Arts, Sciences, and Technology: Specialized Support Teams: Student Support: University College: Indiana University Indianapolis

Our AST team

Meet who you’ll be working with on your academic journey.

Sarah Eltzroth

Director of Operations

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Phone:: 317-278-7913
Email:: seltz@iu.edu

AC Stokes

Team Coordinator, AST Cluster

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Email:: stokesan@iu.edu

River Garrett

Student Success Advisor, AST Cluster

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Email:: rivgar@iu.edu

Sara Crawford

Student Success Advisor, AST Cluster

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Phone:: 317-278-7882
Email:: sarcrawf@iu.edu

Jennifer Kaschner

Student Success Advisor, AST Cluster

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Phone:: 317-278-9954
Email:: jkaschne@iu.edu

Dee Alderman

Career Consultant, MCE and AST Clusters

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Phone:: 317-274-5644
Email:: dralderm@iu.edu

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Majors in AST

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This major is devoted to the scholarly exploration of African and African American history, life, and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. The program offers a variety of courses, lectures, and other scholarly activities that explore different aspects of the historical and contemporary African as well as the African American experience. 

Arts, Sciences, and Technology (AST)
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Enterprising
Investigative

Africana studies at IU Indianapolis is devoted to the scholarly exploration of African and African American history, politics, life, and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. You'll develop your own unique perspective of justice, freedom, and equality as you think critically about the function of race within individuals, institutions, and society. For this major, you'll choose a concentration in one of three areas: Africa, Caribbean and Latin America, or North America.

Career opportunities after graduation

Employment of social and community service managers is projected to grow 12% from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 18,000 openings for social and community service managers are projected each year, on average, over the decade.

Employment of postsecondary teachers is projected to grow 12% from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 132,600 openings for postsecondary teachers are projected each year, on average, over the decade.

Many of the above openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as retirement ( Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2022).

According to the IU Indianapolis First Destination Survey in 2021, the average starting salary reported for the School of Liberal Arts graduates was $44,206, and the median was $38,800 .

The national median annual salary for social and community service managers was $74,000 in 2021 and $79,640 for a postsecondary teacher ( Occupational Outlook Handbook).

(This section is intended for informational purposes, not prediction of actual salary.)

Africana studies majors often pursue advanced degrees in the following areas:

Business
Education counseling
Law
Medicine
Public affairs
Social work

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Sample coursework

Black American writing
Black church in America
Cultures of Africa
Globalization, struggle, and empowerment in African diaspora
Introduction to African American and African diaspora studies
Race and ethnic relations

Possible careers

Community service manager
Human resources generalist
Journalist
Lawyer*
Multicultural affairs officer
Public relations specialist
Social worker*

*These careers require additional training or education.

Where could I work?

Business
Community and public affairs
IU Indianapolis
Nonprofits
Public schools

Admission requirements

Admission by certification

Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
Complete at least 12 IU credit hours

Have you met the certification requirements? Let Liberal Arts know.

Engaged learning experiences

Service Learning

We believe in our power and responsibility to help others. Each year, our students, faculty, and staff work to improve neighborhoods in Indianapolis and beyond through service learning courses, community-based research and service projects, and partnerships with local organizations. Join us if you want to make a difference.

Study Abroad

Choose among programs in over 50 countries and nearly 20 languages, including English. Both shorter and longer immersion programs are also available.

Career Service

The Office of Career Development prepares, supports, and advises students each step of their career paths—like finding internships and building your resume. They serve undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.

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Interpreting for people who do not speak a common language is a linguistic and social act of communication. In this program, you’ll not only learn to relay messages and manage the process of talking back and forth for two people who speak different languages, but you’ll also gain an overall understanding of how meaning is constructed, how to manage the cross-cultural flow of talk, and the ethical issues associated with interpreting. 

Arts, Sciences, and Technology (AST)
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Enterprising

Interpreting for people who do not speak a common language is a linguistic and social act of communication. An interpreter relays messages and manages the process of talking back and forth for two people who speak different languages. An interpreter’s role is an engaged one, aimed at an overall understanding of the entire communicative situation, requiring fluency in the languages, the ability to know how meaning is constructed, and skills in managing the cross-cultural flow of talk. You'll learn various models of translating and are expected to engage with the deaf community of Indianapolis. This major prepares students to enter the profession of interpreting upon graduation.

Career opportunities after graduation

Employment of interpreters and translators is projected to grow 20% from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 9,200 openings for interpreters and translators are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as retirement ( Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2022).

According to the IU Indianapolis First Destination Survey in 2021, the average starting salary for School of Liberal Art graduates was $44,206, and the median salary was $38,800.

The national median annual salary for i nterpreters and translators was $49,110 in 2021 ( Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2022).

(This section is intended for informational purposes, not prediction of actual salary.)

American Sign Language interpretation majors often pursue advanced degrees in the following areas:

Education
Government affairs
Law
Linguistics
Political science
Psychology
Social work

Quick facts

Sample coursework

ASL for interpreters
English to ASL
History and culture of the deaf community
Introduction to interpreting
Practicum
Theory and processing of interpreting

Possible careers

Audiologist*
Educator
Employment counselor
Health care interpreter
Social worker
Speech therapist

*This career requires additional training or education.

Where could I work?

Administration
Business
Freelance
Indiana School for the Deaf
IU Health
Law

Admission requirements

Admission by application Application information

Engaged learning experiences

Study Abroad

Choose among programs in over 50 countries and nearly 20 languages, including English. Both shorter and longer immersion programs are also available.

Career Service

The Office of Career Development prepares, supports, and advises students each step of their career paths—like finding internships and building your resume. They serve undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.

