The Interdisciplinary Studies Program (ISP) offers students a unique learning experience. Our innovative courses are team-taught by faculty from academic disciplines throughout the college and from the professional worlds of law, criminal justice, and the arts. Each semester, faculty partners create original courses around a common theme that explores issues of contemporary significance from different disciplinary perspectives.  Rotating themes include: The Individual and Society, Individuals in Conflict, Continuity and Change, Perspectives on the Extraordinary, Community and Responsibility, Transactions and Transformations, and Chaos and Control. Individual courses combine two or more disciplines, for example, literature and philosophy, history and sociology, psychology and ethnic studies, or drama and the law. The program emphasizes reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking.  We do not use conventional textbooks. Readings include only primary sources – articles, case-studies, novels, plays, artwork, and film.  We do not give conventional exams. Assignments range from analytical papers to oral presentations to creative works. Our highly interactive classes meet once each week for a double session. Students seeking field experience may also enroll in an internship, including the competitive Vera Institute Fellowship program, a paid internship open to qualified juniors and seniors.  ISP also offers its own counseling and advising and tutoring programs. ISP is a true learning community that fosters communication, collaboration, multi-cultural perspectives, and a greater awareness of the ways in which bodies of knowledge are interconnected.