Integrative learning curriculum prepares students for current and future job demand as well as long-term careers. Graduates have acquired important skills that employers value. Marcus N. Tanner's Introduction to Integrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of interdisciplinary and integrative learning and demonstrates how these skills can help students thrive in college and in their professional lives upon graduation. Introduction to Integrative Studies: examines introduction to interdisciplinary and integrative learning. introduces an overview of classic and contemporary interdisciplinary research. discusses Interdisciplinary priorities (skills and abilities) that are characteristic and critical for interdisciplinarians to possess. helps students develop themselves as interdisciplinarians. It helps students to connect different areas of their life, tell their interdisciplinary story, and construct a meaningful portfolio. is interactive! Review and Discussion sections help students to check their learning of concepts presented; and Making Connections vignettes encourage students to go beyond the material discussed by pointing them in the direction of sources that may help them understand or apply the content.