Type of Credit: Elective
Credit(s)
Number of Students
This course is designed to introduce the benefits and methods of interdisciplinary study and research. This course uses multiple and interrelated perspectives to identify and understand social problems. Students will be guided through the process by learning and using critical thinking, problem identification, and problem-solving skills in order to find creative policy approaches through the integration of differing perspectives.
* First Day Attendance is required.
This course is highly participatory, integrative, and collaborative. This course is designed as project-based learning, and all the assignments are designed to guide students to complete your final project with your critical thinking, problem identification, and problem-solving skills.
能力項目說明
This course is designed to provide perspectives and skills for interdisciplinary study and research. It provides conceptual and analytic tools to explore the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of our society through disciplinary perspectives. Students will also learn how to apply interdisciplinary concepts and skills in exploring social science and social policy in order to find creative policy approaches to problem identification and problem solving through the integration of differing perspectives.
At the completion of this course, students will be able to:
Practice collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches to problem identification and disciplinary integration.
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課程主題 Topic |
課程內容與指定閱讀 Content and Reading Assignment |
教學活動與作業 Teaching Activities and Homework |
學習投入時間 Student workload expectation |
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課堂講授 In-class Hours |
課程前後 Outside-of-class Hours |
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1 |
Course Introduction |
Course Introduction |
First Day of Class Attendance Questionnaire |
3 |
0 |
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2 |
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies |
Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: COVID-19 vaccine In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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3 |
Unflattening |
Unflattening See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Fake News & Social Injustice Issues Journal In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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4 |
Agenda Setting and Problem Definition |
Agenda Setting and Problem Definition See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Environmental Justice and Sustainability In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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5 |
The Interdisciplinary Cognitive Toolkit |
The Interdisciplinary Cognitive Toolkit See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Social Order and Equity: Police Brutality/Violence, Racial Bias, and Human Right In-class quiz Journal |
3 |
3 |
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6 |
Knowledge, Epistemology, and Science |
Knowledge, Epistemology, and Science See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Hate Crime & Human Right In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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7 |
Disciplinarities and Project Preparation |
Disciplinarities and Project Preparation See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Gender Inequality) In-class quiz |
3 |
3-5 |
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8 |
Sociology |
Introduction of Sociology See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Nature Disaster-Hurricane and Gun Violence-School Shooting In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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9 |
Political Science & Public Administration |
Introduction of Political Science & Public Administration See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Democracy, Collaborative Governance, and Collective Action Problems In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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10 |
Economics |
Introduction of Economics See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Inflation, Predatory Lending, Wealth Inequality, and the Great Recession of 2008 In-class quiz |
3 |
3 |
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11 |
Conflict Resolution, Public Values, and Citizen Engagement |
Conflict Resolution, Public Values, and Citizen Engagement See Moodle for reading assignments |
Social Problem Discussion: Environmental Justice Group Discussion and Progress |
3 |
3 |
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12 |
Interdisciplinary Policy Analysis & Mixed Methods |
Interdisciplinary Policy Analysis & Mixed Methods See Moodle for reading assignments |
Guest Speaker Group Discussion and Progress [Prerequisite] Peer-Reviewed Articles Proposed for Annotated Bibliography Part I 3 points (1%) |
3 |
3 |
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13 |
Collaborative Project Preparation and Learning Literature Review and Library Resources |
Collaborative Project Preparation and Learning Literature Review and Library Resources See Moodle for reading assignments |
Group Discussion and Progress Annotated Bibliography (Part I) |
3 |
3-5 |
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14 |
Disciplinary Integration |
Disciplinary Integration See Moodle for reading assignments |
Group Discussion and Progress Annotated Bibliography (Part II) |
3 |
3-5 |
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15 |
Mid-term Exam |
Mid-term Exam See Moodle for reading assignments |
Mid-term Exam |
3 |
3-5 |
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16 |
Mapping and Integration |
Mapping and Integration See Moodle for reading assignments |
Group Discussion and Progress Interactive Mapping and Reflection |
3 |
3-5 |
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17 |
Final Presentation |
Final Presentation with Q&A |
Final Presentation with Q&A Journal |
3 |
3-5 |
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18 |
Final Presentation |
Final Presentation with Q&A |
Final Presentation with Q&A Integration Final Paper: Integrating Disciplinary Positions |
3 |
3-5 |
Each student is expected to:
All the assignments are designed to guide you to complete your final project with your critical thinking, problem identification, and problem-solving skills.
Evaluation:
Repko, Allen F., Rick Szostak, and Michelle Phillips Buchberger. Introduction to interdisciplinary studies. SAGE Publications, Incorporated, 2019.
Sousanis, Nick. Unflattening. Harvard University Press, 2015.
Barkan, Steven E. Social problems: Continuity and change. Flat World Knowledge, Incorporated, 2013.
Peeples, L. (2020). Brutality and Racial Bias: What the data Say. Nature, 583(7814), 22-24.
Clark, William Roberts, Matt Golder, and Sona Nadenichek Golder. Principles of comparative politics. CQ Press, 2017. (Chapter 2)
Other course materials will be provided in Moodle.
Moodle site of this course First Day of Class Attendance Questionnaire