Master of Interdisciplinary Studies

MIS Core Competencies

• Identification of the interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and international nature of the topic.
• Scholarly level knowledge through reading of primary (research and creative works) and secondary texts (critical, historical, and theoretical treatises).
• Extensive, critical, and constructive student participation in class discussion.
• Ability to do graduate level critical and analytical thinking, including:
  • Finding, analyzing, and evaluating important concepts
  • Evaluating quality and accuracy of evidence
  • Identifying and critically evaluating intellectual and cultural/contextual issues
  • Demonstrating awareness of multiple approaches and their validity
  • Developing one’s own critical approach based on knowledge of the field
• Ability to synthesize information from multiple approaches to examine complex issues.
• Completion of individual graduate level written and oral communication of learning:
  • Written papers that present critical and synthetic analysis of the topic
  • Oral presentations that convey the central tenets and specific issues

Adopted: 27 February 2008