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Elon University

Elon University. Interdisciplinary Initiatives: The Global Experience (first year core course) Team-taught Honors Seminars (sophomore year) Study Abroad Courses General Studies Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminars Majors and Minors. The Global Experience.

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Elon University

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  1. Elon University Interdisciplinary Initiatives: • The Global Experience (first year core course) • Team-taught Honors Seminars (sophomore year) • Study Abroad Courses • General Studies Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminars • Majors and Minors Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  2. The Global Experience This first-year seminar examines public responsibility in a global context. It explores some of the implications created by cultural and natural diversity and the possibilities for human communication and cooperation within this diversity. The course emphasizes student and faculty creativity through active and collaborative learning; the seminar is writing intensive. • Faculty are recruited from all departments and schools of the University. • Faculty meet every Monday for lunch discussions and workshops. Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  3. Team-taught Sophomore Honors Seminars • Faculty from two areas of the distribution requirements collaborate on an interdisciplinary class. • Recent offerings: • Exploring Consciousness (REL and PSY) • History of Disability in the US (EDU and HST) • American Working Class (POL and ART) • To Be A Sex Object: Representation, Gender, and the Body (PHL and ART) • The Civil Rights Movement in Literature and Memory (ENG and HST) • Students may select in which of the two areas they will count the course. Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  4. Study Abroad Courses • Approved by the Study Abroad Committee • Predominantly 200-level and taught during Winter Term • Recent offerings: • Ecotourism in Australia • Peru: The Living Heritage of the Andes • Ireland: Literature, Culture, and History • New Zealand Environment • The Business and Culture of New Zealand • Barbados: Post-colonial Culture and Society • From Gutenberg to Film: The Impact of Media on Western Society • European Union: The State of Europe • Cathedral: An Introduction to Structures of Power Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  5. General Studies Interdisciplinary Capstone Seminars • Proposed by individual faculty from across campus • Approved by the General Studies Council • Recent offerings: • The Future: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams • The Five Freedoms: First Amendment Under Attack • Counter-Terrorism: Are We Headed for Another 9/11? • Gender Issues in Education • Identifying a Nation: Viva la Opera! • At Death’s Door • Statistics and Baseball • Perspectives on Women’s Health • Math Origami • The Economics, Politics, and Science of Cigarettes • Wealth and Poverty • The Media and the Middle East • Human Sexuality Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  6. Majors and Minors • African/African-American Studies • Art History • Asian Studies • Classical Studies • Criminal Justice • Environmental Studies • International Studies • Italian Studies • Latin American Studies • Multimedia Authoring • Non-violence Studies • Women/Gender Studies Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

  7. Best Practices/Challenges—Elon University • Research and study that prepares students to face/solve real-world problems • Encouragement of conversations across departments (not a “silo” mentality) • Challenge of faculty who come out of graduate school entrenched in one discipline and resist interdisciplinary initiatives Janet Warman, 2007 ANAC Summer Institute

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