The most exciting science in the 21st century is likely to evolve among, not within, traditional disciplines. Physical scientists, mathematicians, and engineers concerned with understanding and designing complex systems can offer invaluable viewpoints and approaches to biologists. Conversely, biological systems provide new challenges for mathematics and physics, and they catalyze technology development in engineering and computer science. Yet the education of scientists has historically been constrained by disciplines…
-Sung, et al., 2003. Educating future scientists. Science 301: 1485.

To strengthen interdisciplinary learning at Trinity University we will be making several changes through curriculum development efforts. We have three main targets:

• The introductory sequences in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics are integrated through a two-year process (beginning Fall 2005) where faculty from these disciplines sit in on each others’ courses, working to bring interdisciplinary perspectives to these sequences.
• A new major in Neuroscience has also been added. This program of study bridges complementary areas in Biology and Psychology.
• A new minor in Scientific Computing has been added. This minor helps students bring computing to their major field of study as a powerful research tool.