Stretching, Crossing & Breaking Boundaries in the Administration of an Interdisciplinary Science Program

All too often pedagogical innovation is suppressed by inflexible administrative systems with rigid boundaries. This session aims to outline some of the administrative boundaries that have been stretched, crossed and broken in the development of an administrative system designed to meet the pedagogical needs of a new, research-based, interdisciplinary science program (iSci) at McMaster University. The Honours Integrated Science (iSci) program is …