{"id":8528,"date":"2026-06-26T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:33:26","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Interdisciplinary Studies &#8211; Carleton University"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/student-1600x700.jpg); background-position: 49% 15%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/why-interdisciplinary-studies-carleton\/\">Why SIS? \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"about-us\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS) is the home of five interdisciplinary programs of study:&nbsp;Childhood and Youth Studies&nbsp;(CHST),&nbsp;Human Rights and Social Justice&nbsp;(HRSJ), and&nbsp;Indigenous Studies&nbsp;(INDG),&nbsp;Master of Arts in Human Rights and Social Justice&nbsp;(HRSJ), and&nbsp;African Studies. SIS brings together faculty and students from across the campus who share research interests that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries in the arts, social and natural sciences. In IIS, research and teaching draw on critical perspectives on societal issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While each program is unique, they all share the goal of supporting students in applying critical approaches that challenge historical and contemporary inequities. Across the programs, we offer courses that advance anti-colonial, decolonial, anti-racist, Indigenous, transnational, and community approaches to learning and research. SIS strives to teach our students how to make connections, think critically, and contribute significantly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"five-programs-one-commitmment-to-people\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Five Programs. One Commitmment to People.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/black.jpeg\" alt=\"Black faculty students meet and greet\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    African Studies \n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The African Studies program draws on Carleton&#8217;s deep faculty expertise and the wider Ottawa-Gatineau region to offer fresh insight into Africa&#8217;s dynamics: the slave trade, religion, livelihoods, conflict, and the arts.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/african-studies\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    African Studies\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/youth-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Childhood and Youth Studies \n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The Childhood and Youth Studies program centres on childhood and youth, and its focus on critical intersectionality, children&#8217;s rights, and youth activism makes it the only program of its kind in Eastern Ontario.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/childhood-and-youth-studies\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    CHST Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/AdobeStock_361172136-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"activists at Black Live Matters protest \" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Human Rights and Social Justice\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    The Human Rights and Social Justice program at Carleton studies historical and contemporary human rights and social justice issues and their impact on human lives in different contexts.\u00a0\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/programs-of-study__trashed\/human-rights\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    HRSJ Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n            <figure class=\"mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden max-w-[45%] @xl:md:max-w-[25%] rounded-md aspect-[4\/2.7]\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/Indigenous.jpg\" alt=\"drumming, a celebration outside\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\"><\/figure>\n        \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Indigenous Studies \n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Critical Indigenous Studies unites us in commitment to Indigenous resurgence, community-engaged learning, and dissecting colonial power. A degree prepares you for decolonization, climate action, and law reform.\n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/indigenous-studies\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    INDG Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100   \">\n    \n                        <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n                    Master of Arts Human Rights and Social Justice\n            <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n        \n                    <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6\">\n                <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                    Our MA program emphasizes social justice frameworks born out of anti-colonial, decolonial, anti-racist, transnational, and community-based knowledge processes and practices in the context of graduate studies. \n                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n        \n                                \n            <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto text-white md:pt-5\">\n                <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/master-of-arts-human-rights-social-justice\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    MA Information\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n            <\/div>\n    \n\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-7xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Students Advising\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For undergraduate advising inquiries please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:iis@carleton.ca\">iis@carleton.ca<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For graduate advising inquiries please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:iisgrad@cunet.carleton.ca\">iisgrad@cunet.carleton.ca.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For&nbsp;<strong>in-person, one on one<\/strong>&nbsp;undergraduate advising, we are available Monday \u2013 Friday 9:00 a.m. \u2013 4:00 p.m. Please email us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:iis@carleton.ca\">iis@carleton.ca<\/a>&nbsp;to make an appointment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is English not your first language?&nbsp;<\/strong>ESL students can still start a degree!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/admissions.carleton.ca\/esl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn how<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/registration\/\">Registration Resources<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/09\/student-library-768x504.jpg); 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