It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking stripes on it and still be home by Christmas.. --Ronald Reagan (candidate for Governor of California), interviewed in the Fresno Bee, October 10, 1965.
A Bachelor of Arts degree in interdisciplinary studies combines general education courses with study in more than one main interest. Known as a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies, the B.A. version of the four-year degree typically includes a foreign language competency requirement. Students graduating with a B.A. in interdisciplinary studies frequently obtain jobs in one of their fields of study.
generating new knowledge. Today, interdisciplinary learning at all levels is far. more common as there is growing recognition that it is needed to answer com-. plex questions, solve complex problems, and gain coherent understanding of. complex issues that are increasingly beyond the ability of any single discipline.