This module provides an introduction to interdisciplinarity – in particular, its role in breaking down traditional boundaries and creating new kinds of knowledge. 

We examine issues that can impede the integration of different disciplinary perspectives (for example different conceptions of truth and evidence) and we look at ways of overcoming them (for example by means of ‘superconcepts’). 

The module is intended as a pragmatic guide to interdisciplinary life, which focuses on the lived experience of those who work across disciplinary borders.

This is a compulsory core module for students on the Arts and Sciences degree programme, but is open to students on other programmes.

Undergraduate

Module Content

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