Completion of the major requires 45 credits.

Courses from two or three departments or areas are distributed as follows: 15 credits in department or area A; 15 credits in department or area B; 15 credits in department or area C (or 15 credits in additional courses from department or area A, B, or both).

All students majoring in Multidisciplinary Studies must satisfy the upper-division writing requirement established in one of the two or three departments chosen for distribution of Multidisciplinary Studies major credit. The department in which the upper-division writing requirement is satisfied must be a department within the College of Arts and Sciences. Students must report the department in which they will meet the upper-division writing requirement to the director of the Multidisciplinary Studies major by the start of their final semester.

At least 30 credits offered to fulfill major requirements must be in upper-division courses, that is, courses numbered 300 or higher.

Of these, at least nine credits in concentration A and nine credits in concentration B must be in upper-division courses.

A maximum of 15 credits may be used in courses from departments outside the College of Arts and Sciences such as business, computer science, or health sciences courses.

The 45 credits must include at least 15 upper-division credits taken at Stony Brook.

No more than six credits of independent study (including directed readings, research, and projects), with no more than three credits in a single concentration, will be accepted toward the major.

No more than three credits of S/U graded courses, including teaching practica and internships, will be accepted toward the major.

No courses taken under the Pass/No Credit option will be accepted toward the major.

Students in the Multidisciplinary Studies major may not declare a second major.