This course will introduce students to the application of interdisciplinary working. Creating an interdisciplinary Major can be imagined as a puzzle whereby all the pieces are aligned around a central theme. Your module choices will form the foundational knowledge blocks for a critical question or line of enquiry which will be addressed through your final Capstone or Senior Thesis. Interdisciplinarity as a practice and method will help join all the strands together, allowing you to rise above siloed approaches to fully unpack and understand the complexity of the various dynamics at play within your chosen area of study. This course is a practical approach to interdisciplinary work through the visioning, creationing, and implementation of an interdisciplinary project. The course is worth 0.5 CUs and will run every other week.
Disciplinary and multidisciplinary knowledge: Students will be exposed to the different interdisciplinary theories and methods used in different disciplines to think with, and work through, complex challenges.
Intellectual and creative skills: Students will engage with classic and contemporary research methodologies and theories with a view to designing their own interdisciplinary approaches to study and thereby formulate their own problem statements and analytical frameworks to interrogate particular themes.
Global citizenship: Students will exposed to contemporary complex challenges that impact societies on local, regional, and global scales.