Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Date of this Version
2007
Document Type
Article
Citation
To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development (2007) 25
doi: 10.3998/tia.17063888.0025.019
Abstract
This chapter describes the implementation of an interdisciplinary undergraduate curricular innovation in two different university settings. The Integrative Business Experience (IBE) requires students to enroll concurrently in three required core business courses and a practicum course in which they develop and operate a startup business (based on a real-money loan of up to $5,000) and carry out a hands-on community service project. This chapter also reports outcomes for students (including data from an assessment), examines the variables that minimize the difficulty of achieving cross-disciplinary integration in IBE, and suggests keys to enabling faculty-friendly integrative course designs in other settings.
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License: CC BY-NC-ND