In one line at the top of the page type: Your Name, Interdisciplinary Theory and Methodology, Your Two Disciplines

• THE QUESTION: Put Repko, and Menken & Keestra, to work for you. Explain how you have applied interdisciplinary theory and process to your thinking in your Literature Review. Our readings are about the interdisciplinary research process, and since you are doing research in an interdisciplinary core course, we’d like to see you thinking about how your research is more than/different from traditional, disciplinary research. Since you have not yet completed the process, I would not expect you to have an answer that completely explains how you have implemented techniques of integration in your work. Nor would I expect you to discuss all of the interdisciplinary theory that is discussed in the readings by Repko, and by Menken & Keestra. However, in about three pages you should be able to make a convincing statement that explains how your work is interdisciplinary, drawing on the important details available in the assigned chapters from the books by Repko, and by Menken & Keestra. To do well, your essay must speak both to your paper topic and to the readings. Be specific. Refer specifically to the dimensions of your issue: the arguments (“disciplinary insights”), concepts, theories, and so on that you are thinking about as you research. Refer specifically to the content of the books. Do not quote from them, but do provide citations. For example, if you wanted to point out that your research relies on your understanding of the disciplinary perspectives evident in your topic, you might say: My thinking about nuclear nonproliferation depended upon my understanding of the perspectives (97-100) of the disciplines Communication and Political Science. The (97-100) refers to pages 97-100 of Repko’s book, which begins a discussion of disciplinary perspective. (Be sure to cite and reference the books, not the course pack. There are readings from three different books here, so be clear about your sources!) This is just an example. It is possible to make more than one reference in a single sentence — compound/complex sentences are a good thing. There’s plenty to say in this essay (because Repko, and Menken & Keestra, have a lot to say, and because your paper should be packed with content), and being concise, clear, and well organized is very important. Stick to three double spaced pages for this essay.