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
This course serves as a mandatory introduction to the Bachelor of Integrative Studies (BIS)
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.
