I enrolled into Interdisciplinary Theory and Concepts (IDS 300W) in Fall 2024. The course had me looking/comparing different studies between each other (e.g. sociology vs psychology, etc.) and see how I could ultimately create a research paper showing the “collaboration” between each study. The assignment that was culminated from this course was an interdisciplinary research paper in which I was to use various studies, connect them to a problem, and propose a solution to said problem. The topic I chose for this paper was how wildfires can affect people’s mindset about them and how to put an end to wildfires in the United States. This paper involved me going out of my comfort zone due to the necessity of creating an actual proposal to a problem instead of addressing it and nothing else. Overall, it did give a sense of respect to interdisciplinary research professionals and how “tedious” coming up with a proposal is. It also helped me refine my writing skills on not using first person bias, which could help in the professional world (i.e. giving facts and no biased opinions).

Below is the PDF file of my interdisciplinary research paper on stopping wildfires:

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