Beyond Boundaries Courses
The one-semester Beyond Boundaries interdisciplinary courses cross not just departments in Arts & Sciences, but the entire university. They break down barries between disciplines for a more holistic experience, while still offering what all our First-Year Programs provide: exposure to new concepts and people; opportunities to learn from some of the world's leading scholars across a spectrum of disciplines; and, well, fun. Boundaries courses helps talented, self-initiated, and self-motivated students become creative problem solvers and insightful scholars who are prepared to pursue their own broad interdisciplinary interests. These courses require collaboration across academic disciplines and perspectives, drawing on the strength and interconnectedness of the university’s seven schools.
sample courses:
Co-taught by scholars from across the university, this course addresses the physical basis for climate change, how climates are changing and how we know that climates are changing, and the effects of climate change on natural and human systems.
This class explores the many issues created by the aging of the world’s population, from the perspective of scholars from medicine, engineering, architecture, public health, social work, law, business, art, and psychology. You’ll explore St. Louis to consider how ready our campus and community are for the aging of society, and you'll gain practical information to maximize your own life as you and your family and friends grow old together.
From “ah-ha” epiphanies to slow-developing discoveries, the creative process has been employed by innovators and artists in virtually every corner of the globe for centuries. Explore the study and practice of the creative process across many disciplines with input from prominent thinkers and practitioners in the areas of medicine, neuroscience, law, engineering, architecture, human-centered design, and the performing arts.
