Learning Model

This unique program allows each student to work with the Program Head in MAIS to create an individualized schedule of study that draws together courses of personal and professional interest from other masters and graduate certificate programs at Royal Roads University. Students select no more than 50 per cent of their courses from any one program to assure interdisciplinary breadth of study.  Individuals may do one on-campus residency in another masters program, or they may complete their degree completely online.  

Online courses are not independent studies courses; they have deadlines for assignments and, more importantly, required posting deadlines to foster the fruitful exchange of ideas that make virtual communities thrive. In building a program of studies in the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies program, working professionals should consider taking no more than one online course at a time because each online course can require up to 20 hours of work per week.

Royal Roads University provides a computer help desk for technical support.  

Students who do residencies in other programs work on two or three courses simultaneously in a blended model of delivery.  Such programs begin with pre-residency online work, followed by two to three weeks of intensive on-campus course work at Royal Roads University, and subsequently, several weeks of post-residency work.  While the MA in Interdisciplinary Studies program recommends a residency in another masters program during the course of studies, residency options demand unimpeded time on-campus and for that reason may not fit into everyone’s life.