Interdisciplinary Studies Program Description

The Interdisciplinary Studies Program provides for individualized interdisciplinary majors and offers two majors (see separate listings): American studies and peace studies; and six minors (see separate listings): Africana studies, cognitive studies, environmental studies, European studies, Judaic studies and peace studies; as well as four interdisciplinary studies under the general heading of "Theory, Culture, and Interpretation:" philosophy and literature, social and political theory, creative structures, and interpreting cultures.

The Division of Interdisciplinary Studies is home to a number of ongoing curricular projects created by faculty from diverse divisions, departments, and programs. Interdisciplinary studies at Goucher carry on the tradition of develop- ing, integrating, and synthesizing the perspectives of various disciplines. Areas such as global politics, world peace, intercultural awareness, environmental concerns, advances in science and technology, the growing sophistication in interpretive practices, and the nature and diversity of knowledge and consciousness speak to the need for academic programs that cross, integrate, and transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. The curricular projects include both the development of completely new disciplines and the meeting of traditional disciplines in new theoretical and prac- tical areas of common intellectual interest.