Interdisciplinary Studies (IDST)

Designed for juniors in the College of Arts & Sciences pursuing the IDST major.

The Interdisciplinary Thesis Research course will focus on the formation of interdisciplinary research questions, the integration of fields of knowledge, and the development of a thesis rationale. The course will complement the research work guided by each senior’s disciplinary faculty mentors. This new 1-credit course will provide for the first time a cohort experience for the seniors in the IDST major, offering opportunities to share and compare questions and approaches and to workshop the development of their thesis questions with feedback from their peers and the instructor. The course will provide the senior majors with opportunities to compare and assess how fields of knowledge approach answering insistent questions by thinking across questions and disciplinary combinations.