GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Requirement (5 credit hours)
- A total of five credit hours from the university approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list.
- Special Note: If a student changes a General Education course except for HES courses from a letter grade to credit-only (S/U), then the course will not satisfy the GEP requirements. Consult your academic advisor if you have questions.
Double-counting
- A course taken to satisfy a Major requirement may also satisfy this requirement if the course is on the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives course list.
- A course that satisfies the Interdisciplinary Perspectives requirement may also satisfy the Global Knowledge or U.S. Diversity co-requisite if the course also exists on either university approved GEP co-requisite course list.
- Note: Double-counting with U.S. Diversity applies to students matriculated prior to Fall 2023. Students matriculated after Fall 2023 may only double-count Global Knowledge.
Rationale
Interdisciplinary study provides students with the opportunity to synthesize knowledge and skills, to make connections between fields of study, to consider more than one disciplinary approach or methodology, and to bring to bear the insights from two or more disciplines in examining and/or responding to complex problems.
Category Objectives
Each course in Interdisciplinary Perspectives category will provide instruction and guidance that help students to:
- Distinguish between the distinct approaches of two or more disciplines; and
- Identify and apply authentic connections between two or more disciplines; and
- Explore and synthesize the approaches or views of the two or more disciplines.
Interdisciplinary Course Criteria
Topic Coverage
An interdisciplinary course may be based around a broad topic, such as an idea, theme, problem, region, institution, era or issue. The complexity of such topics may mean that they can be more adequately addressed using an interdisciplinary approach rather than through a single disciplinary point of view. Instructors should help students to integrate the multiple points of view into a cohesive understanding. The multiple disciplines may come from any college or from across colleges.
Rigor
The courses must include sustained, rigorous and substantive instruction that focuses on the content and approaches of two or more disciplines.
Methods of Delivery are flexible and must include one of the following approaches
- Teams of faculty or experts from different disciplines. In team-based courses all faculty are responsible for the course and contribute to components of the class.
- Individual faculty members teaching a single course. The instructor need not be an expert in multiple disciplines; the purpose of these courses is not to train students in multiple disciplines. The role of the instructor is to guide students in seeing the value in using multiple disciplinary perspectives in addressing specific themes, topics, issues, cultures or problems through an informed and rigorous exploration of these perspectives.
Participation
All colleges and departments are encouraged to participate in the development of appropriate courses for the Interdisciplinary Perspectives list and submit new or revised courses to CUE for approval.
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEC 245 | Global Conservation Ecology | 3 | GK |
| AEC 380 | Water Resources: Global Issues in Ecology, Policy, Management, and Advocacy | 3 | GK |
| AEE 208 | Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues and Implications | 3 | |
| AFS 344 | Leadership in African American Communities | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| AFS 444 | African American and African Women Leaders | 3 | USD, , I |
| ANS 208 | Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues and Implications | 3 | |
| ANT 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, SS |
| ANT 471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, SS |
| ANT 571 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, SS |
| ARE 336 | Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics | 3 | |
| ARS 257 | Technology in the Arts | 3 | |
