Current Courses

Summer 2026

IDS 120: Wokeness: Power, Identity, and the Psyche in Contemporary America (7 week 1 and 2)

This interdisciplinary course explores issues of power in the United States, with a focus on contemporary debates about “wokeness” in U.S. culture. Using methods from multiple disciplines, students will study the political, economic, and social phenomena that shape American life – from race and class to sexuality.

IDS 301: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies  (7 week 1 and 2)

This course has two primary goals: 1) to improve students' understanding of the research and writing process and how to apply those skills to different types of assignments 2) to introduce students to the theories and methods of different disciplines. This includes comparing and contrasting scholarship from different disciplines and learning the techniques necessary to conduct research on multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics. Specific topics covered may vary.

IDS 393/493: Internship (variable credits; all summer sessions)

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

IDS 498: Senior Capstone (7 week 1 and 2)

Senior Capstone is a culminating experience for IDS students that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broad familiarity with multi-disciplinary methodologies and analytical frameworks.

HUMS 378: Playing Doctor: Images of Medicine and Health in Film ( 7 week 1 and 2)

This interdisciplinary course explores the evolution of American perceptions of the medical profession, disease and health, and the human body, as portrayed through films. We will apply and integrate insights from history and film studies to understand the creation of American beliefs and reactions to issues of medicine and health, and the role of films in shaping and reflecting popular culture.

Recommended Courses

  • Creative Strategies in Visual Design (ART 358): 7 week 1

  • Digital Filmmaking: From YouTube to Netflix (FTV 306): 5 week 1

  • Frank Sinatra, the Voice of an Artist (MUS 328): 5 week 2

  • Global Sounds (MUS 334): 5 week 1

  • The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly in Italian Cinema (ITAL 330C): 7 week 1

  • Hip-Hop Cinema (AFAS 371): 5 week 1

  • Intro to Adobe Creative Clou for Multimedia Projects (SBS 350): 7 week 2

  • Learning Music through Guitar & Songwriting (MUS 360): 5 week 1 and 2

  • Mexican Music & Culture (MAS 337): 5 week 1 and 2

  • Playing Doctor: Medicine & Health in Film (HUMS 378): 7 week 1 and 2

  • Survey of Mexican Art from the 16th-21st Centuries (ARH 323): 5 week 1

  • US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures (AFAS 373): 7 week 1

  • Business Writing (ENGL 307): 7 week 1Digital Commerce (ESOC 316): 5 week 1

  • Drug Wars & Oil Fortunes in Latin America (ANTH 348): 5 week 1

  • Ethical Entrepreneur (ENTR 413A): 7 week 1

  • Fashion Promotion (FITS 333): 5 week 2

  • Introduction to Real Estate (RED 301): 7 week 1

  • Introduction to Regional Planning (GEOG 301): 7 week 2

  • Marketing Principles, Concepts and Tools (BNAD 303): Pre-session

  • Survey of Finance (BNAD 304): Pre-session

  • Work Lives: Identity, Meaning, & Change (PAH 320): Pre-session

  • Afro-Latin American Literature (AFAS 310): 5 week 1

  • Drug Wars & Oil Fortunes in Latin America (ANTH 348): 5 week 1

  • Franco-American Relations (FREN 375): Pre-session

  • German Culture, Science & Technology (GER 246): 7 week 1

  • Global Sounds (MUS 334): 5 week 1

  • Mexican Music & Culture (LAS 337): 5 week 1 and 2

  • Pandemics,

  • Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece (CLAS 315): 5 week 1

  • US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures (AFAS 373): 7 week 1

  • Vampires & Werewolves: Slavic & E. European Folklore (RSSS 315): 5 week 1 & 2

  • Applied Data Visualization (ISTA 320): 7 week 1

  • German Culture, Science & Technology (GER 246): 7 week 1

  • Health Disparities & Minority Health (HPS 387): 5 week 1

  • Health Humanities: Intercultural Perspectives (PAH 350): 5 week 2

  • Human Nutrition in the Prevention & Treatment of Disease (NSC 310): 7 week 2

  • Fundamentals of Aging: A Multidisciplinary Perspective (PSY 324): 5 week 2

  • Medical Ethics (BSM 321): 7 week 2

  • Natural History of Disasters (HIST 358): 7 week 2

  • Playing Doctor: Medicine & Health in Film (HUMS 378): 7 week 1 and 2

  • Sociology of Drugs and Addiction (CHS 421): 7 week 1

  • Spirituality, Psychology, & the Mind (RELI 336): Pre-session

  • Technical Communications (CE 301): 7 week 1

  • American Polarization: Roots & Solutions (IDS 396): 7 week 2

  • Communist China: History & Narrative (EAS 376): 7 week 2

  • Digital African Studies: Experiencing the Harlem Renaissance (AFAS 377): 5 week 2

