CSUH Catalog 2004-2005: Interdisciplinary Studies (Undergraduate)

Interdisciplinary Studies

	Department Information
	General Information
	Undergraduate Courses

Department Information

College of Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences
Office: Warren Hall, Room 815
Phone: (510) 885-3161
Dean: Alden Reimonenq

Professor: William J. Langan (Philosophy)

General Information

The upper division courses INTD 3001-2-3 comprise a team-taught, interdisciplinary sequence of courses that offers an integrated approach to the upper division GE requirements, thereby providing more focus to the General Education package.

Undergraduate Courses


The course prefix for the following courses is INTD.
1301	The Human Condition (4) Examines various attempts to find meaning in human existence from the perspectives of different disciplines and cultures.
3001	In Search of Self: The Mystery of Self and Other (4) Different conceptions of self and other; the influence of personal experiences, social environment and cultural tradition on our sense of self; the process of becoming oneself; problems of identity, alienation and authenticity; self as relation; self as narrative. Historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings from a variety of disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences.
3002	In Search of Self: Conflict and Value (4) Being with others; love and friendship; individualism and social identity; the tension between personal and social values; diversity and conflict; cultural relativism and the foundation of values. Historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings drawn from a variety of disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences.
3003	In Search of Self: Truth and Reality (4) The quest for certitude; meaning and limits of knowledge; truth in myth, religion and science; the tyranny of technological thinking; beyond objectivism and subjectivism. Historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural readings drawn from a variety of disciplines in the liberal arts and sciences.
3999	Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies (4) Readings, discussion, and research on contemporary and/or significant issues in interdisciplinary studies. May be repeated for credit when content varies.