interdisciplinary

(adjective)

Relating to one or more fields of study; of a field that crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought as new needs and professions emerge.

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Examples of interdisciplinary in the following topics:

  • Occupational Health and Safety

    • Occupational safety and health (OSH) is an interdisciplinary area concerned with protecting the safety, health, and welfare of people engaged in work.

  • Branches and Subdisciplines of Biology

    • Another field of biological study, neurobiology, is the study of the nervous system, and although it is considered a branch of biology, it is also recognized as an interdisciplinary field of study known as neuroscience.
    • Because of its interdisciplinary nature, this subdiscipline focuses on different functions of the nervous system using molecular, cellular, developmental, medical, and computational approaches.

  • Types of Teams

    • Healthcare services are frequently delivered by interdisciplinary teams of nurses, doctors, and other medical specialists.

  • Academic Skills and Knowledge

    • Because of this, interdisciplinary research is often prized in today's academy, though it can also be made difficult both by practical matters of administration and funding and by differing research methods of different disciplines.
    • In fact, many new fields of study have initially been conceived as interdisciplinary, and later become specialized disciplines in their own right.

  • What is Organizational Behavior?

    • It is an interdisciplinary field that includes sociology, psychology, communication, and management.

  • Organizational Requirements for Product Development and Management

    • Product management often serves an interdisciplinary role, bridging gaps within the company between different sets of expertise.

  • Tax-Supported Art

    • In the USA and Canada, grants are available to fund artistic projects in all media, including drawing, painting, sculpture, theater, music, dance, new media, and interdisciplinary art forms.

  • Introduction to Labor in America: The Worker's Role

    • A growing emphasis on customization and a need to change products frequently in response to market demands has prompted some employers to reduce hierarchy and to rely instead on self-directed, interdisciplinary teams of workers.

  • History of Cognition

    • These numerous approaches to the analysis of cognition are synthesized in the relatively new field of cognitive science, the interdisciplinary study of mental processes and functions.

  • Age

    • Successful aging may be viewed an interdisciplinary concept, spanning both psychology and sociology, where it is seen as the transaction between society and individuals across the life span with specific focus on the later years of life.