Interdisciplinary, Multidisciplinary, and Monodisciplinary Study Programs in Germany: A classification scheme

In this paper, we propose a classification scheme for study programs. The classification scheme makes it possible to classify study programs in respect of their interdisciplinary design. Interdisciplinary study programs do not fit particularly well into existing classification systems. The proposed classification scheme differentiates between interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and monodisciplinary programs. It has been applied to the open responses of first-year students of starting cohort 5. The resulting classification is available in NEPS Scientific-Use-Files 13-0-0. We present the classification scheme, the coding process, and an overview of the results.
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