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ALCE 5224: Team Science, Cooperation, and Interdisciplinary Work

Concentration: Leadership Studies
Credits: 3 graduate credits

Description

Theoretical and conceptual basis for thinking about, guiding, and supporting team science and cooperative processes for interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach. Current scholarship and concepts of individual and team readiness, effectiveness, protocols, training, and outcomes in team science and cooperative process contexts.

Syllabus

Learning Objectives

  • Analyze the theoretical, conceptual, and practical underpinnings for building capacity around team science, cooperative processes, and interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach.
  • Evaluate current scholarship on team science and cooperative processes in interdisciplinary contexts.
  • Evaluate the readiness of individuals and teams to effectively engage in cooperative processes in interdisciplinary contexts.
  • Analyze the effectiveness of team and cooperative group structures, protocols, and processes in interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach.
  • Construct training designed to build team science and cooperative process capacity in interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach.
  • Analyze and evaluate the team science and cooperative process outputs and outcomes of interdisciplinary research, programming, and outreach. 

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Graduate Standing

Instructor(s)

Eric Kaufman