| BCH 220 | Role of Biotechnology in Society | 3 | |
| BIO 227 | Understanding Structural Diversity through Biological Illustration | 3 | NS |
| BIO 230 | The Science of Studying Dinosaurs | 3 | NS |
| BIT 100 | Current Topics in Biotechnology | 4 | NS |
| CH 345 | Chemistry and War | 3 | |
| COM 289 | Science Communication and Public Engagement | 3 | HUM, SS |
| COS 100 | Science of Change | 2 | |
| CS 224 | Seeds, Biotechnology and Societies | 3 | GK |
| CS 230 | Introduction to Agroecology | 3 | GK |
| CSC 110 | Computer Science Principles - The Beauty and Joy of Computing | 3 | |
| CSC 281 | Foundations of Interactive Game Design | 3 | |
| D 100 | Design Inquiry I: Methods and Processes | 3 | |
| D 101 | Design Inquiry II: Methods and Processes | 3 | |
| DAN 232 | Dance on Screen | 3 | VPA |
| DAN 332 | Dance and Technology | 2 | |
| E 102 | Engineering in the 21st Century | 2 | |
| E 480 | Namibia Wildlife Aerial Observatory | 6 | GK |
| EC 336 | Introduction to Resource and Environmental Economics | 3 | |
| ECI 305 | Equity and Education | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| EI 201 | Exploring Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3 | |
| EI 331 | Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurial Thinking I: Skills and Planning Basics | 3 | |
| EMA 110 | Introduction to Arts Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| EMA 365 | Foundations in Arts Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| EMA 370 | Practical Arts Entrepreneurship | 3 | |
| EMS 450 | Teaching Environmental Education | 3 | |
| ENG 232 | Literature and Medicine | 3 | HUM |
| ENG 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 | HUM |
| ENG 329 | Language and Globalization | 3 | HUM, GK |
| ENG 339 | Literature and Technology | 3 | HUM |
| ENG 340 | Literature, Art, and Society | 3 | HUM |
| ENG 341 | Literature and Science | 3 | HUM |
| ENG 342 | Literature of Space and Place | 3 | USD, USD, I, IP, HUM |
| ENG 376 | Science Fiction | 3 | |
| ENG 425 | Analysis of Scientific and Technical Writing | 3 | |
| ENT 201 | Insects and People | 3 | NS |
| ENT 207 | Insects and Human Disease | 3 | GK, NS |
| ENV 101 | Exploring the Environment | 2 | |
| ENV 250 | Diversity and Environmental Justice | 3 | USD, USD, , I |
| ES 100 | Introduction to Environmental Sciences | 3 | GK |
| ES 150 | Water and the Environment | 3 | GK |
| ES 200 | Climate Change and Sustainability | 3 | GK |
| ES 300 | Energy and Environment | 3 | GK |
| ES 449 | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in Australia/New Zealand | 3 | GK |
| ES 450 | Sustaining Natural Resources in Australia/New Zealand | 3 | GK |
| FB 476 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | 3 | |
| FB 480 | The Sustainable Bioeconomy | 3 | |
| FB 576 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | 3 | |
| FB 580 | The Sustainable Bioeconomy | 3 | |
| FOR 248 | Forest History, Technology and Society | 3 | |
| FOR 414 | World Forestry | 3 | GK |
| FW 221 | Conservation of Natural Resources | 3 | GK, NS |
| GIS 205 | Spatial Thinking with GIS | 3 | |
| GN 301 | Genetics in Human Affairs | 3 | NS |
| HA 240 | Introduction to Visual Culture | 3 | GK, HUM |
| HI 240 | Introduction to Visual Culture | 3 | GK, HUM |
| HI 305 | Frauds and Mysteries of the Past | 3 | HUM |
| HI 318 | Environmental History of Cuba: Prehistory to the Present | 3 | |
| HI 321 | Scientific Revolution and European Society, 1500-1800 | 3 | GK, HUM |
| HI 322 | Rise of Modern Science | 3 | |
| HI 323 | Science, American Style | 3 | |
| HI 341 | Technology in History | 3 | |
| HI 342 | Global Environmental History | 3 | GK, HUM |
| HI 344 | Dinomania: Dinosaurs in Culture and Science | 3 | |
| HI 346 | The Civil War Era in Popular Culture | 3 | HUM, USD, , I, USD |
| HI 361 | Global History of American Food and Drink | 3 | GK, HUM |
| HI 382 | History of Capitalism in America | 3 | HUM, USD, , I, USD |
| HI 383 | Law in the American Story | 3 | HUM, USD, , I |
| HI 440 | American Environmental History | 3 | |
| HI 481 | History of the Life Sciences | 3 | |
| HI 482 | Darwinism in Science and Society | 3 | |
| HI 483 | Science and Religion in European History | 3 | GK |
