Interdisciplinary study can be like buying the ingredients for a salad, laying them beside one another and eating each ingredient one at a time.
Interdisciplinarity is the salad itself, where each ingredient is still identifiable, but they complement one another and work together to create something greater than the sum of its parts.
However, student number caps on classes, timetabling clashes, and endless module prerequisites can hamper students’ ability to study across multiple disciplines. And the challenges of true interdisciplinarity can be even greater with complex rules around assessment, the awarding of credit, and staff being reluctant to move out of their disciplinary comfort zones.
