Interdisciplinary Learning for ChE Students FROM ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SYNTHESIS LAB TO REACTOR DESIGN TO SEPARATION

摘要

Interdisciplinary learning and curriculum integration are two very valuable methods to develop our future leaders. Klein (1990) defines interdisciplinary learning as the synthesis of two or more disciplines, establishing a new level of discourse and integration of knowledge. Curriculum integration implies restructuring learning activities to help students build connections between topics. Since our main goal at the United States Military Academy is to develop multidimensional problem solvers, it only makes sense that we as an institution try to integrate interdisciplinary learning into more classes. We saw a perfect opportunity to do this in the Department of Chemistry and Life Science.