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30 courses with the subject IDS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

IDS 150Special Topics. 1-8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
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IDS 250Special Topics. 1-8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 260Independent Study. 1-8

IDS 290. Internship. 1-8.

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
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IDS 290Internship. 1-8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
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IDS 350Special Topics. 8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
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IDS 360Independent Study. 1-8

IDS 390. Internship. 1-8. IDS 402. Business Ethics (BUS 402). 4. 4. This seminar course addresses current ethical issues in business and frameworks for addressing them. The main objective is for each student to discover the core of their moral and ethical basis for decision-making in the workplace. The course utilizes a case-study approach to assist students in applying the principles discussed in class. Prerequisites: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulﬁlls interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement (1998). Fulﬁlls the apply requirement for the CQ.

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 390Internship. 1-8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 402Business Ethics (BUS 402). 4. 4. This seminar course addresses current ethical issues in business and frameworks for addressing them. The main objective is for each student to discover the core of their moral and ethical basis for decision-making in the workplace. The course utilizes a case-study approach to assist students in applying the principles discussed in class. Fulfills the Senior Seminar requirement for the Integrative Experience.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. This seminar course addresses current ethical issues in business and frameworks for addressing them. The main objective is for each student to discover the core of their moral and ethical basis for decision-making in the workplace. The course utilizes a case-study approach to assist students in applying the principles discussed in class. Fulfills the Senior Seminar requirement for the Integrative Experience.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 409Gay, Lesbian, Queer Studies. 4. 4.An intensive study of the literature and culture of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer movements in 20th century America with particular focus on the intersections among queer theory, women?s studies and African and African American studies.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) and diversity in the U.S. requirements (1998). Sociocultural engagement requirement2019

4.An intensive study of the literature and culture of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer movements in 20th century America with particular focus on the intersections among queer theory, women?s studies and African and African American studies.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 2019
Credits (max): 2019
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 410Power, Politics, and Public Schools. 4. 4. The purpose of this course is to explore the origin and nature of inequities in American public education, and the processes through which communities have come together to address them, drawing on the lenses of the history of education, sociology of education and education organizing.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) and social justice/ environmental responsibility requirements (1998). Evaluating systems and environments requirements2019

4. The purpose of this course is to explore the origin and nature of inequities in American public education, and the processes through which communities have come together to address them, drawing on the lenses of the history of education, sociology of education and education organizing.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 2019
Credits (max): 2019
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 411Gender & Development in Africa. 4. 4. Uses interdisciplinary African ethnographic films and literature to understand the legitimacy of mainstreaming gender equality and sensitivity as fundamental values that should be reflected in development processes, choices and practices.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Uses interdisciplinary African ethnographic films and literature to understand the legitimacy of mainstreaming gender equality and sensitivity as fundamental values that should be reflected in development processes, choices and practices.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 412Race, Ethnicity, Psychology and Law. 4. 4. Consists of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities as it relates to psychology and the legal system. Counts as capstone for African and African American studies major.Prerequisite: PSY 100, or two courses in African and African American studies and minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Consists of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African Americans and other racial/ethnic minorities as it relates to psychology and the legal system. Counts as capstone for African and African American studies major.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 415Understanding Eating Disorder. 4. 4. Examines eating disorders, using multidisciplinary knowledge to deepen and broaden students? understanding of ways in which eating disorders are, as Bordo says, ?a crystallization of culture? as well as individual responses to that culture. Students will interrogate sociological, philosophical, medical and psychological literature along with personal memoir to gain understanding of disturbed eating.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Examines eating disorders, using multidisciplinary knowledge to deepen and broaden students? understanding of ways in which eating disorders are, as Bordo says, ?a crystallization of culture? as well as individual responses to that culture. Students will interrogate sociological, philosophical, medical and psychological literature along with personal memoir to gain understanding of disturbed eating.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 417Ethics of Capitalism. 4. Explores the historical business, economic, political and ethical foundations of capitalism, considered by some to be the ?engine? for prosperity. Capitalism is both an economic and social system, in which the individual and the government assume specific responsibilities and roles. In ?pure? capitalism, production and distribution are private operations; individuals exchange goods and services through markets; and they do so in order to achieve profits. Capitalism raises ethical questions about wealth and poverty, globalization, allocation of resources, utility, freedom, equality, fairness, individualism and social justice. This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of capitalism as a system and presents opportunities for students to think critically about related ethical issues.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement

Explores the historical business, economic, political and ethical foundations of capitalism, considered by some to be the ?engine? for prosperity. Capitalism is both an economic and social system, in which the individual and the government assume specific responsibilities and roles. In ?pure? capitalism, production and distribution are private operations; individuals exchange goods and services through markets; and they do so in order to achieve profits. Capitalism raises ethical questions about wealth and poverty, globalization, allocation of resources, utility, freedom, equality, fairness, individualism and social justice. This course provides an interdisciplinary overview of capitalism as a system and presents opportunities for students to think critically about related ethical issues.