| HI 484 | Science in European Culture | 3 | GK |
| HI 485 | History of American Technology | 3 | |
| HI 540 | American Environmental History | 3 | |
| HI 581 | History of the Life Sciences | 3 | |
| HI 582 | Darwinism in Science and Society | 3 | |
| HI 583 | Science and Religion in European History | 3 | GK |
| HI 584 | Science in European Culture | 3 | GK |
| HI 585 | History of American Technology | 3 | |
| HON 210 | How We Argue | 2 | HUM |
| HON 293 | Honors Special Topics - Interdisciplinary Perspectives/Global Knowledge | 3 | GK |
| HON 296 | Honors Special Topics - Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 | |
| HON 297 | Honors Special Topics - Interdisciplinary Perspectives/US Diversity | 3 | USD |
| HON 310 | The Creative Process in Science: Realities, Comparisons, and Culture Perceptions | 3 | USD |
| HON 311 | Words through Space and Time | 3 | GK |
| HON 312 | Outbreak | 3 | |
| HON 313 | Reading Machines | 3 | |
| HON 340 | Religion and Freedom | 3 | |
| HON 341 | Time Travel | 3 | HUM |
| HON 345 | On the Human | 3 | HUM |
| HON 347 | Freedom and the Self | 3 | HUM |
| HON 348 | Emotion and Reason | 3 | |
| HON 355 | Feelings of/from Technology: Analog Bodies in Digital Spaces | 3 | GK |
| HON 356 | Sweet: A Global History of Sugar | 3 | GK |
| HON 360 | Music and Resistance | 3 | GK |
| HON 390 | Music and the Celtic World | 3 | GK, VPA |
| HSS 120 | Introduction to Humanities & Social Sciences | 2 | |
| ID 244 | History of Industrial Design | 3 | HUM |
| IDS 201 | Environmental Ethics | 3 | GK |
| IDS 203 | Humans and the Environment | 3 | |
| IDS 210 | Introduction to American Studies | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| IDS 211 | Eating through American History | 3 | |
| IDS 220 | The Science and Art of Happiness | 3 | USD, GK |
| IDS 310 | Animals in the Global Community | 3 | GK |
| IPGE 295 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives Special Topics | 1-3 | |
| IPGK 295 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Global Knowledge Special Topics | 2-3 | GK |
| IPUS 295 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives and U.S. Diversity Special Topics | 2-3 | USD |
| IS 200 | Introduction to International Studies | 3 | GK |
| IS 250 | Globalizing North Carolina | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| IS 471 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, SS |
| IS 571 | Understanding Latino Migration | 3 | GK, SS |
| LAR 445 | Sustainable Design and Development | 3 | |
| LSC 101 | Critical and Creative Thinking in the Life Sciences | 2 | |
| M 380 | Doing Business Globally | 3 | |
| MAE 398 | Spacetime Dynamics: An Evolution in Space, Time, and Matter | 3 | |
| MB 200 | The Fourth Horseman: Plagues that Changed the World | 3 | NS |
| MEA 100 | Earth System Science: Exploring the Connections | 4 | GK, NS |
| MEA 260 | Human Dimensions of Climate Change | 3 | |
| MIE 201 | Introduction to Business Processes | 3 | |
| MIE 309 | Entrepreneurship Skills for Non-Majors | 3 | |
| MUS 200 | Understanding Music: Global Perspectives | 3 | GK, VPA |
| MUS 350 | Music of Asia | 3 | VPA, GK |
| NE 290 | Introduction to Health Physics | 3 | NS |
| NE 291 | Introduction to Health Physics Laboratory | 1 | NS |
| NR 203 | Humans and the Environment | 3 | |
| NS 420 | Naval Leadership and Ethics | 3 | HUM |
| NTR 210 | Introduction to Community Food Security | 3 | USD |
| PB 208 | Agricultural Biotechnology: Issues and Implications | 3 | |
| PB 213 | Plants and Civilization | 3 | |
| PB 219 | Plants in Folklore, Myth, and religion | 3 | |
| PCC 201 | Impact of Industry on the Environment and Society | 3 | |
| PCC 274 | Introduction to Forensic Science | 3 | |
| PHI 210 | Representation, Reason and Reality | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 227 | Data Ethics | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 312 | Philosophy of Law | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 313 | Ethical Problems in the Law | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 325 | Bio-Medical Ethics | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 331 | Philosophy of Language | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 332 | Philosophy of Psychology | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 340 | Philosophy of Science | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 347 | Neuroscience and Philosophy | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 425 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 440 | The Scientific Method | 3 | HUM |
