{"id":4995,"date":"2022-09-06T09:55:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T12:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufmg.br\/ieat\/?page_id=4995"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T04:08:19","slug":"interdisciplinary-bachelors-degrees-the-ufabc-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ufmg.br\/ieat\/en\/events\/interdisciplinary-bachelors-degrees-the-ufabc-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degrees: The UFABC experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:<\/strong> November 7, 2012
\nLocation:<\/strong> Session Room \u2013 UFMG Rectory<\/p>\n

The University of the Future Seminars, promoted by the Rectorate of UFMG, in partnership with IEAT, aim to create in our environments an environment favorable to the implementation of strategic planning in the medium and long term. More than thinking about the future of UFMG, the Seminars aim to discuss the future of the University on a broader scope, taking into account diverse and significant experiences, situations and perspectives \u2013 from the Americas, Europe, Asia. It is about thinking about the challenges and emergencies, as well as the strategies and responses, aiming to prospect an uncertain future, but already virtually among us, depending on our decisions, with repercussions on the daily lives of the next generations. Throughout the Cycle, priority will be given to discussing the opportunity to link planning actions to the development of the neo-Humboldtian model of university, as opposed to the university-company model. This is a university focused on the association between teaching and research, as in the traditional model, as well as \u2013 hence the prefix \u201cneo\u201d \u2013 for the incorporation of new tasks in the university’s actions: thus, technological innovation, training of cadres for the State and professionals for society, openness to culture \u2013 from high demonstrations, as Humboldt wanted, to popular demonstrations that give identity to groups and the nation. The challenge: to integrate and better outline these actions, already underway in Brazilian public universities, and based on the proposed model.<\/p>\n

Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Studies was the theme of a series of activities that were developed throughout the second semester of 2012 within the seminar cycle\u00a0The University of the Future. Such activities included workshops, exhibitions and debate panels, which will feature the participation of personalities involved in projects and academic programs of interdisciplinary higher education, nationally and internationally. The aim was to bring to discussion the recent experience of Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degrees implemented in some Brazilian universities, as well as consolidated programs in foreign institutions, such as American\u00a0Colleges\u00a0and other recent, bolder initiatives. The\u00a0Interdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Studies\u00a0seminars aim to: (1) identify the relevance and need for an interdisciplinary approach in higher education at undergraduate level, taking into account the recent challenges of today’s world and Brazil’s repositioning on the international scene; (2) identify difficulties and\/or impediments to interdisciplinary initiatives, taking into account the existing institutional structures, inside and outside UFMG; (3) prospect paths and establish guidelines for increasing interdisciplinarity in undergraduate courses at UFMG.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterdisciplinary Bachelors: experience at the Federal University of ABC\u201d was the theme of the third workshop held within the series of activities \u201cInterdisciplinarity in Undergraduate Studies\u201d. The workshop, which brought together professors from UFMG and UFABC, sought to understand the process of implementing UFABC’s Interdisciplinary Bachelor’s Degrees, reflect on the experience in working with BI’s, as well as, based on discussions, raise questions about the relevance of an interdisciplinary approach in training of undergraduate courses.<\/p>\n