  • Diversity and Bias in Games (GAME 308): 7 week 1

  • Freedom of Expression and the Right ot Information (GLO 440): 7 week 2

  • Greek and Roman Religion (CLAS 305): 5 week 1

  • The Holocaust: Witnesses & Representations (JUS 332): Pre-session

  • Men and Masculinities (SOC 325): 5 week 2

  • The Moral Mind (PHIL 348): 7 week 2

  • Public Education in America (EDP 405): 7 week 2

  • Society, Culture and Fashion (FITS 435): 5 week 1

  • Spirituality, Psychology, & the Mind (RELI 336): Pre-session

  • Wokeness: Power, Identity, & Psyche in Contemporary America (IDS 120): 7 week 1 and 2

  • Writers, Women and the Gods (AFAS 342): 5 week 1

  • Ancient Athletics (CLAS 240): 5 week 1

  • Human Nutrition in the Prevention & Treatment of Disease (NSC 310): 7 week 2

  • Intro to Nutrition and Human Performance* (NSC 306): 7 week 2

  • Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Promotion (NSC 320): 7 week 2

  • Recreation & Leisure in Contemporary Society (SRL 353): 7 week 2

  • Sports and the Media (JOUR 303): Pre-Session

  • Sports Nutrition* (NSC 315): 5 week 2

  • Theory and Practice of Coaching (SRL 407): 7 week 1

  • Yoga (RELI 367): 5 week 1

  • American Polarization: Roots & Solutions (IDS 396): 7 week 2

  • Human Rights in the U.S. (HRTS 300): 7 week 2

  • Public Education in America (EDP 405): 7 week 2

  • United States: 1945 to Present (HIST 440): 7 week 2

  • United States Military History (HIST 315): 7 week 1

  • Wokeness: Power, Identity, and the American Psyche (IDS 120): 7 week 1 and 2

Fall 2026

IDS 120: Wokeness: Power, Identity, and the Psyche in Contemporary America (7 week 1)

This interdisciplinary course explores issues of power in the United States, with a focus on contemporary debates about “wokeness” in U.S. culture. Using methods from multiple disciplines, students will study the political, economic, and social phenomena that shape American life – from race and class to sexuality.

IDS 301: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies 

This course has two primary goals: 1) to improve students' understanding of the research and writing process and how to apply those skills to different types of assignments 2) to introduce students to the theories and methods of different disciplines. This includes comparing and contrasting scholarship from different disciplines and learning the techniques necessary to conduct research on multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary topics. Specific topics covered may vary.

IDS 393/493: Internship

Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.

IDS 396: Interdisciplinarity at Play: Sports and Society (7 week 2)

This course critically assesses the intersection of sports and power in the United States. Using approaches from multiple disciplines, students will study the political, economic, and social phenomena at play in the realm of athletics, from race and class to gender and sexuality. We will pay special attention to controversies in the sports world as they have manifested both historically and contemporarily. Who makes the rules? How is power rendered less visible by the rules of the game? Is competition ever “fair”? Students in this course will develop their capacities to synthesize multiple areas of study in their exploration of complex, real-world problems, as well as to think critically about sports and human performance as a site of power, possibility, and social struggle.

IDS 496 Interdisciplinarity at Work: Topics and Methods (7 week 1)

Real-world workplaces are complex environments to navigate, requiring interdisciplinary understanding and techniques. In this course, we will provide an overview of the different contexts where an interdisciplinary outlook and approach will be instrumental, from collaborating in a team environment to leadership and intercultural problem-solving. In particular, we will explore the value of comprehending and responding to the social contexts of modern employment, including issues of gender, race, globalization, capitalism, and ethics. The course will also engage with topics such as expertise, curiosity, technical and experiential knowledge, management versus leadership, and operational outlooks to study interdisciplinarity at work. Our study will be interdisciplinary, drawing on disciplines such as social psychology, economics, and communication. We will examine real-world case studies and hear from individuals who rely on interdisciplinary skills across industries and professions.

IDS 498: Senior Capstone

Senior Capstone is a culminating experience for IDS students that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broad familiarity with multi-disciplinary methodologies and analytical frameworks.
 

