Part 1 – Defining
1. Answer the following questions:
2. How do you define a discipline in our course of study?
3. How would you define Interdisciplinary?
4. How do interdisciplinary and multi disciplinary differ?
5. What is the difference in Interdisciplinary Studies and Interdisciplinary Understanding and how do you apply both to research?
Part 2 – Applying IDS Review. (you may need to reference Ch. 3)
6. What are some metaphors in IDS and what do they represent?
7. Pretend you were asked to solve the problem of overcrowding in public schools. Describe how you would work to solve the problem using each of these approaches.
Disciplinary, Multi-disciplinary, Trans-disciplinary, Interdisciplinary
8. Using the disciplines you are focusing on for your degree, give an example of an interdisciplinary problem you might address.
