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I have heard both of these terms many times, and usually they have been used interchangeably. Is this accurate? Is there a true difference between trans- and inter- disciplinarity?

Also, it was interesting that a lot of people brought up cross-listed classes. I actually really enjoy interdisciplinary classes. One of the things about being a potential cities major is that it was designed to be an interdisciplinary major. Every single cities class is cross-listed in another department. For the most part, I have had very good experiences with this, because I love looking at subjects from different departments' points of view. However, the one unpleasant thing in this situation is the existance of prereqs. So far, a couple of the cities classes that I have wanted to take, because they sounded extremely interesting have been impossible for me without extra background, because I did not have enough information about basic economics, for example.

I think this class is a very good example of an interdisciplinary course. It may not be crosslisted, but we have looked at feminism through various lenses, including literary analysis, social science, and natural science just to name a few.