Abstract
College graduates are entering an ever-competitive workforce. Interdisciplinary course experiences are critical for developing analytical abilities and learning and these courses can provide valuable skills that will aid students beyond the classroom. These transferable skills include communication, teamwork, analytical and critical thinking, and creativity. To provide a unique learning experience and, through it, the development of transferable skills, the Honors College at Texas Tech University created an upper-level Capstone course titled “Superheroes, Super Villains, AI, Time Travel, and Film in Science and Popular Culture.” The class is an interdisciplinary look at science and science fiction taught by an engineering faculty and a pop-culturist faculty. The Capstone course works on multiple levels to develop transferable skills. The interdisciplinary nature applies to all majors. The upper-level nature provides an avenue for skill development when students are about to enter the workforce. Strategies for skill development in content, assignments, projects, and discussion are also prevalent in the planning and iterations of the course. Through reflections on the
Recommended Citation
Carrell, John D.; Weiner, Robert G.; and Prather, Alexandria
(2024)
"Building Transferable Skills in an Interdisciplinary Science and Science Fiction Capstone Course,"
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 11:
Iss.
3, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol11/iss3/6
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