IDS 302 Integration Skills
Course Description
Develops integrative skills to create new understandings, models, products and ideas.
Prerequisites for IDS 302:
Prerequisite(s): Interdisciplinary Studies or Interdisciplinary Studies (Organizational Studies) major; IDS 201 or 301 with C or better
IDS 302 Topics (Fall 2022)
Interdisciplinary Inquiry Skills
Instructors: Various
This topic explores interdisciplinarity and integration as applied to various approaches of inquiry. The course emphasizes the value and importance of the intersection between multiple methods and interdisciplinary thinking in designing and conducting research. Students will develop knowledge of multiple research methods (qualitative and quantitative), the role of existing literature, how to design and structure investigation, and how different disciplines use different approaches to inquiry. Students will apply research methods through primary research, analysis, and reflection. All of this is done with a clear understanding of the ethics of research and the philosophical and sociological foundations of research, especially in the context of interdisciplinary studies.
IDS 302 Topics (Summer 2022)
Interdisciplinary Inquiry Skills
Instructors: Various
This topic explores interdisciplinarity and integration as applied to various approaches of inquiry. The course emphasizes the value and importance of the intersection between multiple methods and interdisciplinary thinking in designing and conducting research. Students will develop knowledge of multiple research methods (qualitative and quantitative), the role of existing literature, how to design and structure investigation, and how different disciplines use different approaches to inquiry. Students will apply research methods through primary research, analysis, and reflection. All of this is done with a clear understanding of the ethics of research and the philosophical and sociological foundations of research, especially in the context of interdisciplinary studies.