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IDST 401 Interdisciplinary Topics in Educational Perspectives

This course is designed to give students advanced skills in critical thinking and multicultural perspectives by presenting a series of interdisciplinary topics which build on previous disciplinary study, introduces students to a broader range of ideas and learning strategies, and prepare students for advanced work in graduate or professional studies. See the Class Schedule for topics to be addressed when this course is offered.
4 Undergraduate credits

Effective December 17, 2006 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Explore multicultural perspectives by presenting a series of interdisciplinary topics which build on previous disciplinary study.
  • Identify a broader range of educational ideas and learning strategies.
  • Gather factual information and apply it to a given problem in a manner that is relevant, clear, comprehensive, and conscious of possible bias in the information selected.
  • Imagine and seek out a variety of possible goals, assumptions, interpretations, or perspectives which can give alternative meanings or solutions to given situations or problems
  • Analyze the logical connections among the facts, goals, and implicit assumptions relevant to a problem or claim; generate and evaluate implications that follow from them.
  • Recognize and articulate the value assumptions which underlie and affect decisions, interpretations, analyses, and evaluations made by ourselves and others.