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Furthering Integrative Learning SUNY Oswego has a number of interdisciplinary initiatives that further integrative learning. Its nationally recognized programs for first year students serve as stepping stones into the general education and disciplinary curricula: The Oswego Reading Initiative selects a book each year that serves as a focus for summer reading and class and out-of-class activities. The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies works with different departments in the development and support of interdisciplinary programs. The Arts Programming Board selects a focus for arts programming that combines the arts with other disciplines across campus. The Honors Program has a distinctive interdisciplinary curriculum.
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Encouraging Integrative Learning At Oswego we are proud of several initiatives to encourage our students to be "integrative": In First Choice courses, freshmen learn how critical inquiry, debate and discussion, and research lead to understanding. Advanced students in the interdisciplinary Intellectual Issues courses approach complex problems from several academic perspectives.
Seniors finish their college careers with a capstone course in which they pull together work in their majors and other courses in a final project or internship, and anticipate how they will use their knowledge after graduation. We believe that it is the challenging and intense academic experiences that promote "putting it all together"-research projects, internships, study abroad, interdisciplinary study, and written and spoken presentations, and we are seeking ways to embed more of these experiences in our courses and programs.
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