Hodges University's Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) program supports the University's philosophy of being creative, open, and community conscious institution of higher learning. Graduates of Hodges are prepared to fulfill social responsibilities, adapt to change, adhere to standards of excellence, appreciate life-long learning and understand the global perspective. They are able to measurably demonstrate integrative excellence in the core competencies of effective communication, leadership and initiative, research, and critical thinking.60 credit hours are required to complete this degree. Graduates from the IDS program find employment in careers such as education, social services, human resources, medicine, gerontology, law, sales, marketing technology, retail and management. They discover that they have a variety of career options. The graduate of an IDS program has the integrated ability to unravel the complex web created by the challenges of our twenty-first century global world - to propel an organization forward.