOCIAL SCIENCE

• U09 PSYCHOLOGY 365 – LEARNING AND MEMORY
• U25 POLITICAL SCIENCE 3191 – TOPICS IN AMERICAN POLITICS: RACE AND ETHNICITY
• U69 ANTHROPOLOGY 3102 – BLOOD FEUDS AND BATTLEFIELDS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF WARFARE AND CONFLICT
• U69 ANTHROPOLOGY 3152 – ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
• U92 WOMEN, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY STUDIES 323 – SEX TRAFFICKING
   

MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE

• U20 MATHEMATICS 3091 – MATRIX ALGEBRA
• U29 BIOLOGY 413 – ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES
• U29 BIOLOGY 435 – NEUROBIOLOGY
• U29 BIOLOGY 463 – GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES

(Area concentrations can be selected from the above lists)

• U44 BUSINESS 305 – LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS
• U44 BUSINESS 3050 – MARKET RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES
• U80 CLINICAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT 325 – RESEARCH ETHICS AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
• U48 COMMUNICATIONS 350 – PUBLIC RELATIONS PRINCIPLES AND SOCIAL MEDIA
• U09 FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY 377 – INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
• U49 JOURNALISM 330 – PHOTOJOURNALISM
• U76 NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT 470 – GRANTWRITING