IDS 3000: Histories of Knowledges /(3).  F;S. This course introduces central concerns of interdisciplinary studies through analyses of histories of knowledge production, definition, and categorization, cultural derivations and influences on what we know, the significance of paradigms and media, and the importance of perspective and situation in shaping what we define as knowledge.
(WRITING; MULTI-CULTURAL; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)

IDS 3150: Interdisciplinary Praxis /(3) F;S.  This course provides an overview of interdisciplinary praxis by means of selected readings in theories and philosophies of interdisciplinarity and in interdisciplinary practices. It moves from broad investigations to students' application of them to both their concentrations and the portfolio each IDS major must complete for graduation. The course will introduce the concepts and requirements for the portfolio and assist students in preparing a plan to satisfy the portfolio requirement.
(WRITING; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)

IDS 3300: Seminar I / (3)F;S. This course is designed as an intensive investigation of a question, theme, problem, theory, process, or analytic framework, the study of which requires interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or multidisciplinary approaches to understanding. Method and other techniques of knowledge production will be explicitly addressed and applied in the context of the course topic. The topic of this course will vary, and barring duplication of subject matter, a student may repeat the course for credit. Prerequisites (required for IDS majors only): IDS 3000 (Histories of Knowledges) and IDS 3150 (Interdisciplinary Praxis).
(SPEAKING; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)

IDS 3700: Seminar II /(3) F;S. This course is designed as an intensive investigation of a question, theme, problem, theory, process, or analytic framework, the study of which requires interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and/or multidisciplinary approaches to understanding. One or more transdisciplinarity will be explicitly defined and applied in the context of the course topic. The topic of this course will vary, and barring duplication of subject matter, a student may repeat the course for credit. Prerequisites (required for IDS majors only): IDS 3000 (Histories of Knowledges) and IDS 3150 (Interdisciplinary Praxis). (WRITING; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY)

IDS 4550: Senior Seminar /(3), F/S.  In this class, students will have the opportunity to draw together the diverse strands of their interdisciplinary studies, reflect on the connections among these strands, and produce an in- depth senior project focusing on their concentration within the major. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on methodology - how one brings together data, methods and practices from diverse disciplines, both academic and non- academic. Students will be asked to present and discuss aspects of projects in class and present their final projects in a public forum to students and faculty. The final portfolio is to be turned in to the student's Senior Seminar professor before the end of the student's last semester. Prerequisites: Senior standing and IDS 3000 and IDS 3150. Corequisite or prerequisite: IDS 3300 or IDS 3700, or consent of the instructor.
(WRITING; SPEAKING; CROSS-DISCIPLINARY; COMPUTER)