HNRS 110 Disrupting Education

Effecting change requires a disruption to the status quo. This class explores disruptions to higher education over the past century. We will focus on the rise of academic disciplines and the shift to interdisciplinary thinking. We will also discuss what it means to be gifted or high achieving, what creativity looks like in different disciplines, and what it means to think critically. This class is an introduction to the principles that guide the UJ Honors Program. 

Credits

1

Offered

Fall

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Describe the concept of critical thinking and distinguish it from other kinds of thinking.
2. Describe various forms of creativity in different disciplines and discuss its value in addressing problems.
3. Describe strategies for measuring critical thinking and creativity, and discuss the challenges associated with measuring or quantifying each of these.
4. Articulate the distinction between disciplinarity and interdisciplinarity and describe the value of using an interdisciplinary approach to solve complex problems.