Joseph Aoun advocates for revising higher education to adapt to artificial intelligence (AI) challenges. I have also advocated for this revision. Aoun presents a rationale and a buffet of possibilities. Here, I will extract a core recommendation to explore how combining disciplines with AI might work. Jumping off from Aoun’s recommendation, I view the visual arts as a useful point of departure for embarking on this quest. More specifically, the artistic process can integrate contemporary issues found in many applied courses. Leaning into the visual arts acknowledges how images can benefit student learning; these images may also incorporate their learning if the student is tasked with creating an image that symbolizes the core elements of the interdisciplinary courses.
