Armenta, Itzel H.Dominguez, Angeles2025-03-282025-03-282023Frontiers in Education. Volume 8. 2023. Article number 12945422504-284Xhttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/63896Indexación: ScopusIn the realm of higher education, the pursuit of interdisciplinarity aims to foster the exchange and integration of fragmented knowledge, yielding transformative outcomes. Employing a phenomenological method, this study delves into the interdisciplinary experience of twelve students from a first-year undergraduate calculus class. Through the analysis of written questionnaires, focus group sessions, and supplementary qualitative data, a comprehensive understanding of students’ interdisciplinary encounters is unveiled and organized into three main categories: what students think about interdisciplinarity, how they act when being involved in integrations and what external factors are involved in shaping their experience. This paper presents emergent experiential themes, shedding light on both individual and collective experiences, as students navigate and enrich their calculus learning through interdisciplinary connections. Copyright © 2024 Armenta and Dominguez.enCalculusEducational InnovationEngineering StudentsHigher EducationInterdisciplinary EducationInterdisciplinary ExperiencePhenomenological AnalysisStudents’ PerspectivesUnveiling interdisciplinary horizons: students’ experiences in a first-year calculus courseArtículoAttribution 4.0 International Deed (CC BY 4.0)10.3389/feduc.2023.1294542