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 418Science, Sex and Nature. 4. Develops an ecofeminist analysis of dualisms in western thought as a source of both social injustice and environmental destruction. Uses that framework as a springboard for exploring the gendered politics of knowledge, including how assumptions about sex and gender historically have influenced scientific accounts of human and non-human nature, and how the logic of confirmation allows for such influence to continue. 4.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) and social justice/ environmental responsibility requirements (1998). Evaluating systems and environments requirement2019

Develops an ecofeminist analysis of dualisms in western thought as a source of both social injustice and environmental destruction. Uses that framework as a springboard for exploring the gendered politics of knowledge, including how assumptions about sex and gender historically have influenced scientific accounts of human and non-human nature, and how the logic of confirmation allows for such influence to continue. 4.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 2019
Credits (max): 2019
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 421Border Crossings. 4. 4. This course examines the concept of ?the border? that has worked to exclude those seen as not properly a part of ?normal? American citizenry. Using the methodology and theoretical commitments of early ?outsider? and activist scholarship, the course traces more recent scholarly movements in disability theory, critical legal theory and queer theory to examine the use of discourses of exclusion and resistance in current border controversies, such as the movement of migrant labor across the Arizona/Mexico border.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. This course examines the concept of ?the border? that has worked to exclude those seen as not properly a part of ?normal? American citizenry. Using the methodology and theoretical commitments of early ?outsider? and activist scholarship, the course traces more recent scholarly movements in disability theory, critical legal theory and queer theory to examine the use of discourses of exclusion and resistance in current border controversies, such as the movement of migrant labor across the Arizona/Mexico border.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 427Murder, Most Foul. 4. 4.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement1998

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 428Agricultural Revolutions. 4. 4.This course explores the social, political, cultural and environmental dimensions of agriculture in the United States and around the world. We will study the first agricultural revolution (the original emergence of agriculture 12,000 years ago), the industrialization of agriculture, and 21st-century social movements that promote organic, sustainable or local agriculture, including peasant and food sovereignty movements. The course integrates anthropology, sociology, history, environmental studies and literary studies. Students will conduct field research on local farming, farmers markets or agricultural activism.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4.This course explores the social, political, cultural and environmental dimensions of agriculture in the United States and around the world. We will study the first agricultural revolution (the original emergence of agriculture 12,000 years ago), the industrialization of agriculture, and 21st-century social movements that promote organic, sustainable or local agriculture, including peasant and food sovereignty movements. The course integrates anthropology, sociology, history, environmental studies and literary studies. Students will conduct field research on local farming, farmers markets or agricultural activism.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 430African Americans in the 21st Century: Back to the Future?. 4. Using a range of related resources from various disciplines, this course examines a range of problems and challenges African Americans have experienced in the past and explores possible outcomes and solutions for the future. The issues are criminal justice, education, social caste, and political empowerment and the time period the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. Students will be asked to conduct original research on the topic, focusing on one community, either in the United States, or the African Diaspora, as resources are available.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) and social justice environmental studies requirements (1998). Evaluating systems and environments requirement2019

Using a range of related resources from various disciplines, this course examines a range of problems and challenges African Americans have experienced in the past and explores possible outcomes and solutions for the future. The issues are criminal justice, education, social caste, and political empowerment and the time period the 20th century and the first decade of the 21st. Students will be asked to conduct original research on the topic, focusing on one community, either in the United States, or the African Diaspora, as resources are available.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 2019
Credits (max): 2019
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 435Understanding Poverty. 4. 4.Examines the underlying causes and compares anthropological, sociological, political, ecological and economic theories, of poverty. Explores methodological issues in the measurement of poverty and institutional approaches to its alleviation, including both national and international development strategies.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4.Examines the underlying causes and compares anthropological, sociological, political, ecological and economic theories, of poverty. Explores methodological issues in the measurement of poverty and institutional approaches to its alleviation, including both national and international development strategies.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 440The American Upper Class. 4. 4. Examines, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the American upper class throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, looking at the distribution of wealth in this country, and the extent to which that distribution changed during the 20th century. The course considers how perceptions held about upper-class life affect the lives of the vast majority of those not in the upper class.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Examines, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the American upper class throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, looking at the distribution of wealth in this country, and the extent to which that distribution changed during the 20th century. The course considers how perceptions held about upper-class life affect the lives of the vast majority of those not in the upper class.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 442International Development. 4. 4. Uses the perspectives of history, politics, economics, geography and religion to investigate the factors that determine whether or not developing countries reap the benefits of globalization and development. The course explores the various conclusions reached by different theorists and policymakers.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Uses the perspectives of history, politics, economics, geography and religion to investigate the factors that determine whether or not developing countries reap the benefits of globalization and development. The course explores the various conclusions reached by different theorists and policymakers.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 450Special Topic. 8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 452Homer to Socrates: Cultures of Classical Greece (HIST 335). 4. 4. Introduces students to the history of culture in archaic and classical Greece (ca. 800-400 BCE). The methods and materials for investigating this period are interdisciplinary, drawing on literary, philosophical and historiographical sources, including Homeric epics, Greek drama and histories, and Platonic dialogues.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4. Introduces students to the history of culture in archaic and classical Greece (ca. 800-400 BCE). The methods and materials for investigating this period are interdisciplinary, drawing on literary, philosophical and historiographical sources, including Homeric epics, Greek drama and histories, and Platonic dialogues.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 455Human Sexuality. 4. 4.An interdisciplinary study of human sexuality that draws most prominently from the academic disciplines of biology, psychology, sociology and health education. Focused topics include male and female sexual anatomy and physiology, birth control, pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases, gender development and identity, and sexual orientation.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4.An interdisciplinary study of human sexuality that draws most prominently from the academic disciplines of biology, psychology, sociology and health education. Focused topics include male and female sexual anatomy and physiology, birth control, pregnancy and childbirth, sexually transmitted diseases, gender development and identity, and sexual orientation.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 460Independent Study. 1-8