| PHI 447 | Philosophy, Evolution and Human Nature | 3 | HUM |
| PO 212 | Poultry and People: Why did the chicken cross the world? | 3 | |
| PO 411 | Agrosecurity | 3 | |
| PP 232 | Big Data in Your Pocket: Call it a Smartphone | 3 | |
| PP 241 | The Worm's Tale: Parasites In Our Midst | 3 | |
| PRT 203 | Humans and the Environment | 3 | |
| PRT 449 | Human Dimensions of Natural Resources in Australia/New Zealand | 3 | GK |
| PRT 450 | Sustaining Natural Resources in Australia/New Zealand | 3 | GK |
| PSE 220 | From Papyrus to Plasma Screens: Paper and Society | 2 | |
| PSE 476 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | 3 | |
| PSE 576 | Environmental Life Cycle Analysis | 3 | |
| PSY 208 | Psychobiology of Success | 3 | SS |
| PSY 425 | Introduction to Cognitive Science | 3 | HUM |
| PSY 432 | Human Sexuality and Intimate Relationships | 3 | SS |
| PSY 441 | Environmental Psychology | 3 | SS |
| REL 380 | Emotion and Religion | 3 | HUM |
| REL 471 | Darwinism and Christianity | 3 | HUM |
| SIP 112 | Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions: (Y)Our Health | 2 | |
| SIP 114 | Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions: Global Change | 2 | |
| SIP 116 | Wicked Problems, Wolfpack Solutions: The Future of Food | 2 | |
| SLC 202 | CREATE: Carolina Regional Entrepreneurship Albright Team Experience | 3 | |
| SLC 250 | Critical and Creative Decision Making Models | 3 | |
| SLC 350 | Leadership and Negotiation | 3 | USD |
| SMT 201 | Sustainable Materials for Green Housing | 2 | |
| SMT 232 | Recycling to Create a Sustainable Environment | 2 | |
| SMT 310 | Introduction to Industrial Ecology | 3 | |
| SOC 207 | Language and Society | 3 | SS, USD, , I, USD |
| SOC 261 | Technology in Society and Culture | 3 | GK, SS |
| SOC 381 | Sociology of Medicine | 3 | |
| SSC 185 | Land and Life | 3 | |
| STS 210 | Women and Gender in Science and Technology | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| STS 214 | Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society | 3 | |
| STS 257 | Technology in the Arts | 3 | |
| STS 301 | Science and Civilization | 3 | |
| STS 302 | Contemporary Science, Technology and Human Values | 3 | GK |
| STS 304 | Ethical Dimensions of Progress | 3 | |
| STS 310 | Science, Psi, Sasquatch, & Spirits | 3 | |
| STS 315 | Feminist Futures | 3 | |
| STS 320 | Cycling Cities: STS, the Bicycle and Urban Transportation | 3 | GK |
| STS 322 | Technological Catastrophes | 3 | |
| STS 323 | World Population and Food Prospects | 3 | GK |
| STS 325 | Bio-Medical Ethics | 3 | HUM |
| STS 402 | Peace and War in the Nuclear Age | 3 | |
| STS 405 | Technology and American Culture | 3 | |
| STS 471 | Darwinism and Christianity | 3 | HUM |
| SW 260 | Introduction to Gerontology: An Interdisciplinary Field of Practice | 3 | USD |
| SW 290 | The Development of Social Welfare and Social Work in the U.S. | 3 | USD, I, IP, USD |
| USC 116 | Introduction to Sustainability for EcoVillage | 1 | |
| USC 260 | Research as a Profession | 2 | |
| WGS 210 | Women and Gender in Science and Technology | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 215 | Abolitionist Futures | 3 | USD, , I, USD |
| WGS 308 | Contemporary Issues in Ecofeminism | 3 | HUM |
| WGS 315 | Feminist Futures | 3 | |
| WGS 330 | Women and Health | 3 | |
| WGS 370 | Advanced Studies of Gender in Science | 3 | |
| WLFR 212 | French: Language, Culture, and Technology | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 212 | German Language, Culture, Science, and Technology | 3 | GK |
| WLGE 440 | Green Germany: Nature and Environment in German Speaking Cultures | 3 | GK |
| WLSP 212 | Spanish: Language, Technology, Culture | 3 | GK |
| WPS 201 | Sustainable Materials for Green Housing | 2 | |
| ZO 233 | Human-Animal Interactions | 3 |