COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES
(IDS)

1001 Freshman Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
(1-1) 1 hour credit.
Required for entering freshmen in the College of Education and Human Development with less than 15 hours of coursework and who are interested in majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies. Critical study of topics in interdisciplinary studies. Innovative classroom and learning techniques are used to introduce students to these topics and to help strengthen critical thinking, problem solving, and writing skills. A maximum of three semester credit hours of freshman topics courses may apply to a bachelor's degree, although this specific topic may be taken only once.

2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
(3-1) 3 hours credit.
This course focuses on learning from, learning about, and learning with technology in the liberal arts and social sciences. Students will examine the functions and processes of basic technology applications as they investigate and create products relevant to their field of study. Course content will include but is not limited to the use of specific software and hardware, principles of organization and design, processes of development, and evaluation of technological tools. One-hour laboratory included.

2103 The Individual, Family, and Community
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
Study of theories of the individual, the family, and the community. The course integrates approaches from a variety of social sciences. [TCCN: TECA 1303.]

2113 Society and Social Issues
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
Study of social and institutional phenomena, including ethnicity, gender, and social conflict. These phenomena will be approached through case studies

2203 World Civilization to the Fifteenth Century
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
A general introduction to World History from the Late Neolithic to the Columbian Encounter in the late fifteenth century CE. Broad overview of the pattern of development of major civilizations and their interactions, with closer attention given to those events, institutions, beliefs, and practices that involved and affected large numbers of people and had lasting significance for later generations. [TCCN: HIST 2321.]

2213 World Civilization since the Fifteenth Century
(3-0) 3 hours credit.
A general introduction to World History since the late fifteenth century CE. Broad overview of the pattern of development of major civilizations and their interactions, with closer attention to those events, institutions, beliefs, and practices that involved and affected large numbers of people and laid foundations of the modern world. [TCCN: HIST 2322.]

2303 World Literature I: Through the Sixteenth Century
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or an equivalent.
This course is an exploration of sources and continuing traditions in World Literatures in their various cultural and aesthetic contexts from their Origins through the Sixteenth Century. It includes extensive reading of representative examples of the major oral and written literatures including, but not limited to, poetry, narratives and drama and examines how these literatures influenced contemporary experience. The readings will be studied from multiple perspectives and will be related to comparable aesthetic expressions in music and the fine arts. A major Inquiry Project with a report is required. [TCCN: ENGL 2332.]

2313 World Literature II: Since the Sixteenth Century
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: ENG 1023 or an equivalent.
This course is an exploration of sources and continuing traditions in World Literatures in their various cultural and aesthetic contexts from the beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Present. It includes extensive reading of representative examples of the major oral and written literatures including, but not limited to, poetry, narratives and drama and examines how these literatures influenced contemporary experience. The readings will be studied from multiple perspectives and will be related to comparable aesthetic expressions in music and the fine arts. A major Inquiry Project with a report is required. [TCCN: ENGL 2333.]

2713 Modes of Inquiry across the Fields of Study
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisites: ENG 1013 and ENG 1023.
Study of thinking in the sciences, social studies, mathematics, language arts, and fine arts through interdisciplinary investigations. Course experiences include modeling, practice, and analysis of ways of inquiring in the several subject areas, and seeking their implications for interdisciplinary inquiries. (Formerly IDS 2003. Credit cannot be earned for both IDS 2713 and IDS 2003.)

3003 Science and Humanity
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: Successful completion of MAT 1023 strongly recommended.
Study of paradigms of the physical and life sciences under a mathematical framework noting their effects on humanity. The course uses an integrative, standards-based approach to studying the nature of scientific inquiry, knowledge, and theory development, relationships between science and technology, and effects of science and scientific thinking on humanity's past, present, and future.

3201 Physical Science Laboratory
(0-3) 1 hour credit. Recommended: concurrent enrollment in IDS 3203.
Introduction to the tools, techniques, and topics of modern physical and chemical science investigations with academic applications.

3203 Physical Science
(3-0) 3 hours credit. Prerequisite: completion of core curriculum requirements.
Study of major concepts, principles, and theories in the fields of physics and chemistry, and ways of scientific thinking that contribute to empirical and theoretical inquiries. Study of the fundamental laws that govern the universe, including the worlds of mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and quantum theory, and how they relate to physics and chemistry. Topics will include but not be limited to: basic scientific problem-solving techniques, fundamental forces; energy and how it is conserved and transformed; optics; matter; atomic structure; and chemical interactions. Course may be team taught.