Integration of Knowledge (and Disciplines)

"Synthesizing multiple sources of information from different disciplines and using them in the creation of a new framework or application."

Factors, Forces, Connections, and Questions

• Work performed in industry does not follow our discipline boundaries
• Work is performed in teams in industry
• Real world work is project-based and is cross-functional
• Students interest in taking courses across programs
• Interdisciplinary studies

References, Evidence, Support

• Learning Goes Under a New Microscope: Health-sciences major at U. of Minnesota tests models for teaching and tenure, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 1, 2009.