Interdisciplinary courses can be highly rewarding, and also quite challenging. The considerations are wide ranging and diverse, including: creating cross-curricular opportunities and partnerships, crafting complementary learning outcomes, growing student interest, aligning content and experiences, promoting authentic reflection and connection, and implementing assessment. The authors have collaborated on highlighting social justice and diversity on multiple occasions through courses in mathematics and social work. The goal of this collaboration is to highlight social justice and change-making through these disciplines. The professors are interested in bringing their experiences - both successes and failures - to a collaborative environment focused on student-centered teaching.
Outcomes:
- Describe the purpose and scope of interdisciplinary learning courses
- Conceptualize how a model for interdisciplinary learning courses can foster classroom community.
- Understand practical implications and authentic assessment in interdisciplinary learning courses.
