Cross-Curricular Application

“Cross-curricular” is a buzzword my teachers use every year. However, I never understood what “cross-curricular” entailed until I experienced it myself. Junior year, I took both chemistry and biology, and our discussion about water in biology caused me to recall our chemistry lesson about intermolecular forces. Since then, finding all of the interrelated subjects in chemistry and biology has been an exciting scavenger hunt leading me to engineering. I see engineering as a true cross- curricular major, as it encompasses all of science and math. Yet simply learning and getting a bachelors in any discipline of engineering is not enough for me. What matters is what I am able to do with the knowledge I have acquired, that means sharing this knowledge and applying it in leadership and research. …show more content…
Not only will I be working with other students who have different backgrounds and ideas than me, but I will be able to learn from lessons and mistakes of people who have already made an impact on the world. SELF also offers something not readily found in the classroom: the opportunity for interpersonal relationships. I believe a lot of people ignore this aspect of what college is for. People only tend to focus on academics and their grades, yet once they enter the business world they are lost and do not have the social and interpersonal skills necessary to succeed. In fact, I even wrote my KU Honors Program essay about a class requiring students to develop interpersonal skills with practice. SELF, like engineering in general, is cross curricular and it not only would allow me to develop academic skills, but skills necessary in the business