Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Interdisciplinary Approach in Political Sciences of Canadian Universities: Concept and Implementation

Author

Amir Mohammad Haji Yousefi

University of Shahid Beheshti, Department of Politics and International Relations

https://doi.org/10.7508/isih.2009.02.003
Abstract
 Many political scientists believe that political studies are not merely possible on the basis of a single discipline, Therefore, intra-disciplinary (using a collection of specialties in political sciences like comparative politics, political theory, international relations and so on) as well as interdisciplinary studies (not only political scences, but other fields such as economics, law, international relations…) are also needed. For this reason, universities of different countries like Canada have tried to prepare their students to understand complexities of the globalization age and get suitable jobs by promoting interdisciplinary approach. This paper aims to understand definition of interdisciplinary approach in Canada universities and the methods of its implantation by emphasis on political sciences. The main question is how interdisciplinary approach has been implemented in the Canadian universities by emphasis on political sciences.
 

Keywords

Interdisciplinary
multidisciplinary
transdisciplinary
political sciences
Gourman, J. (1998). The Gourman report: Undergraduate programs (10th ed.). New York: Princeton Review.
Hix, S. (2004). A global ranking of political science departments. Political Studies Review, 2(3), 293-313. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-9299.2004.00011.x
Human, H. (1385/2006). Rāhnamāy-e Elmi-ye pažuheš-e keyfi [The practical guide to qualitative research]. Tehran, Iran: Samt.
Human, H. A. (1383/2004). Šenāxt-e raveš-e elmi dar Olum-e Raftāri [Research Methodology in Behavioral Sciences]. Tehran, Iran: Pārsā.
Mohajeri, A. (1386/2007). Mabāni-ye raveš pažuheš [The principles of research methodology] (2nd ed). Tehran, Iran: Čāpār.
Nonaka, I. (1994). A Dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation. Organization Science, 5(1), 14-37. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1506395
Palomba, C., & Barta, T. (1999). Curriculum assessment essentials: Planning. Implementing and Improving Assessment in Higher Education. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Panayotidis, E. (2001). Paradigms lost and paradigms gained: Negotiating interdiscipliarity in the twenty-first century. Border Crossing, University of Calgary.
Send comment about this article
Enter Name.
Enter a valid email address.
Enter a vaid affiliation.
Enter comments (At leaset 10 words)
CAPTCHA Image
Enter Security Code Correctly.

  • Receive Date 20 March 2016

Home

Editorial Board

Publication Ethics

Reviewers

Submission

Contact Us