IDIS 3004 - Interdisciplinary Studies Research Seminar

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every semester, Also offered evenings.

This course introduces Interdisciplinary Studies as a means of solving complex problems by integrating the insights of multiple disciplines. Students develop the conceptual and procedural skills essential to producing excellent interdisciplinary research. Conceptual skills include the capacity to deal with complexity, understand multiple viewpoints, and connect ideas. Procedural skills include the ability to develop research questions, identify relevant disciplines, search diverse literatures, and evaluate disciplinary insights. The culminating assignment of the course requires students to write a proposal for the interdisciplinary research project or creative scholarly activity based on their own disciplinary interests and experience, which they will implement in IDIS 4004 Capstone Seminar.

Prerequisite(s): Junior Standing