Recommended Courses

  • Adobe Illustrator: Vector-based Editing & Communication (SBS 405): 7 week 2
  • Astronomy and the Arts (ASTR 333): In person
  • Building Digital Audiences Across the World (GLO 407) 7 week 2
  • Introduction to Arts Administration (FA 300): In person
  • Once Upon a Time in Italian Cinema (ITAL 330B): 7 week 1
  • Digital Filmmaking: From YouTube to Netflix (FTV 306): 7 week 1
  • Digital Media: Impact and Innovation (ISTA 404)
  • Fully online, regular German Cinema (FTV 325)
  • In-person Global Kung Fu Cinema (CHN 305): 7 week 2
  • Hip-Hop Cinema (AFAS 371): In-person, 7 week 1, and 7 week 2
  • Information, Multi-Media Design, & the Moving Image (ESOC 340): In person & fully online
  • Intro to Web Design & Development (ISTA 325): Fully Online, regular semester
  • Introduction to Modern Design History (ARH 370): 7 week 2
  • Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation (GLO 475): 7 week 1
  • Once Upon a Time in Italian American Cinema (ITAL 330B): 7 week 1
  • Rap, Culture and God (AFAS 335): 7 week 1 Hybrid in-person
  • Science and Science Fiction (ASTR 325): In person
  • Soundtrack of the Caribbean (AFAS 386): 7 week 2
  • Topics in Museum Studies (ARH 400): In person
  • US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures (FREN 373): 7 week 1
  • Utopian Visions: East European Visual Culture (RSSS 360): In person

  • Digital Media: Impact and Innovation (ISTA 404): Fully online, regular

  • Economic Geography (GEOG 305): In person

  • Environmental Ethics (PHIL 323): Fully Online, regular

  • Financial and Economic Strategy (ACBS 301): Fully online, regular

  • The Food Economy-Efficiencies, Gaps and Policies (NAFS 365): In person

  • Gamification in Society (GAME 310): Fully Online, regular

  • Gender, Work and Organizations (GWS 427): In person

  • Global and Financial Economics and Strategies* (BNAD 301): In person

  • Global Slavery & Human Trafficking (HIST 308S): Fully Online, regular

  • Human Side of Organizations (BNAD 301): In person

  • Interdisciplinarity at Work: Topics and Methods (IDS 496): 7 week 1

  • Intro to Web Design & Development (ISTA 325): Fully Online, regular semester

  • Intro to Professional and Technical Writing (ENGL 313): In person

  • Introduction to Sustainable Development (EVS/GEOG 302): In person

  • Leadership for Social Change (EDL 371): 7 week 2

  • Marketing Principles, Concepts and Tools (BNAD 303): In person

  • Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation (GLO 475): 7 week 1

  • Monetizing Independent Gaming (GAME 312): In person

  • Organizational Leadership (EDL 322): 7 week 2

  • Principles of Entrepreneurship (ENTR 406): Fully online, regular

  • Spanish for Business and Economics* (SPAN 371A): In person and 7 week 1

  • Urban Growth and Development (GEOG 379): In person

  • Communist China: History and Narrative (EAS 376): Fully online, regular

  • Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship: Mainstream & Indigenous (AIS 225): In person

  • Pandemics, Politics and Culture in France and Italy (FREN 300): 7 week 2

  • Fantasy Fiction (ENGL 378): In person

  • Fight the Power: Colonialism and Resistance (ANTH 358): In person

  • From Godzilla to Hello Kitty! US-Japan Popular Culture (JPN 355): In person

  • German Cinema (FTV 325): In-person

  • Global Environmental History (HIST 356): In person

  • Global Power and U.S.-Latin American Relations (LAS 312): In person

  • Global Slavery & Human Trafficking (HIST 308S): Fully Online, regular

  • History of Anti-Semitism (RELI 387): 7 week 2

  • Japanese and Chinese Nationalism (EAS 466): In person

  • Latin American Immigration and the Re-Making of the US (ANTH 317): 7 week 2

  • Native Student Outreach, Access, and Resiliency (HED 397C): In person

  • Pandemics, Politics and Culture in France and Italy (FREN 300): 7 week 2

  • Racism and Resistance in Latin America (AFAS 466): In person

  • Religion in German Culture (RELI 379): In person

  • Shamans, Martyrs, & Heretics: Religion & Korean Peninsula (KOR 319): 7 week 1

  • Soundtrack of the Caribbean (AFAS 386): 7 week 2

  • Urban Multiculturalism: An Intro to Diverse Societies ( 7 week 1)

  • US & Francophone Hip-Hop Cultures (FREN 373): 7 week 1

  • The US-Mexico Border Region (HIST 361): In person

  • Advanced Scientific Writing (ENGL 414): In person

  • Archaeology of Death (ANTH 339): In person

  • Astronomy in the Ancient World (ASTR 330): In person

  • Darwinian Medicine (ANTH 369): In person

  • Design for Health Workshop (HSD 401): In person

  • Ecosystem Health and Justice (ENVS 310): In person

  • Environment, Health, and Society (CHS 350): In person

  • Global Environmental History (HIST 356): In person

  • Health Coaching* (NSC 332): 7 week 1

  • Hospital as a Small Society: Social Organization of Medicine (CHS 410): Fully Online, Regular semester

