Through my degree path, Interdisciplinary Studies, I have learned many ways of looking at, and solving, problems. Not only problems from a professional standpoint but problems of any nature. The way this was taught to me was by becoming knowledgeable in two interrelated disciplines of education and through this interrelation realizing innovations never thought of before. I have learned that by looking at a problem, or situation, from many perspectives and analyzing it using multiple trains of though, that new and innovative solutions can be found. I feel that this background gives me a considerable advantage in critical thinking situations.

I chose this degree path because of its advantages of not following the traditional, single discipline, education. I wanted to learn about multiple disciples of education, and how to interrelate them. I found this educational path to be extremely innovative because I was not restricted to one path of study and was able to experience much more of what a four year university has to offer.

Breakdown of the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary studies


-Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies: In this class I learned what an Interdisciplinarian was, the history of this discipline and the advantages of this educational path.
-Interdisciplinary Inquiry: I learned how to create a professional research proposal, as well as the advantages of doing so from an Interdisciplinary perspective.
-Professional Internship: In this internship I learned the values of my interdisciplinary foundations in real life situations. I found myself using the skills I was taught in a classroom in professional situations.
-Heros Journey and the Realm of Possibilities: In this class I learned many important life skills to help me succeed in a professional environment, such as, personal problem solving, and how to communicate and empathize in a professional situation.


Breakdown of my two disciplines.


United States History

-United States History To 1865: Follows the evolution of the United States from when this continent was discovered in 1492, the colonization of this continent, the eventual revolutionary war, all the way through until the Civil War in 1865.
-United States History Since 1865: Surveyed the Civil War, the consequences of this and a brief over view of the Manifest Destiny ideology of Americans, the Mexican American War, World War 1, World War 2, the Vietnam War, and many other important historical events.
-Women In History, 1880-1980: I learned about many important women in American history and this impact they made on American society.
-American Cultural History To 1865: A look into the daily life of early settlers, and what life was like in early American society.
-Historical Inquiry Of The Southwest and Mexican American Border Relations: This was an in-depth look into issues surrounding the Mexican-American war, and future border relations. Many issues of racism, immigrant, and human rights were also studied.
-World War 1 And The American Home: An extremely in-depth look into life at home during World War 1. This class was focused at choosing a very specific topic during World War 1 and spending the entire semester researching this topic, bringing this all together to present as a speech and formal research paper.

Education

-Culture and Schooling: This class looked into the problems surrounding cultural and schooling, and how the inequalities that exist between many different cultures inside the school system are extremely great.
-Educational Psychology: This class was a three module class looking at the human brain of adolescent children, how to develop adequate testing strategies, and how to properly manage adolescent behavior.
-Orientation To The Exceptional Child: This class was a brief survey of how to identify and asses learning disabled children.
-Educational Computer Technology, Programing: This was a brief overview of how to use Microsoft Access and a computer programing program to create functioning data retrievable tables.
-Understanding Cultural Diversity: This class was a much more in-depth look into the problems surrounding the lack of equality among the different cultures inside the American school system. Issues of race, ethnic, and socio-economic equality were discussed in great detail.