Interdisciplinary Studies

Preparing for the future requires problem solving that goes beyond prefabricated compartments. While courses within academic departments pursue inquiry within traditional categories of expertise, interdisciplinary studies (IDS) courses offer the exciting challenge of integrating knowledge using multiple disciplinary perspectives.

Hope’s Interdisciplinary Studies program includes courses which fulfill the following general education requirements:

• First Year Seminar
• Cultural Heritage
• Senior Seminar

These requirements are explained in further detail on theDegree Programpage.

Courses

• IDS 100 - First Year Seminar
• IDS 160 - Arts for the Elementary and Middle School Teacher
• IDS 195 - Special Topics
• IDS 200 - Encounter with Cultures
• IDS 280 - Contemporary Issues in Japan
• IDS 295 - Special Topics
• IDS 395 - Interdisciplinary Studies
• IDS 490 - Individual Study

• IDS 171 - Cultural Heritage I
• IDS 172 - Cultural Heritage II
• IDS 173 - Cultural Heritage I (Lit/Hist)
• IDS 174 - Cultural Heritage II (Lit/Hist)
• IDS 175 - Cultural Heritage I (Lit/Phil)
• IDS 176 - Cultural Heritage II (Lit/Phil)
• IDS 177 - Cultural Heritage I (Hist/Phil)
• IDS 178 - Cultural Heritage II (Hist/Phil)

• IDS 390 - Mellon Scholars: Junior Tutorial and Project
• IDS 590 - Mellon Scholars: Senior Tutorial and Project

• IDS 452 - Education and Christian Ways of Living
• IDS 492 - Senior Seminar