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Study humanity through a combination of biology, cultural studies, archaeology, linguistics, and other social sciences. Graduates of this program go on to work in several different settings, such as hospitals, state and federal agencies, zoos, museums, archaeological contracting firms, and more. 

Arts, Sciences, and Technology (AST)
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This major encourages you to explore the origin and behavior of humans and their physical, social, and cultural development. Anthropologists study the way of life, remains, language, and physical characteristics of people around the world. They compare customs, values, and social patterns of different cultures, past and present. Archaeologists reconstruct a record of extinct cultures, especially preliterate ones, to determine age and cultural identity by classifying and interpreting artifacts, architectural features, and types of structures recovered by excavation.
Many of our students acquire graduate degrees and have been admitted to some of the most competitive graduate programs in the country.

Career opportunities after graduation

Employment of anthropologists and archeologists is projected to grow 4% from 2022 to 2032, about as fast as the average for all occupations. About 700 openings for anthropologists and archeologists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as retirement ( Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2023).

According to the IUPUI (now named IU Indianapolis) First Destination Survey in 2023, the average starting salary reported for School of Liberal Arts graduates was $50,036, and the median salary was $47,840.

The national median annual salary for anthropologists and archeologists was $63,800 in 2023 ( Occupational Outlook Handbook).

(This section is intended for informational purposes, not prediction of actual salary.)

Anthropology majors often pursue advanced degrees in the following areas:

Anthropology
Archaeology studies
Education
Environmental protection
Historic preservation
International affairs
Medicine
Museum studies
Social services

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Sample coursework

Bioanthropology
Cultural anthropology
Development of anthropological thought
Evolution and prehistory
Fieldwork in archaeology
Human origins and prehistory
Survey of applied anthropology

Possible careers

Communications specialist
Curator
Nonprofit management
Professor*
Research specialist
Urban planner*

*These careers require additional training or education.

Where could I work?

Community or social services
Education
Eiteljorg Museum
Indiana State Museum
Nonprofits
Public health
State of Indiana
Zoos

Admission requirements

Admission by certification

Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher
Complete at least 12 IU credit hours

Have you met the certification requirements? Let Liberal Arts know.

Engaged learning experiences

Service Learning

We believe in our power and responsibility to help others. Each year, our students, faculty, and staff work to improve neighborhoods in Indianapolis and beyond through service learning courses, community-based research and service projects, and partnerships with local organizations. Join us if you want to make a difference.

Study Abroad

Choose among programs in over 50 countries and nearly 20 languages, including English. Both shorter and longer immersion programs are also available.

Career Service

The Office of Career Development prepares, supports, and advises students each step of their career paths—like finding internships and building your resume. They serve undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni.

Holland interest codes

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Investigative

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Realistic

S

Social

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Help corporations, nonprofits, and other institutions realize the potential of data at an extreme scale by turning it usable knowledge. In this degree program, you’ll gain skills at every stage of the data pipeline. More specifically, you’ll learn about data curation, management, ethics, analysis, and dissemination.

Arts, Sciences, and Technology (AST)
Investigative
Conventional

Your car—like your phone, and even that new fridge—collects information nonstop. As corporations, nonprofits, and other institutions seek to realize the potential of data at an extreme scale, highly skilled data professionals are managing the onslaught and turning this information into usable knowledge.
If you’re interested in the growing and evolving field of data work and information science, the Bachelor of Science in Applied Data and Information Science is designed for you. Our classes enable you to gain skills at every stage of the data pipeline.
This major prepares you to meet the developing information needs of businesses, hospitals, and other employers through a rigorous program focused on data curation, management, ethics, analysis, and dissemination. These skills are essential to navigate a society that increasingly runs on data.
Students have the opportunity to specialize in applied data science or applied information science in this major.

Career opportunities after graduation

Employment of data scientists is projected to grow 36% from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations. About 13,500 openings for data scientists are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as retirement ( Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2022).

According to the IU Indianapolis First Destination Survey in 2021, the average starting salary reported for graduates from the School of Informatics and Computing was $60,205, and the median was $55,000.

The national median annual salary for data scientists was $100,910 in 2021 ( Occupational Outlook Handbook).

(This section is intended for informational purposes, not prediction of actual salary.)

Graduates in applied data and information science can pursue many advanced degrees, such as the following:

Applied data science
Business (M.B.A.)
Computer information technology
Computer science
Informatics
Library and information science

Quick facts

Sample coursework

Applications of data mining
Applied cloud computing for data intensive sciences
Data fluency
Data policy and governance
Information infrastructure
Mathematical Foundations of Informatics
Visualizing Information

Possible careers

Data analyst
Data curator
Information architect
Logistics manager
Market research analyst
Software Developer
Survey Researcher

Where could I work?

Cummins
Eli Lilly
IU Health
Regenstrief Institute
Roche
Salesforce
State of Indiana

Admission requirements

Admission by certification

Be a declared Applied Data and Information Science major
Complete 12 credit hours of nonremedial courses
Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher
Earn a C- or higher in LIS-S 201

Engaged learning experiences

Study Abroad

Study abroad allows you to learn, grow, and gain new skills. Luddy Indianapolis has two programs in Greece and Finland.

Professional work experience

Grow your skills through internships or part-time jobs. Learn more through Luddy Indianapolis Career Services.

Student organizations

Luddy Indianapolis has many student organizations, which are a great way to build your skills, network, and grow as a professional.

Holland interest codes

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The Bachelor of Arts in Applied Theatre, Film, and Television brings together three related humanities-based arts disciplines.

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