The Center for Disciplinary Innovation (CDI) sponsors upper-level undergraduate, mixed-enrollment undergraduate/graduate, and graduate exploratory courses designed to incubate new initiatives and programs—including undergraduate minors, Core sequences, graduate tracks, and research centers. Each CDI course is co-taught by two instructors from different departments, at least one of whom must be a tenure-track faculty member.

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CDI course proposals are submitted through the Division of the Arts & Humanities’ annual call for collaborative course proposals. Final selections are made by the governing board of the Franke Institute.

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Faculty teams receive a $1,500 stipend for course-related expenses. Additional funding is available upon request. Questions about CDI courses may be directed to Mai Vukcevich, Assistant Director of the CDI, at mav@uchicago.edu.