Project on Disciplinary Innovation: Course Threads

 

The Project on Disciplinary Innovation, commonly known as Course Threads, is meant to invite new ways of thinking about interdisciplinary faculty research and the relationship among undergraduate courses in the humanities and related fields at U.C. Berkeley. Rather than generate new programs, interdisciplinary majors, or official requirements, the aim of this project is to establish a flexible model for cross-disciplinary education by bringing to light some of the hidden "threads" that connect courses across existing departments and disciplines. Each "thread" will be comprised of a relatively robust number of courses in different departments as well as by some introductory activity and a capstone experience that students may elect. The possibility of following a particular thread or path of interest, once marked by the faculty, will be an option for undergraduates to choose, not a requirement.

Apply to the program.

Read course threads from Spring 2009.

Read a full description of the genesis of the project.