Getting Started

感谢您对跨学科研究学士课程的兴趣. 通过学位作品门户网站创建跨学科研究专业的学习计划是很容易的. To begin, log into your MySail account on the left-hand side, under registration and degree planning select progress to degree. Next you will want to select launch degree works. Once your degree Works page opens, click on the plans tab. If you already have a plan entered by your previous major, click on new plan at the right and choose blank plan. Select a term by scrolling all the way down to BIS plan then click submit.

The description you will enter here is BIS plan of study. Then click save. Then click on the plus sign below BIS plan. Click on courses at the far left. Using the check boxes, choose the courses for your plan of study. 要按标题搜索课程，首先输入三个字母的名称.

For example, if you are adding COM 2000 public speaking, begin typing C-O-M. You will see the options populate alphabetically; then scroll until you find the rubric you are looking for. Once selected, all the course options for that designation will show. You will then select the course or use the arrow to scroll pages.

I am selecting COM 2000, and I see the course titled public speaking matches. Click the box, and the course will populate at the bottom. To add in an additional course, for example, HRD 3510 principles of leadership, follow the same instructions. Type HRD in the subject area and then scroll down to find that designation.

Here you will use the arrow to move to the next page to find the course. Select HRD 3510, and the title principles of leadership matches. 重复这个过程，为每门课程打勾，直到你把你想要学习的所有课程都添加到你的学习计划中. 在添加所有课程时，您可以在屏幕底部看到一个运行列表. Once you have selected all your plan of study courses, review all your selections to ensure that each is correct. 然后，一旦你的学习计划在学位作品中完成，点击添加计划. Contact your advisor to tell them your plan is entered. Your advisor will explain your next steps. If you have any questions at all please, contact the BIS office thank you.

The application rationale is an important part of your application document, 因为这篇文章可以帮助我们的教务委员会了解你的教育和职业意图. So, the six-question rationale should span to be about two pages long. You want to keep all the original questions intact, 所以只要使用我们发给你的原始文档，并在下面的空白处输入你的问题. 纵向上，每个问题应该包含一到两个段落，这取决于问题. 用第一个问题解释你的教育背景——你以前学过的专业, schools that you've attended, 你的职业想法-真的帮助我们看到是什么让你走到这一步. 第二个问题是关于你的职业和教育目标. In here, you can write in detail what your plans are for your future. Number three is an important one. 这个问题是关于你为你的学习计划所选择的课程选择. For this one, you'll need to list each class that will be part of your plan of study, so each of your future courses. 用一到两句话解释为什么这门课对你来说是一个不错的选择. 想想这门课程将如何帮助你实现你未来的目标. 你可以参考课程描述和目录，这样你可以了解更多关于这门课程的信息. 第四个是另一个很重要的问题它涉及到积分理论. 所以，想想你过去的课程是如何与你未来的课程结合起来，使你成为你想要进入的领域的唯一合格的人. So, think about this one kind of on a deeper level, right? How did you develop some transferable skills from what you've done before? How are the new courses going to help you to develop the skills, knowledge, critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, all the pieces that are going to go in to help you to stand out in the field? That's what you want to write about there. Number five is asking you to give a hypothetical title to your plan of study. This should not be a typical, regular major that we already have at OU. So think of this in a more creative way. What would your integrative title be? 它应该听起来像学术和专业的头衔，但记住这是一个假设的头衔. It won't actually be listed on your transcript. And the last question refers to graduate school. 如果你不打算继续读研究生，你不需要回答这个问题，只需要解释一下你现在不打算继续读研究生. If you do plan to go on for graduate school, talk about any prerequisites that are required and how you've included those. Maybe it's looking at the GPA. maybe there are certain classes that are required for your next step. That's what you want to include in that area. We want to make sure that you'll be able to transfer on, or go on for graduate school seamlessly, without having to do anything extra in between. And so, that will wrap up your rationale! It should be written professionally. It should be typed. So, it's a very important document that should really showcase you. So read through it. Use the Writing Center for help if you need that. Check for grammar. Make sure that everything flows well, and when you feel that it's in perfect condition, send it to your advisor for review. 我们会通读一遍，然后给你一些建议，让它变得更好. So, thanks for the good hard work on that!

申请过程的第三步是与你的导师见面. 这是一个很好的机会，让你与你研究领域的专家联系. 这个人对你的职业很了解，也许可以为你提供进一步的建议. They can also answer any questions that you have about course content, or anything specific that you have about the field. After your adviser has reviewed your plan of study and your rationale, 他们会把联系导师的信息和需要签名的表格发给你. 然后你要以专业和尊重的方式给你的导师发邮件, introduce yourself, and ask for a meeting. 您的BIS顾问也会提前将您的申请包发送给您的教师导师. 请允许至少两周的窗口时，安排您的预约和灵活的时间，可能会为您提供. Here are some tips when meeting with your mentor. Write down any questions that you might have, be early and be prepared, sign the form and take it with you to your meeting. 或者，如果你们是虚拟会议，让你的导师在表格上签字，然后把它还给你. 接着写一封感谢信，不要忘记把你的申请包寄给你的导师.