The imp:ACT Institute is a home, a hub, and an incubator for the interdisciplinary majors and programs of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

Ask questions. Cross boundaries.

Employers increasingly want people who can hold multiple contexts at once, see across organizational silos, and engage meaningfully with ambiguity. An imp:ACT education builds exactly that, taught by faculty who research across disciplinary lines and bring that work straight into your classroom. 

Find a home. Join a hub. Build what comes next.

Built to fit your life: DU's quarter system lets you double major, add minors, and still finish on time, and 4D Fridays connect your coursework to internships, research, and community partnerships.

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A Home

Join a community of students and faculty who refuse to be boxed in, and claim a shared space to gather, collaborate, and find academic support. 

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A Hub

Draw on faculty mentorship that connects your coursework across programs and points it toward a career. 

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An Incubator

Study programs that evolve in response to emerging social and technical challenges, so what you learn keeps pace with the world you are entering. 

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Your imp:ACT

  • A rigorous, coherent interdisciplinary major or minor 
  • Coordinated advising and a curricular pathway mapped to your goals 
  • Expanded internships, research, and experiential learning
  • A credential that signals real range to employers and graduate schools 

Find the programs that meet your unique needs:

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Applied AI & Society

This minor is grounded in the liberal arts, connecting artificial intelligence to human questions about ethics, identity, culture, public policy, and social impact. 

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Asian Studies

Majors and minors in Asian Studies explore the literatures, cultures, visual and performing arts, religions, histories, politics and economies of Asian countries with esteemed faculty. These scholars come from diverse disciplinary backgrounds centered on East and South Asian cultures and languages. They engage particularly with China, Japan, India and Tibet.

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Black Studies

Black Studies is an interdisciplinary minor that invites students to explore the breadth of the field. Classes provide students with in-depth exposure to the historical, cultural, political, economic and social development of the African Diaspora. 

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Culture, Health & Society

The CHeS minor aims to expand students’ understandings of health, disease, health inequalities, wellbeing, health care, and/or health systems, by offering a variety of courses in key disciplines including, but not limited to: Economics; Media, Film, and Journalism; Anthropology; History; Psychology; Communication; Music; Philosophy; Art; and Sociology.

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Ethnic Studies

The Ethnic Studies major and minor explore race and ethnicity within many social, political and historical contexts. This in-depth knowledge can better prepare you for careers in science, technology, business, law, government, public policy, nonprofits, the arts and more. 

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Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies

GWSS majors and minors unpack gender, race, sexuality, class and disability and the impact they have on our communities. This cross-disciplinary program offers a vibrant and rigorous course of study in this important and growing field.

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Middle East Studies

This interdisciplinary undergraduate minor provides students with an in-depth and substantive exposure to the politics, society and religions of the Middle East through a variety of humanities and social sciences approaches, and through study of at least one major regional language.

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Philosophy

Majors and minors in philosophy at DU explore foundations in logic and the philosophical traditions of the ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary eras. Classes cover topics from ethics and perceptions of reality to the philosophical underpinnings of science, law and video games. 

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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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