Interdisciplinary Education Model and Implications of the University of Michigan
To meet students'requirements for interdisciplinary learning and promote the education of composite talents,it is urgent for colleges and universities to establish and improve the interdisciplinary education model.As a world-class university with distinctive characteristics of interdisciplinary education,the University of Michigan mainly relies on three educational and teaching elements:courses,majors,and degrees,as well as two organizational methods:independent and combined,to build a systematic and clear interdisciplinary education model,which not only includes interdisciplinary courses,interdisciplinary majors and interdisciplinary degrees,but also includes interdisciplinary combinations of courses,interdisciplinary combinations of majors and interdisciplinary combinations of degrees.Drawing on the experience of the University of Michigan,Chinese colleges and universities should establish the idea that interdisciplinary education models are both independent and combined,and develop interdisciplinary education forms under independent models and improve interdisciplinary education forms under combined models on this basis.
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