Christy Freeman

INT 470-90-141B
Concept Map
11/7/2014
Dr. Miller
Concept Map: Interdisciplinary Studies

For example,
combining sociology,
psychology and
economics to see
what freedom
students have in
their lives.

Uses critical thinking

and problem solving
to integrate ideas.

Integrates ideas
to form complex
new thought and
incorporate
multiple
disciplines

For example, natural

sciences may not
completely cover a topc
on why people behave
the way they do. Social
sciences must also be
incorporated to answer
this question.

Scholarly insights are

already published thoughts
and ideas. INT takes insights
from multiple disciplines to
form new insights that can
be helpful in fully
understanding the topic at
hand.
For example, takes qualitative
research and incorporates
sociological research to answer
questions involving behavior.

Addresses broad
topics that single
disciplines can not
adequately cover

Uses scholarly insights

to form new
approaches to study

Interdisciplinary
Studies

Provides criticism to
expand ideas which are
already formed

in topics where multiple

disciplines can be applied,
INT evaluates the single
discipline approach and
provides meaningful
criticism to show how other
disciplines can be
incorporated

Uses critical thinking to

approach topics.

Provides research on
topics that are not fully
expanded

Takes multiple disciplilnes

and studies relationships
among these disciplines to
form new data sets.