Integrative Experience

Definition and Guidelines:

An Integrative Experience (IE) consists of one of the following:

1. Faculty-Initiated courses/experiences:

a. A course that includes consideration of one or more issues involving the relationship of science or technology with contemporary* society. The course will involve a substantial paper or project and oral presentation. The paper/project is to involve self-reflection and critical analysis. The oral presentation should provide for open discourse and may occur in class or in a community-wide forum such as Presentations Days.

b. A course offered in parallel with clinic or research involving groups of students in critical reflection on the ethical and social issues involved in their projects and/or prior projects. As in option a), the course will involve a substantial paper or project and oral presentation. The paper/project is to involve self-reflection and critical analysis.

c. Project-based courses that specifically address a societal need, in the performance of which students substantively consider the wider set of societal issues that create the context and need for their actions.

* The word "contemporary" was removed by the Curriculum Committee at its April 18, 2005 meeting.

2. Student-Initiated Experiences:

An independent project/experience designed by a student or a group of students that includes treatment of specific interactions between science/technology and contemporary society. As with the faculty-initiated, there should be demonstrable evidence of significant critical analysis, a final paper, and the oral presentation of the work in a forum that allows discussion of the work in a community setting. The Curriculum Committee will be responsible for determining whether a course or experience meets the IE guidelines. Click HERE to download a Word document of the application form and HERE to view it as HTML. While not required for an Integrative Experience, where appropriate, students should engage in meaningful group work and interdisciplinary thinking involving technical fields. Students may also engage in service-oriented outreach activities. It is also expected that a number of IE courses will serve to meet H/SS requirements, either as distribution, concentration or seminar courses and that some IE courses might fulfill major requirements.

IE Courses for Fall 2008

IE Courses for Spring 2008

IE Courses for Fall 2007

* course meets at both of these times

** there are no regular meetings for this course but there will be a few meetings scheduled throughout the semester

IE Courses for Spring 2007

IE Courses for Fall 2006

Prior offerings of Integrative Experiences (Jenzabar)

Pre Jenzabar (FA 2002) IE offerings:

• Anthropology 111 Introduction to the anthropology of science and technology (Formerly Anthropology 179) (Prof. de Laet F2001, F2002)
• Bio 82 Current Issues in Emerging Infectious Diseases (Prof. Hamlett S2002)
• Engineering 138 Introduction to Environmental Engineering (Prof. Cardenas by permission S2000, S2001, S2003)
• Engineering 172 Structural Mechanics (Prof. Dym S2002)
• Engineering 174 Practices in Civil Engineering (Prof. Little, S2002)
• Government 179S Technological Design and Social Reform (Prof. Winner, S2001)
• History 179 Special Topics in History (Prof. Brodie, F2001)
• Hum 182 Science and Religion in the Western Tradition (Prof. Olson, S2001)
• Hum 126 Nuclear Arms Control (Prof. Davis, F1999, F2000)
• ID 105 (Formerly known as Psych 105) - Healers, Doctors, and the Brain. (Prof. Maldonado F2001, S2003)
• IE 162 (Formerly CS 162) Beyond Calculation (Prof. Erlinger F2001, F2002)
• IE 197 Seminar in Science Education (Profs. Dodds & Donnelly F2001, S2002, F2002, S2003) (Prof. Thom F2003)
• IE 198 Internship in Community Based Research (staff) (can be arranged any semester)
• Math 189 Mathematical Models of Natural Resources (Prof. Filar, S2002)
• Physics 80 - Global Warming (Profs. Petersen & Sullivan, S2001, S2002, S2003)
• Soc Sci 124SScience and Politics in the U.S. (Prof. Olson, F2000), (Prof. Black, F2001)
• STS-1 Introduction to Science Technology and Society (Prof. Olson, F2000, F2001, F2003)
• STS 114 Social and Political Issues in Technical Projects (Profs. de Laet & Tanenbaum, S2002, S2003)
• STS 179 The Digital Age (Prof. Barney, S2002)

Updated 4/25/2006 by Eric Ditwiler