{"id":17231,"date":"2024-10-25T09:36:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=17231"},"modified":"2026-05-26T13:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:57:51","slug":"groundbreaking-academic-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/groundbreaking-academic-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking academic minors at Eckerd College bring students, faculty and disciplines together"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extraa-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-17231-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/deee7c24\/podcast\/play\/94655376\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-19%2F09737d46-f1aa-8637-6a64-2059c31286c2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/deee7c24\/podcast\/play\/94655376\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-19%2F09737d46-f1aa-8637-6a64-2059c31286c2.mp3\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/deee7c24\/podcast\/play\/94655376\/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2024-10-19%2F09737d46-f1aa-8637-6a64-2059c31286c2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;16&#8243;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;17243&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<em>Seniors Mary Kennedy and Grace Moschetto are minoring in food: identity and culture. Photos by Penh Alicandro &#8217;22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; el_class=&#8221;news_subhead&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]In most cases, academic minors are housed within a given discipline, explains <a href=\"\/philosophy\/faculty\/andersen\/\">Nathan Andersen, Ph.D.<\/a>, professor of <a href=\"\/philosophy\/\">philosophy<\/a> and <a href=\"\/film-studies\/\">film studies<\/a> at Eckerd College. But not this time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;32&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; row_position_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; row_position_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; row_position_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; advanced_gradient_angle=&#8221;0&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-2-percent&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\u201cThis is a new program that allows faculty across disciplines to work together on shared issues and concerns that become the focus for distinctive interdisciplinary minors,\u201d Andersen adds. \u201cThe first two such minors are \u2018technology and humanity,\u2019 focused on the ways that new digital technologies such as artificial intelligence are impacting society, and then \u2018food: identity and culture,\u2019 focused on what we eat, how we eat and how food helps to shape who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is the essence of Eckerd\u2019s new Interdisciplinary Problems Minor program, which offers students a way to focus their learning on issues they care about, and to consider those issues from many different perspectives\u2014instead of learning a single method and applying it to lots of different issues. Andersen and Davina C. Lopez, Ph.D., professor of <a href=\"\/religious-studies\/\">religious studies<\/a>, currently serve as the program\u2019s coordinators.<\/p>\n<p>In the food: identity and culture problem minor, students will explore food as an entry point to navigating issues around community identity, production and sustainability, and social and cultural differences. In the technology and humanity problem minor, students will explore the impact of digital technologies on our world\u2014from innovative ways of living to social inequalities and misinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea is that new changes in digital technologies, the rise of the internet, and the rise of AI are things that affect all of us,\u201d Andersen says. \u201cTechnology affects the humanities. Technology affects the sciences. Technology affects how we create art. And so we thought all of us across the campus have an interest in understanding what kinds of changes are taking place and how they are affecting us as a society &#8230; We thought we\u2019d find ways to empower faculty to talk about these kinds of issues from their different disciplinary approaches.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; top_margin_tablet=&#8221;32&#8243; flex_gap_desktop=&#8221;10px&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; 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border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;17247&#8243; image_size=&#8221;full&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;entrance&#8221; animation=&#8221;None&#8221; animation_movement_type=&#8221;transform_y&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221;][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;16&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<em>Junior Ann Marie Knight (holding bucket) and fellow students listen to instruction from Himmelfarb.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_content&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; 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column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; el_class=&#8221;lg_text&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; column_padding_type=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_type=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<span class=\"accent-color\">\u201cIt\u2019s a different way of thinking about our curriculum,\u201d Lopez says. \u201cVery often, I think we see our curriculum primarily as an introduction to a discipline. But the world isn\u2019t organized according to academic disciplines.\u00a0 So when students find an entry point, it often comes through an issue or an interest or a question. 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We have the tools to help you get started in working on that, and in doing so from a wide variety of perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say it\u2019s problem-based, student-focused, issue-centered and really kind of a value-fronting way to engage with our curriculum,\u201d Lopez adds. \u201cThere are plenty of science and technology studies programs across the country. But there aren\u2019t a lot of programs that say to students, \u2018Are you interested in or concerned about science and technology? Do you want to work with some other students who are interested in and concerned about that, and also take courses from a variety of faculty who are thinking critically about that, so that you can go out into the world afterwards in a world full of jobs that may not exist yet, or problems that we don\u2019t know about yet, and you\u2019ll be able to think about something in a nimble way?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Using a three-year grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avdf.org\/\">Arthur Vining Davis Foundations<\/a>, Lopez and Andersen have been able to prepare Eckerd faculty to offer the courses. \u201cOne distinctive aspect of this program that sets it apart from other programs like it at other <a href=\"\/about\/liberal-arts\/\">liberal arts<\/a> colleges is that we\u2019ve taken the time to bring faculty together and have them take a class together,\u201d Lopez explains. \u201cSo they\u2019ve been learning together for two years in a row.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new minors program was added to the College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Q6rldb47S_FhhnP53UKHeC-SZIyTk2se\/view\">Course Catalog<\/a> last June, so students are able to declare the minors. \u201cStudents have already been taking courses across the curriculum that count for these various programs,\u201d Lopez says. \u201cThe one piece that is not yet implemented is the Ways of Knowing course, which is going to start in the spring of 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That course is described in the College catalog as one where students and faculty \u201cengage with complex real-world issues and problems that require consideration beyond singular expertise, collaboration across disciplines and majors, and a collective empathetic imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An academic minor is an option available to all Eckerd students, but it isn\u2019t a degree requirement. 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