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 472Environmental Planning. 4. 4.This course is designed to give students the opportunity to apply interdisciplinary methods and tools to assess the current status of environmentally sensitive areas; to protect natural resources, ecosystems and watersheds; and to study the management and preservation of existing green spaces. Students will also investigate current designs for the development of more sustainable communities, including urban planning strategies that relate to preservation and restoration of the environment. This course will integrate discussion of the scientific concepts that underlie environmental planning decisions, as well as local and federal policies relevant to planning issues. Students interested in closely related fields are encouraged toward in-depth study in these areas, including other scientific disciplines, economics, cultural impacts, policy and law, etc. The course will include a large, applied project that will give students the opportunity to integrate and apply their disciplinary expertise to a complex environmental issue.Prerequisite: two laboratory sciences or permission of instructor and a minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4.This course is designed to give students the opportunity to apply interdisciplinary methods and tools to assess the current status of environmentally sensitive areas; to protect natural resources, ecosystems and watersheds; and to study the management and preservation of existing green spaces. Students will also investigate current designs for the development of more sustainable communities, including urban planning strategies that relate to preservation and restoration of the environment. This course will integrate discussion of the scientific concepts that underlie environmental planning decisions, as well as local and federal policies relevant to planning issues. Students interested in closely related fields are encouraged toward in-depth study in these areas, including other scientific disciplines, economics, cultural impacts, policy and law, etc. The course will include a large, applied project that will give students the opportunity to integrate and apply their disciplinary expertise to a complex environmental issue.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 477Magic, Science and Religion. 4. This course examines different modalities of thought, from science, to magic, to religion, among others. Issues we examine in class include the definitions of magic vs empiricism, reason vs revelation, biology vs theology on the issue of creation, the scope of rationality, religious pluralism and relativism, physics and the ultimate nature of reality, the role of belief in human inquiry, possible conversations between quantum mechanics and Buddhist emptiness theory, ?worldviews? vs individual experience, the notion of perspective, sympathy in causality, and the historical relationship between magic and religion.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of historical perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

This course examines different modalities of thought, from science, to magic, to religion, among others. Issues we examine in class include the definitions of magic vs empiricism, reason vs revelation, biology vs theology on the issue of creation, the scope of rationality, religious pluralism and relativism, physics and the ultimate nature of reality, the role of belief in human inquiry, possible conversations between quantum mechanics and Buddhist emptiness theory, ?worldviews? vs individual experience, the notion of perspective, sympathy in causality, and the historical relationship between magic and religion.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 481Notions of Beauty in 20th Century Culture, Art & Fiction. 4. 4.Examines intentions and manifestations of beauty in various cultural practices, the valuation and departure from ideal depictions in visual and textual sources, and the way these conceptions come to life through the vehicles of history, sociology, contemporary art, advertising and fiction.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) requirement1998

4.Examines intentions and manifestations of beauty in various cultural practices, the valuation and departure from ideal depictions in visual and textual sources, and the way these conceptions come to life through the vehicles of history, sociology, contemporary art, advertising and fiction.

Subject: IDS
Credits (min): 1998
Credits (max): 1998
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

IDS 485Arab and Islamic Feminisms. 4. 4.Examines the nature, development and articulations of Arab and Islamic feminisms over the last 100 years. The course will explore the history of the status of women in the Arabo-Islamic world, the variations in feminist movements among various Arab and Islamic countries, and the debates around Islamic feminism.Prerequisite: Minimum 88 semester credits earned and completion of Historical Perspectives requirement. Fulfills interdisciplinary studies (IDS 400) and intercultural requirement (1998). 5800 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro NC 27410 336.316.2000 admission@guilford.edu Information For

4.Examines the nature, development and articulations of Arab and Islamic feminisms over the last 100 years. The course will explore the history of the status of women in the Arabo-Islamic world, the variations in feminist movements among various Arab and Islamic countries, and the debates around Islamic feminism.

Subject: IDS
Type: course
Edition: 2026-2027
Catalog: Catalog 2026-2027
Source: catalog.guilford.edu

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