The imp:ACT Institute is committed to an education that prepares students for a complex world. We do this by investing in the ideas and structures that keep pace with the students we serve.

The Interdisciplinary Majors & Programs: Advancing Curricular Transformation (imp:ACT) Institute is a home, a hub, and an incubator for our interdisciplinary majors and programs in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS). 

imp:ACT provides the foundation and support for our diverse programs to serve our students and faculty as they pursue answers to the questions that influence our world today and tomorrow. Courses are taught by expert faculty from across CAHSS, making the student experience more dynamic and impactful while creating more versatile, valuable graduates.

One institute means coordinated advising, connected courses, and faculty who work across disciplinary lines, so you graduate with a rigorous major, a clear path, and credentials that employers and graduate schools recognize.

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A Home

A shared space and a community of students and faculty who think across boundaries, gather, collaborate, and support one another's work.

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A Hub

Coordinated advising, a clear curricular pathway, and faculty mentorship that connect your coursework across programs and toward a career.

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An Incubator

Programs that evolve with emerging social and technical challenges, so what you study keeps pace with the world you are entering.

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Applied AI & Society

Minor. Connect artificial intelligence to the human questions it raises, from ethics and identity to culture, public policy, and social impact, grounded throughout in the liberal arts.

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Asian Studies

BA, Minor. Study the literatures, cultures, arts, religions, histories, politics, and economies of Asia with faculty whose work centers on East and South Asian cultures and languages.

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Black Studies

Minor. Trace the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of the African Diaspora across the full breadth of the field.

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Culture, Health & Society

Minor. Examine health, illness, inequality, and care as social and cultural forces, drawing on courses from anthropology and economics to media, philosophy, and the arts.

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Ethnic Studies

BA, Minor. Formerly Critical Race and Ethnic Studies. Analyze race and ethnicity across social, political, and historical contexts, building knowledge that carries into law, government, public policy, business, the arts, and more.

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Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies

BA, Minor. Unpack how gender, race, sexuality, class, and disability shape our communities, through a rigorous, cross-disciplinary course of study in a fast-growing field.

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Middle East Studies

Minor. Explore the politics, society, and religions of the Middle East through humanities and social sciences approaches, and the study of at least one regional language.

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Philosophy

BA, Minor. Build foundations in logic and the philosophical traditions from the ancient world to the present, applying them to ethics, reality, science, law, and more.

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Making An imp:ACT

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Philosophy Professor Cultivates Spiritual Community

Philosophy professor Sarah Pessin is building spiritual community across deep differences at DU through a framework she calls "hard hope."

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How CAHSS Is Preparing Students for What's Next

Studying across disciplines teaches what a single track can't: how to think critically, communicate clearly, and adapt to whatever comes next. 

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Where Journalism Meets Black Studies

When Kalea Carter (BA '25) added the Black Studies minor to her journalism degree, everything shifted. "I found a lens that I want to see the world through," says the first DU student to complete the program.

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Get creative. Finish on time.

At DU, interdisciplinary study is intentional, not improvised. imp:ACT gives you the structure and support to graduate with a rigorous major, meaningful credentials, and a clear future. 

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