General Resources

Interdisciplinary Studies—College of Social Science, Michigan State University.
This homepage contains links to the rationale behind Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS), the structure of MSU’s program, its faculty and staff, and PDF handbooks for both the undergraduate major and the Evening Degree-Completion Program. It also contains information for students and alumni, including links to PDF files of current and past issues of the student and alumni newsletters.
http://ids.socialscience.msu.edu/about.html

Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science, Michigan State University.
Links to a description of this program that features “the overlapping boundaries of the social sciences and related disciplines.” Also contains the program’s goals and curriculum, including study abroad and external programs in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.
http://www.cis-ss.msu.edu/cis/

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For additional information and resources, see on this website under the Online Instructional Materials--Teaching Methods, both Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning and Integrative Learning.

See also General Social Science Resources for additional discipline-specific materials.