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Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries and Forging Collaborations.

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1 Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries and Forging Collaborations

2 Ways Boundaries Crossed Music, Writing & Rhetoric, Biology, Video Games, Physics, Education, Finance, Engineering (Mech, Chem, Civil), Business, Communications, Philosophy, Robotics, Health Care, Visual Arts, Theater, Dance, Sociology, Political Science

3 Obstacles Encountered Communications Politics (competition among department) Attracting Students Staffing Evaluating Students Different course expectations in CS versus other disciplines Programming is trivial philosophy

4 Overcoming Obstacles Use of third parties, neutral ground Avoid competition with other departments Provide interesting and complex problems Within the students discipline Within the collaborative area Getting people excited in their discipline Empowering students in other departments

5 Ways CPATH Can Help Common web site www.cpath-community.msu.edu Providing course information in a way that it is accessible and usable by others


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