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FASS3999: Interdisciplinary Impact
2026 unit information
Interdisciplinarity is a key skill in fostering agility in life and work. This unit provides learning experiences that build students' skills, knowledge and understanding of the application of their disciplinary background to interdisciplinary contexts. In this unit, students will work in teams and develop interdisciplinarity skills through problem-based learning projects responding to 'real world problems'.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Arts and Social Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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Completion of at least 90 credit points |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. articulate how knowledge, skills, methods or approaches from your major can contribute to an interdisciplinary understanding of an issue
- LO2. describe and analyse stakeholder perspectives, demonstrating an awareness of the way different disciplinary, practical and political orientations to a topic shape approaches to it
- LO3. scope and deliver a program of collaborative research, integrating different perspectives into an interdisciplinary analysis of a topic
- LO4. produce and pitch a detailed, compelling and evidence-based proposal for a practical, scholarly or creative intervention or contribution to a chosen topic
- LO5. demonstrate effective collaboration and communication skills, including capacity to respond effectively to feedback
- LO6. critically reflect on the processes and outcome of collaboration, drawing on relevant scholarship about interdisciplinarity, cultural competence and other aspects of group work
Unit availability
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Semester 1 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney | |
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Semester 2 2026
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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