The Arts and Humanities Institute is inviting applications from faculty to participate in the Intensive Semester Learning Experience (ISLE).
AHI is holding an informational meeting for faculty interested in teaching an ISLE course from 10-11 a.m. on Oct. 29 in ILC 315.
The program allows faculty and students to devote a semester of course work to a discrete project. These immersive learning experiences spur students to work with intellectual and artistic freedom in an atmosphere that encourages creative responses to tangible problems or challenges.
- One faculty member directs a specific ISLE course, while others may participate as collaborators.
- Each ISLE has about 15 students, drawn from multiple disciplines.
- The project involves an experimental or exploratory process and a defined outcome, and may emerge as the result of student, faculty or community initiative; the course must include all three components in the definition of the semester’s work and outcomes.
The Arts and Humanities Institute envisions the ISLE program as an opportunity for faculty and students to work closely and collaboratively.
The focus of the program is on the students, who can expect to learn to work collaboratively and transdisciplinarily, to create and develop projects from start to finish, and to build relationships with community members or organizations.
Proposals for the summer, fall and spring 2015-2016 ISLEs are due Dec. 1.
For further information, please contact Nick Miller at nmiller@boisestate.edu.