3 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 200Interdisciplinary Studies and Modern Problems3
Introduction to interdisciplinary studies and its six tracks. In order to understand each track, students study selected topics in six separate modules. Topics include but are not limited to: income inequality, access to healthcare, climate change, the ethics of incarceration, artificial intelligence and genomics, and artificial intelligence and the written word.
Open only to students in the UNCW Seahawk Success Program. This course serves as a gateway for the UNCW Interdisciplinary Degree. Through writing and engagement with a core set of texts, students learn about different approaches to interdisciplinary studies and interdisciplinary research, as well as its applications for personal assessment and career development. Through research, a presentation, and a final project, students will reflect on their academic experiences and articulate a personal pathway through the Interdisciplinary Studies program. By the end of the course they will have established an interdisciplinary studies eportfolio that they will complete in IDS 400 .
Engages in interdisciplinary research, analysis, and writing. Students propose solutions to practical and topic-specific problems and develop a final paper through faculty and peer feedback. Students complete an e-portfolio that demonstrates and reflects on their academic and personal path through the IDS program.
