Interdisciplinary Perspective: What it is and how affects the lives of college students like me.
Interdisciplinary perspective is the combination or involvement of two or more academic disciplines or fields of study. This idea encompasses the main theme of my Inquiry class this week: Liberal arts. Students need an interdisciplinary perspective to provide them with the broad perspective required for being prepared for the ever-changing nature of working life. Liberal education programs provide just that. They require that you take information from all different disciples as the foundation of your education before focusing on a specific career.
Two other words that were themes in some of my other classes this week werecriminology and matrices.
Criminology is the study of crime and criminals. This is the topic of my Sociology class right now.
A matrix is something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops. (Matrices is the plural form of matrix.) In my geography class, this week we had to work on charts that he called matrices which posed a hypothetical situation about which city in Texas would be the most financially beneficial to build a factory that produces belts. We had to determine which place would be the most cost-effective for the development of the belts before they are shipped to the target market area.
All of my classes tend to have specific themes every week. It is important to understand the key terms and ideas every week in class to so that you do not fall behind. If you are ever unsure about the current subject, you have to go speak to your professor during his or her office hours. Being up to pace on learning new vocabulary is the best way to make sure you fully understand any topic.
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