多学科研究旨在整合学生的学术兴趣和技能。学生学会成为整合的思想家，他们可以看到看似完全不同的信息中的联系，可以利用广泛的知识和技能来做出决定，并且以各种目的和各种环境与不同的受众有效沟通。该课程非常适合希望返回更高学位并希望获得最低学士学位的职位的回国学生和现役军人/退伍军人。
The Multidisciplinary Studies major curriculum will focus on upper division level courses, designed to integrate a student's academic interest and skills. Western's Multidisciplinary Studies major provides a solid liberal arts education to prepare students for rapidly changing career opportunities in many different fields. It is designed for students whose interests cannot be served by Western's established majors, and who want to focus their major studies across courses and departments to better meet their career goals or preparation for advanced levels of education.