Writing Question
Assignment Objectives
The purpose of this assignment is twofold:
1. To help you develop a way of explaining “Interdisciplinary Studies,” and
2. To encourage you to develop an identity as an interdisciplinarian.
What To Do
To complete this assignment you will write a short autobiography. It should be about 5 paragraphs long. It should be written in proper academic language with careful attention to writing mechanics. Each paragraph should be fully developed with proper structure: a topic sentence, body sentences, and a concluding sentence.
Here’s is a basic formula of what the autobiography needs to include:
1. A good definition of Interdisciplinary Studies. For this, you MUST refer explicitly to Chapter 3 of your text and to this article here: https://www.
2. An overview of how Interdisciplinary Studies is related to creative thinking. You can refer to my notes here: https://spark.adobe.com/page/
3. A creative description of yourself as a creative person. Remember the previous assignment where I provided a list of the ways you are a creative entity that you probably never considered before?
4. An explanation of how you chose IDS. What has your academic/intellectual journey been thus far?
5. What you hope to accomplish with this degree and how the IDS creative mindset can benefit you going forward.
A copy of my own Intellectual Autobiography (this was supposed to be linked in the Obojobo Module but it either went to Dr. Woodill’s IA, which is also a good example! or didn’t work).
Requirements: 5 paragraphs
