After introductory material noting the decreased popularity of religious studies and other humanities courses in the wake of dwindling enrollments, fiscal constraints, and the growing demand for non-transfer, vocational education, this paper reviews the development of religious studies curricula at the California community colleges during the…

This report reviews the goals and basic organization of interdisciplinary courses and programs in California community colleges. It notes the problems and benefits of such an approach and cites five essential qualities of successful interdisciplinary teaching. The major problems of such an enterprise are: often courses are too broad;…