Interdisciplinary Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies courses examine worldviews, the interrelation between academic disciplines and cultural issues. The goal of these courses is to discover how all of creation works together to the glory of God the Creator.

Course List:

INST 200/210/300/310/400/410 - Interdisciplinary Perspectives I/II/III/IV/V/VI
INST 499 - Directed Studies in Interdisciplinary Studies

All students are required to attend these 2-day conferences, held at the beginning of each semester and to write a perspectives paper on what they have learned during the sessions.

One of the focal points of this is the Interdisciplinary Studies Conferences which take place at the beginning of each semester. IS conferences bring faculty and students together around common topics of relevance to scholarship and public life. Previous IS Conferences have had food, just peacemaking, sex, worship and justice, AIDS, and popular media as topics. Speakers have included Senator Douglas Roche, South African playwright Peter Krummeck, eco-theologian Steven Bouma-Prediger, and historian Lauren Winner.