Describes the development and offerings of North Shore Community College's Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, which uses a variety of organizational and methodological strategies including team-teaching, multi-discipline courses with one instructor, thematic courses, and discipline combinations. Describes the 15 courses in the curriculum and…

Social psychology has separate sociological and psychological approaches that must be bridged in undergraduate courses. One possible course format is to cover a variety of theories, then their substantive applications. Two texts, detailed handouts, and demonstrations, including simulations and field problems, help students to understand and…

Describes the course content of an interdisciplinary core course for science majors at Portland State University. This is a two-year sequence encompassing material from physics, chemistry, and biology, and is designed to prepare students to undertake an advanced undergraduate program in any of these fields. The syllabus and special features of the…

Presents the course outline for "Science: A Way of Knowing," a content-integrated science course designed for high school students to learn about the nature, the processes, and the social aspects of science. (CS)

Describes a psychology course on the college level which provided an interdisciplinary academic experience for students, a public forum for the community, and an opportunity for the five-person psychology department to team-teach a topic of shared interest. (DB)

Discusses a course in the literature of technology, team-taught by the English and engineering departments, which emphasizes the "two-culture" phenomenon (science vs. the arts). (MLH)

History lends itself to story-telling. English is replete with literature which uses an historical basis. In justifying the premise that English and history can be taught as a single unit, four examples were given where history and literature complement each other. (Author/RK)

Describes the Applied Coastal Oceanography course, a multidisciplinary course at Bryant College which was developed and designed to emphasize the efficacy of a good science and business education. Provides students with a technical base for studying coastal waters and familiarizes the student with different geophysical tools and methodologies…

The article describes a two-year, interdisciplinary humanities core requirement, "Portraits of Human Greatness." Established in 1977-78 at St. Anselm College (New Hampshire), this course requires freshmen and sophomores to study groups or individuals in Western Civilization in a lecture/seminar format with extensive reading and writing…

Nursing specialists are prepared at the master's level to function as members of interdisciplinary and family-centered early intervention teams for disabled children. A specialty program of study emphasizes advanced and specialized clinical practice; education of clients, families, staff, and professionals; consultation; research use; evaluation…

Discusses specialization programs, typically consisting of one or two theory/overview courses housed within traditional counseling/therapy department, that offer introduction to marital and family therapy at master's level. Proposes alternative model that attempts to improve conceptual integration and skill development by offering an…

Describes the development, implementation, successes, and challenges of a required general education course formally entitled "Environment, Technology, and Society." (JRH)

Briefly describes an ecology course for gifted high school students which focuses on human relationships to the environment and encourages student questioning. (DB)

Uses an interdisciplinary approach in an organic chemistry course which integrates a pharmacology framework to incorporate meaningful connections between biology and chemistry. (YDS)