  • Full STEM Ahead: Science and the News (JOUR 305): In person

  • Natural History of Our Closest Relatives (ANTH 364): In person

  • Pandemics, Politics and Culture in France and Italy (FREN 300): 7 week 2

  • Perspective of Sustainability: Supplying Mineral Resources for Society (ENGR 422): In person

  • Population Health in the Digital Age (PHP 305): 7 week 2

  • Public Health in the 21st Century (HPS 300): In person

  • Religious Diversity in Healthcare: Intercultural Training (RELI 406): 7 week 2

  • Spirituality and Sickness: Religion and Health in the US (RELI 303): Hybrid

  • Science and Science Fiction (ASTR 325): In person

  • Technology of Sound (ISTA 302): Regular, Fully Online

  • Understanding Cat and Dog Behavior (ACBS 311): Live Online, Reg semester

  • Class, Gender, and Family in Korea (KOR 352): 7 week 2

  • Classical Ideal: From Greece & Rome through 1930s (CLAS 300): Fully online, regular

  • Darwinian Medicine (ANTH 369): In person

  • Engaging Differences: An American Imperative (IDS 176): 7 week 1

  • Fight the Power: Colonialism and Resistance (ANTH 358): In person

  • Greek and Roman Religion (CLAS 305): 7 week 1

  • The Holocaust (RELI 374): 7 week 1

  • Human Side of Organizations (BNAD 301): In person

  • Interdisciplinarity at Work: Topics and Methods (IDS 496): 7 week 1

  • International Migration & Migrants (SOC 355): In person

  • Leadership for Social Change (EDL 371): 7 week 2

  • Parks and Urban Public Spaces (LAR 350): Fully Online, regular

  • Natural History of Our Closest Relatives (ANTH 364): In person

  • Rethinking Race and Health in the United States (AFAS 444): 7 week 1

  • Shamans, Martyrs, &Heretics: Religion & Korean Peninsula (KOR 319): 7 week 1

  • Social Construction of Race: Whiteness (AFAS 304A): 7 week 1

  • State and Local Politics (POL 327): In person

  • Pen & Sword: Russian Writers & Autocracy 1825-1905 (RSSS 340): In person

  • Population Geography (GEOG 367): In person

  • Tibetan Buddhism: Liberation, Identity, & Representation (EAS 358): In person

  • Urban Anthropology (ANTH 311): In person

  • Warfare and Violence in History (HIST 316): In person

  • Wokeness: Power, Identity, & the Psyche in Contemporary America (IDS 120): 7 week 2

  • Administration & Leadership in Community Recreation and Park Organizations (SRL 354): 7 week 2

  • Business of College Sports* (MGMT 354): In person

  • Digital Media: Impact and Innovations (ISTA 404): Fully online, regular semester

  • Global Soccer (AFAS 376): In person

  • Human Side of Organizations (BNAD 301): In person

  • Human Performance Pharmacology* (PHCL 442): In person

  • Health Coaching* (NSC 332): 7 week 1

  • Intro to Nutrition and Human Performance* (NSC 306): Fully Online, regular

  • Interdisciplinary at Play: Sports and Society (IDS 396): 7 week 2

  • Marketing Principles, Concepts and Tools (BNAD 303): In person

  • Monetizing Independent Gaming (GAME 312): In person

  • Planning Community Events and Recreation Programs (SRL 408): 7 week 1

  • Sports & Empire: Sport in Soviet & Post-Soviet & Eastern European Society (RSSS 280): In person

  • Sports and Society in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA 225): In person

  • Sports Analytics* (MGMT 359): 7 week 1

  • Sports Administration and Planning* (MGMT 351): In person

  • Sports Negotiation and Compliance* (MGMT 353): In person

  • Sports Nutrition* (NSC 315): In person or 7 week 1

  • Theory and Practice of Coaching (SRL 407): In person

  • African-American Literature (AFAS 478): In person

  • Engaging Differences: An American Imperative (IDS 176): 7 week 1

  • United States: 1945 to Present (HIST 440): 7 week 2

  • Human Rights in the US (HRTS 300): 7 week 2

  • Migration and Landscapes of the Ancient Southwest (AIS 346): In person

  • National Parks, Museums, and Zoos (TLS 331): 7 week 1 or 2

  • Rethinking Race and Health in the United States (AFAS 444): 7 week 1

  • State and Local Politics (POL 327): In person

  • The US-Mexico Border Region (HIST 361): In person

  • Wokeness: Power, Identity, & Psyche in Contemporary America (IDS 120): 7 week 2