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Mason's Bachelor of Individualized Study (BIS) program is a degree completion program for adult learners. Students create their own interdisciplinary concentrations to meet their own educational needs: to advance professionally, to prepare for graduate or professional programs, or to plan a path toward a career change.
BIS offers students a distinctive educational opportunity that allows them to integrate other college-level learning such as professional or military experiences into university course work. The advisers and faculty are committed to helping students build on their life experience to create a rewarding degree program.
The Prospective Students section has important information for students who want to learn more about the program.
College Students Win Global Education Awards
While many of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences' students will travel abroad this winter, 20 of them are headed to places likes Israel, Palestine, London, Switzerland, Greece, and Turkey thanks to awards from Mason's Center for Global Education. Read More >>
A Maintenance Man Crosses Over to the Classroom
Bob Nissen arrives at 6 a.m., long before the first-period bell sounds. On his belt, a ring holds the keys to 49 doors. Each morning brings something different—a leak in the ceiling, a cracked window. At night he takes classes at George Mason University, where he is pursuing a bachelor of individualized study degree with a concentration in educational psychology. One day that degree will lead him to the classroom he has yet to see: the one where he's the teacher. Read More >>
Kennedy-Orr Used BIS Program to Weave Military Experience into College Credit
Susan Kennedy-Orr, a military police officer who became a bodyguard for Department of Defense officials, was able to apply her military experience as she pursued a bachelor's degree of individualized studies in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at George Mason University. The college recently caught up with Kennedy-Orr. Here’s what she had to say: Read More >>